BIRATNAGAR: President of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), Sher Bahadur Deuba has made it clear that they will not join the government. Speaking with media persons at the Biratnagar Airport on Tuesday, NC President Deuba, said that they would rather remain in the opposition until the next election. “We aren’t in any hurry […]
KATHMANDU; A girl was critically injured after her boyfriend set her on fire after dousing her with kerosene at Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality -8 in Kathmandu district on Monday evening. According to police, Suraj Shrestha from Dolakha also tried to set himself on fire after pouring kerosene on his 19-year-old girlfriend Puja Karki from Solukhumbu. Critically injured […]
ACHHAM : A 15-year-old schoolgirl died in Achham district after her smartphone exploded while she was watching a video by keeping it plugged into charging, police said. The deceased has been identified as Sapana Nath from Mangalsen Municipality-1. She was a sixth grader at Kunti Secondary School in Mangalsen. Critically injured Nath was rushed to […]
KATHMANDU: The government has decided to waive the electricity demand charges of the lockdown period for the hotel and restaurant industry that are hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. A cabinet meeting held recently took a decision to this effect. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung, who is also the government’s spokesperson, said […]
KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has reached Dhaka this morning in connection with a two-day State Visit to Bangladesh at the cordial invitation of her Bangladeshi counterpart Md. Abdul Hamid. Prez Bhandari was received by President Hamid at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, according to a press statement issued by Embassy of Nepal in […]
ISLAMABAD : A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself using her life savings. The madrasa is an important milestone for the LGBTQ community in the overwhelmingly fundamental Muslim country, where transgender people face ostracism, even […]
NEW DELHI : India’s health ministry warned on Sunday that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the country recorded the most new infections in nearly four months. The ministry said up to 40 people were testing positive for COVID-19 daily around the site of the weeks-long […]
KATHMANDU : In order to sell its Boeing 757-200 aircraft, the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has sent a final agreement to the American company CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing Company. Stating that the sale process could not be taken forward earlier due to the long lockdown, the NAC said that the process […]
KATHMANDU : Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel resigned from the post on Friday. He tendered his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari earlier today. Kharel announced his resignation amid a press conference held at his office this afternoon. Kharel, who is also a senior advocate, was appointed the attorney general in February 2018. Kharel, who […]
KATHMANDU : The aware citizens have been observing the ongoing national politics with keen interest after the restoration of House of Representatives (HoR). They are taken by surprise over the HoR meeting boycotted by the political parties who demanded the restoration of HoR earlier. The schedule in the HoR meeting is influenced by the dispute […]