KATHMANDU ; The recent incident of police using excessive force on loan shark victims who conducted a peaceful sit-in at Shanti Batika in Kathmandu is highly concerning. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has requested the government to respect and protect the rights of citizens to gather peacefully and express their opinion. As responsible citizens, […]
KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded 171 new cases of COVID-19 along with 85 recoveries on Tuesday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). As many as 1,632 swab samples were tested for COVID-19 on the day. Of them, 105 PCR and 66 antigen tests turned out to be positive for the […]
KATHMANDU : The Special Court on Monday asked Nepal Police to issue an arrest warrant against controversial Gopal Bahadur Khadka, the then managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). A joint bench of judges Yamuna Bhattarai, Bal Bhadra Bastola and Khusi Prasad Tharu gave the order after Khadka failed to appear for hearings called by […]
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor has been killed in a road traffic accident, the Islamabad Police said in a statement. The minister, who was driving a car himself here on Saturday, got hit by a pick-up truck when he was crossing a roundabout, the statement read. The official was shifted to […]
MUGU : A septuagenarian man in Mugu district has tied the knot with a 42-year-old woman in a first-ever case of an elderly couple registering marriage in the court. Mugu’s District Court Judge Dil Kumar Bardewa confirmed that the court marriage was first in the district as of now. Pyari Lal Kafle of Soru Rural […]
KATHMANDU: The private sector power producers contributed an additional 552 MW of electricity to the national grid during the past one year. The records of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) show that a total of 552.119 MW of electricity was supplied by 32 private sector-run power projects in one year between mid-April 2022 and mid-March […]
KATHMANDU : Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started a new initiative that allows service seekers to pass the house design approval through the online system. The new service has come into effect from April 14. Mayor Balendra Shah said that the service from house design registration to plinth level will be done online. Mayor Shah wrote […]
KATHMANDU : It is New Year- 2080 Bikram Sambat- today. The first day- Baisakh 1 of New Year 2080 BS- is being celebrated by exchanging greetings and with fanfare across the country in Nepal. Bikram Sambat is an eternal calendar, for it runs synchronously with Sun’s motion and state, according to Chairman of the Rastriya […]
KATHMANDU : Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) ended the Nepali Year 2079 on a negative note, with the market index losing double-digit points on Thursday. The secondary market on Thursday plunged 29.07 points to close at 1,934.47 points. The market opened at 1,963.55 points and dipped 20 points in the first 15 minutes of the trading. […]
NAWALPUR: Two rhinoceroses were found dead in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP). One of them was found dead in a tributary of the Narayani River under Amaltari sector of CNP while the other near the Riu stream of Madi sector. The information was confirmed by Information Officer and assistant conservation officer at […]