Kathmandu / March 17: National Youth Council Vice-Chair Madhav Dhungel said that ground works are underway to bring out a new plan of action to implement youth policy in a way to address the aspirations of entire youth circle. At a programme organized here on Wednesday by Inter-Party Youth Alliance, he pledged that the Council […]
Kathmandu / March 16: Newly elected President of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba assumed his office at the party’s central office on Wednesday. After receiving certificates from the 13th general convention election committee amidst a programme held at the office, General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala and Treasurer Sitadevi Yadav also assumed their respective posts. Addressing […]
Pokhara / March 16: The meeting of the SAARC Standing Committee held ahead of the 37th session of the SAARC ministerial-level meeting concluded Wednesday here by agreeing on the agenda of the ministerial-level meeting to be held on Thursday. The SAARC Standing Committee comprising the foreign affairs secretaries from all the SAARC member countries chaired […]
Sushil Darnal (Bangladesh) / March 16: Manisha Balmiki of Haryana in India is fighting against caste-based discrimination and untouchability ever since she started understanding society. Apparent day-to-day caste-based discrimination aside, the ill practice would find its way even to everywhere be it public places and her school, making it difficult for her to battle it […]
Dolpa /March 16: The Jufal Airport in Dolpa, which was shut down for a fortnight for graveling, has come into reoperation from today, the airport authority said. The air services resumed herewith today, which is believed to ease off supply of the daily commodities and air travel in out of the district in this remote […]
Kathmandu / March 14: The vote counting of the election held under the 13th national convention of the Nepali Congress (NC) for several posts in its central working committee concluded on Monday. According to Pradeep Parajuli, NC Central Election Committee member, Gururaj Ghimire and Bhismaraj Angdembe have been elected from Province No 1, securing 1,340 […]
Kathmandu, March 13: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has identified 21 locations in the Kathmandu Valley which need overhead bridges for the convenience of pedestrians and to reduce traffic jam. The most crowded areas in the capital- Putalisadak, Maitighar, Babarmahal, Baneshwor, Min Bhawan, Koteshwor, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) gate, Thapahali, Kesharmahal, Sorhakhutte Galkhopakha, Patan, Boudha […]
Baldev Ram of Madhupatti area of Siraha district may not be a known name for many but the name is very well known and respected to the so called untouchable people of eastern Siraha district. Baldev liberated thousands of people from the inhuman Sino Pratha, a system where people of marginalized Dalit community have to […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / March 12: ‘Every action and ‘no action’ have reactions.’ It was what a chief judge from one of the SAARC countries said during the SAARC Chief Justices’ Conference held in Kathmandu last week. I invoke this line for some reflection on the recent election in the Nepali Congress, the oldest democratic […]
Nuwakot / March 12: Visiting United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Asia-Pacific Bureau Director Xu Haoliang today inaugurated an agricultural products collection center at Thansingh of Nuwakot. The UNDP funded to construct the center. The construction cost Rs 1.5 million. On the occasion, Mr Xu said the UNDP’s current programmes in Nepal are focused on […]