POLITICS
UN eager to support Nepal’s transitional justice: Minister
UN eager to support Nepal’s transitional justice: Minister
KATHMANDU, March 6: Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali on Tuesday said the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was eager to provide the necessary support to Nepal for concluding the remaining works of truth and reconciliation.
Mar 06, 2019
POLITICS
House committee for citizenship through mother and no father's status
House committee for citizenship through mother and no father...
KATHMANDU, March 6: Lawmakers at a meeting of the State Affairs Committee of parliament have agreed to include a provision in citizenship law allowing an individual to acquire Nepali citizenship through the mother and no mention of the status of the father.
Mar 06, 2019
POLITICS
Ansari likely to head Muslim Commission without hearings nod
Ansari likely to head Muslim Commission without hearings nod
KATHMANDU, Mar 6: Samim Miya Ansari, who was nominated by the Constitutional Council as chairperson of the National Muslim Commission, is likely to be appointed to the post even though the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) on Tuesday failed to endorse him.
Mar 06, 2019
SOCIETY
'The Little School - Tales of Disappearance and Survival' to be performed in March
'The Little School - Tales of Disappearance and Survival' to...
KATHMANDU, March 6: One World Theater (OWT) has announced the world premiere of The Little School, based on the memoir by Alicia Partnoy, adapted for the stage and directed by Deborah Merola, to be staged in Kathmandu between March 9 and March 17 at Kausi Theater.
Mar 06, 2019
SOCIETY
Solo paragliding banned after two die in three days
Solo paragliding banned after two die in three days
POKHARA, March 6: A Russian national died in a paragliding accident on Tuesday in the tourist-hub of Pokhara. He is the second person to die in a paragliding accident in three days.
Mar 06, 2019
SOCIETY
Siberian cranes at SNP to avoid cold
Siberian cranes at SNP to avoid cold
MAHENDRANAGAR, March 6: In a bid to escape the frosting cold, the endangered cranes of Siberia have flocked the Shuklaphanta National Park (SNP) of Nepal.
Mar 06, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse recovers after dropping to 1,100 points
Nepse recovers after dropping to 1,100 points
KATHMANDU, Mar 6: Stocks started the day's trading on a flat note as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index hovered around 1,100 points mark in the initial trading before dipping briefly below the psychological mark by midday.
Mar 06, 2019
ECONOMY
Five honored with HYATT WOW Women Achievers Award 2019
Five honored with HYATT WOW Women Achievers Award 2019
KATHMANDU, March 6: The Hyatt Regency Kathmandu and Media 9 Private Limited jointly honored five women with the Hyatt WOW Women Achievers Awards 2019, on Tuesday, amidst a program in the capital.
Mar 06, 2019
ECONOMY
Sugarcane farmers awaiting payment for two years
Sugarcane farmers awaiting payment for two years
SARLAHI, March 6: Sugarcane farmers in the district are agitated as the government has failed to provide them the promised subsidy, and their due amounts from the sugar mills have piled up for the past two years.
Mar 06, 2019
SOCIETY
Teachers' agitation immature and irresponsible: Education ministry
Teachers' agitation immature and irresponsible: Education mi...
KATHMANDU, March 5: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has termed the agitation by the relief quota teachers as "an immature and irresponsible act."
Mar 06, 2019