KATHMANDU : Upendra Yadav faction of Janata Samajwadi Party’s has announced a legal and political battle against the Election Commission’s decision on Sunday. However, Mahanta Thakur’s faction has welcomed the decision of the commission. JSP Chairman Upendra Yadav said that they were preparing to go to court against the decision of the commission. “We are […]
KATHMANDU : Nepal CRS Company has launched “Meri Sangini” a family planning mobile application in Nepal. Meri Sangini is a mobile application designed to provide detailed information on the short acting reversible methods of contraception. Although the information provided is suitable for any person of reproductive age, it will be more useful for adolescents and […]
KATHMANDU : Former Prime Minister (PM) Jhalanath Khanal was admitted to Norvic Hospital on Monday morning. According to the Norvic Hospital, Khanal was admitted this morning at around 8 AM after he complained of high fever for several days and experienced reduced level of hemoglobin in blood. Senior UML leader Khanal had contracted with COVID-19 […]
ISRAEL: Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined. But the razor-thin 60-59 vote of confidence in a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties with little in […]
POKHARA : The new Gandaki Province Cabinet has decided to formulate an Act to ‘honor’ the former chief minister/s of the province. A meeting of the newly-formed Cabinet led by Chief Minister Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, on Sunday, decided to introduce a separate law to formally provide services and benefits to the former chief minister(s) […]
SAO PAULO : Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask. Sao Paulo’s state government press office said a fine — equivalent to about $110 — would be imposed for violation of a […]
DHANUSHA: The Province 2 government has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs 100,000 each to the families of the five children who drowned in a pond located at Mukhiyapatti Musaharniya Rural Municipality-6 of the district. Local residents Laxminiya, 12, the daughter of Paltu Yadav, Chandra Kumari, 10, the daughter of Jogindra Bhagat, Manju, the […]
KATHMANDU : United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col on Thursday handed over the mission’s annual environmental awards to three military units for implementing environment-friendly initiatives in their bases and host communities. The mission’s Nepali Battalion (NEPBATT) bagged the first prize for its realistic, […]
KATHMANDU : The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has suspended the ongoing campaign to administer vaccines against COVID-19 to people belonging to 60 to 64 years of age. The metropolis halted the programme stating that the government failed to provide the required quantity of the Chinese Vero Cell vaccines. Earlier, it had announced that the vaccination […]
KATHMANDU: Speaker of the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota has called an all-party meeting on Friday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 2 PM. Speaker Sapkota has invited top leaders of all political parties represented in Parliament. Former Prime Ministers including Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the Chairman […]