KATHMANDU : The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML has called a Standing Committee meeting today to discuss the six-point unity proposal put forth by the party Chairman K P Oli, who is also the prime minister, to save the party unity. The meeting is being held after Oli expressed his commitment to […]
KATHMANDU : As some lawyers submitted a petition at the Constitutional Bench on Sunday afternoon raising questions over 11 out of 21 justices at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana asked them to withdraw the petition or face a contempt of court charge. As soon as the reconstituted Constitutional Bench began hearing […]
KATHMANDU : South Korea, an attractive destination for Nepali migrant workers, has provided health materials worth Rs 22.5 million to Nepal in order to help control the spread of COVID-19 infection in the country. According to the South Korean Embassy in Kathmandu, the Korean government has provided a complete set of RT-PCR kit to Nepal […]
KATHMANDU : The Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is to set up vaccination centre in every ward of the metropolis for the next round of COVID-19 vaccination. The government has announced to inoculate vaccines to people aged between 60 to 64 years. The KMC has written to the ward vaccine coordination committee to assign the vaccination […]
KATHMANDU : The United States government has announced that it is donating some Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal among other countries battling with the pandemic. The exact number of vaccines that Nepal is receiving, however, is not known yet. Earlier, President Joe Biden had announced that his government was distributing 60 million, and then again 20 […]
KATHMANDU : Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal has directed stakeholders to adjust the prices of aviation fuel. He took the initiative to reduce the price of aviation fuel in a discussion with officials of the concerned bodies on Thursday. Stating that the price of aviation fuel has gone up in […]
CHITWAN : Count of an endangered wildlife species Gaur, locally known as Gauri Gai, has been put off in Chitwan National Park (CNP). According to the CNP sources, the count of Gaur that began since last May 11 has been postponed owing to the obstruction of wild tuskers. CNP’s Information Officer and Assistant Conservation Officer […]
KATHMANDU: Four airline companies have been allowed to operate regular flights to international destinations starting Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has approved special flight schedules to these airlines effective from June 1 to June 30. Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways and Air India have been allowed to carry out one regular flight a […]
TUNISIA: At leas t 23 migrants from Africa drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, and 70 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent humanitarian organisation said on Tuesday. More than 120 migrants have died in recent weeks in similar incidents off the Tunisian coast, as […]
KATHMANDU : The government and Tharuhat/ Tharuwan Struggle Committee have reached an agreement. A six-point deal was inked by the government’s dialogue team led by Lilanath Shrestha and Rukmini Chaudhary, who leads the agitators’ side, on Tuesday afternoon. According to the fresh agreement, the government has agreed to take necessary constitutional and legal initiatives for […]