POKHARA: President of the main opposition Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba, has stated that the 11-point agreement reached between the government and Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM) Coordinator CK Raut comprised some points that were anti-democratic and anti-national. Talking to mediapersons at a press meet organised by Press Union, Kaski Chapter, in Pokhara on Tuesday, NC […]
Bara : The majority of the impoverished families living in Harpur village, Pachrauta Municipality-1 of Bara district remain without access to safe drinking water. They are compelled to drink groundwater with arsenic content–a poisonous metal in water. Around 200 residents of Musahar settlement in Harpur village relay on four tube wells. “We have been compelled […]
The aviation regulator—Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal—has announced a slew of measures to enhance the operational safety of helicopters in Nepal following the Air Dynasty helicopter crash in Taplejung on February 27 that killed all seven aboard, including Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari. The country’s civil aviation body is preparing the VIP flight guideline for helicopters and hiring […]
Kathmandu : President Bidhya Devi Bhandari is leaving for New York Today, leading a delegation to the High-Level Event on Women in Power being hosted by the President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces. Bhandari will address the event on March 12 on the theme of ‘How Women Leaders Change the World’. […]
Kathmandu; The government is preparing to open a university in the name of the late communist leader Madan Bhandari. According to the Cabinet decision made public on Thursday, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has been authorised to draft a bill necessary for setting up the university which will focus exclusively on science and […]
Kathmandu; Nepal Communist Party Co-chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for New Delhi on Friday to participate in a conference organised by India Foundation. Dahal will inaugurate the fifth India Ideas Conclave in the Indian capital and deliver a key note speech on ‘Citizen’s Manifesto: Churn of Ideas’ at the event, according to his private […]
Islamabad; Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit China next week, authorities said Thursday, as the former cricketer mounts a desperate search for funds to prop up the nation’s dire finances. The confirmation of Khan’s first visit to China as premier comes days after Pakistan secured $6 billion dollars in funding from Saudi Arabia to […]
Kathmandu: Suspended Nepal Police SP Dilli Raj Bista and Inspector Jagdish Bhatta will face further interrogation at the Nepal Police Headquarters for their dubious role in the Nirmala Panta rape and murder case. The grilling intensifies at a time when the duo has to clarify to the Home Ministry why they may not be dismissed […]
LONDON; Around 30 to 40 lawmakers from the opposition Labour Party would be prepared to back a Brexit deal that British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to strike with the European Union, The Times newspaper reported, citing unidentified lawmakers. The EU’s Brexit negotiators believe a divorce deal with Britain is “very close”, diplomatic sources told […]
MORANG; Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai has said that the Provincial Assembly will decide the state’s name and capital this winter session. “We could not reach a consensus on the name and capital of the province in the extended summer session. The issue turned out to be quite complicated,” said CM Rai during a […]