Sajhamanch Archive

KATHMANDU : A new ordinance has been issued to jail perpetrators if health workers are assaulted. The Ordinance on Security of Health Workers and Health Institutions (First Amendment), 2078 BS, issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday, now has a provision of three years imprisonment for assaulting health workers. Article 3 of the ordinance […]

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 : 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 […]

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 […]

KATHMANDU : The Ministry of Finance has started homework for the implementation of the budget of the Fiscal Year 2021/22 for quick results by starting the implementation of plans and programs mentioned in the budget on time. Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel on Monday directed concerned bodies to formulate an action plan with a timetable […]

KATHMANDU : Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu arranged a chartered flight to repatriate stranded Pakistani nationals on Monday. Pakistani nationals, who had arrived in Nepal for various purposes and in different time frames, were stranded in Nepal after the government suspended all international flights to and from Kathmandu in a bid to contain further spread of […]