Archive for: August, 2016

Gangamaya resumes fast-onto-death

Kathmandu / Aug 11: Gangamaya Adhikari, who has been struggling since long demanding justice to her son murdered during the Maoist insurgency in the country, has resumed fast-onto-death. Adhikari announced that she was keeping herself away from medicines and saline water from Thursday to mount pressure on the government to address her demand. She has […]


Seven Chinese firms show interest in feasibility study of Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu railway

Kathmandu / Aug 11: Seven Chinese companies have shown interest in carrying out the feasibility study of the proposed Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu railway. The construction of a Nepal-China railway was mentioned in the joint press communique issued by the two countries during the official visit of then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to China in March this […]


President Bhandari to inaugurate Youth Day progarmme on Friday

Kathmandu / Aug 11: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to inaugurate the International Youth Day programme amid a function here in the capital tomorrow. The National Youth Council vice-chair Madhav Dhungel, speaking in a press meet today, informed that the council is organizing various programmes on the occasion across the country. The slogan of […]


Over 3,000 obtains disability ID card

Palpa / Aug 11: As many as 3,902 people have obtained disability identity cards in Palpa district. The Women Development Office, Palpa distributed disability ID cards to 3,902 locals in the fiscal year 2072-73 BS. Number of applicants seeking disability ID is increasing every year with the arrangement of social security allowance to the people […]


Monumental pillar at origin of community forestry

Chautara / Aug 11: A foundation stone has been laid for the construction of a monumental pillar at Thokarpa VDC of Sindhupalchowk – the origin of the community-based forest conservation in Nepal. Former Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Agni Prasad Sapkota and Secretary at Forest Ministry Udaya Chandra Thakur jointly laid the foundation stone […]


Gender in War to Peace Transition in Nepal

Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: If news reports as of this hour are anything to go by, the CPN (Maoist Centre) that is presently leading the government in Nepal will not have a female member representative in the present Council of Ministers. Nominal presence of women in Nepal’s cabinet is nothing new. But when a party […]


‘China-Nepal-India Economic Corridor: A prosperity propellant’

Kathmandu / Aug 10: Experts on foreign affairs and development from Nepal and China have said the China-Nepal-India economic corridor could help propel prosperity in the region. They expressed such view during a talk programme organized jointly by Nepal Council of World Affairs (NCWA), and China Study Centre (CSC) in the capital on Wednesday. There […]


Govt urged to make arrangements for returning stranded Nepalis abroad

Kathmandu / Aug 10: The International Relations and Labour Committee under the Legislature-Parliament has directed the government to arrange for the return of the Nepali migrant workers in Saudi Arabia who are stranded after losing jobs to the economic slump seen in that country. A meeting of the committee today issued directives to the Ministry […]


PM pledges to establish academy for research and study on Himalayas

Kathmandu / Aug 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today pledged to establish an academy for research and study on Nepal Himalaya. The PM made such a remark during a meeting with a delegation of the Everest Summiteers Association at his official residence in Baluwatar this morning. “Nepal is the country of the Himalayas. I […]


‘विदेशमा अलपत्र भएकालाई फर्कने प्रबन्ध मिलाऊ’

काठमाडौँ, २६ साउन । व्यवस्थापिका–संसद्को अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सम्बन्ध तथा श्रम समितिले साउदी अरबमा देखापरेको आर्थिक मन्दिले रोजगारी गुमाएर अलपत्र परेका नेपाली कामदारलाई स्वदेश फिर्ताको व्यवस्था मिलाउन सरकारलाई निर्देशन दिएको छ । समितिको आजको बैठकले रोजगारी गुमाएर अलपत्र परेको त्यस्ता कामदारलाई समन्वय गरेर फिर्ता ल्याउन परराष्ट्र र श्रम तथा रोजगार मन्त्रालयलाई निर्देशन दिएको हो । समितिले साउदीलगायतका […]




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