SURKHET: A woman of Aathbis Municipality committed suicide jumping into Karnali River along with her four children. The woman is learnt to be a victim of domestic violence. The woman has been identified as Sunita Baduwal, 35, of Aathbis Municipality-3. According to Police, her children Kalpana, 15, Sarita, 12, Lalit, 19 and Rajani, 7, are […]
KATHMANDU : Nepal is receiving the first consignment of the chemical fertilizer imported from Bangladesh on government-to-government basis. This is the first time that Nepal has been procuring fertilizers on G2G basis from a country other than India. According to the Agriculture Inputs Company (AIC), 2,500 of the total 50,000 ton of chemical fertilizers that […]
KATHMANDU: The All Nepal National Free Students’ Union (ANNFSU), the student wing close to Oli-led faction of erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP), on Monday organized a program at Maitighar Mandala in the capital to observe the International Women’s Day. Dozens of students close to the faction attended the program. On the occasion, a student close […]
NEW DELHI; Thousands of women joined protests by farmers on the outskirts of Delhi on Monday to mark International Women’s Day, demanding the scrapping of new laws that open up agriculture produce markets to private buyers. Since December, many farmers accompanied by their families have camped at three sites on the outskirts of the Indian […]
KATHMANDU : A standing committee meeting of the erstwhile Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party which was originally scheduled to be held at 11AM today has been postponed for 3PM this afternoon. According to Dev Gurung, a leader of the NCP’s erstwhile faction, the meeting has been delayed as they required more time to […]
KATHMANDU : The Dahal-Nepal faction of the ‘Nepal Communist Party (NCP)’ has summoned its standing committee (SC) meeting for Monday. According to Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, the meeting is scheduled to be held at 11:00 AM today to discuss the latest political development after the Supreme Court’s verdict on the legitimacy of the name of […]
Kathmandu; JICA Alumni Association of Nepal (JAAN) marked its 47th annual function and annual general meeting on Saturday in Kathmandu. Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun inaugurated the annual function as a chief guest. Milan magazine published by JAAN was also launched. The magazine contains articles on Covid-19 pandemic by 17 writers—who were felicitated by Vice-president on the […]
KATHMANDU : Nepal on Sunday received the first batch of COVAX vaccine against COVID-19 provided under the World Health Organisation’s COVAX facility. COVAX is the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level. The first batch of the coronavirus vaccines from the COVAX facility arrived […]
KATHMANDU : The second phase of the nationwide immunization against coronavirus is beginning today. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is inaugurating the second phase of the immunization campaign by taking a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Chief of the Child Health and Vaccination Unit under the Department of Health Service, Dr Jhalak Sharma […]
KATHMANDU : The second phase of the nationwide immunization against coronavirus is beginning today. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is inaugurating the second phase of the immunization campaign by taking a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Chief of the Child Health and Vaccination Unit under the Department of Health Service, Dr Jhalak Sharma […]