POLITICS
Key NCP meeting postponed yet again
Key NCP meeting postponed yet again
KATMANDU, Nov 28: A secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) that was supposed to make work division between party’s central leaders and endorse provincial organizational committees was deferred at the last minute after the taskforce assigned to settle the dispute failed to come...
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Victims, HR activists seeks UN help over transitional justice
Victims, HR activists seeks UN help over transitional justic...
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Concerned over the recent developments with regard to the transitional justice process, a section of human rights activists and conflict victims on Tuesday submitted a position paper to UN’s Nepal Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand seeking ‘adequate initiative from the UN agenc...
Nov 28, 2018
POLITICS
Cambodia PM Hun Sen, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arriving on Thursday
Cambodia PM Hun Sen, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arriving on Thursday
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen and State Counsellor and Foreign Minister of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi are arriving in Nepal on Thursday on a bilateral visit to Nepal.
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
6 rape cases a day in first quarter of fiscal year
6 rape cases a day in first quarter of fiscal year
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: In the four months since Nirmala Panta, the 13-year-old schoolgirl in Kanchanpur district, was raped and subsequently murdered, the issue of rape and other gender-based violence has remained the most talked-about issue. Civil society groups, informal social media groupings and sev...
Nov 28, 2018
POLITICS
JC unable to meet, secretariat recommends Joshee, Rana for next CJ
JC unable to meet, secretariat recommends Joshee, Rana for n...
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Beginning the process to appoint the next chief justice, the Judicial Council (JC) secretariat has recommended seniormost justice Deepak Raj Joshee and justice Cholendra SJB Rana for the top post.
Nov 28, 2018
ECONOMY
PM launches social security scheme, calls it new era for country
PM launches social security scheme, calls it new era for cou...
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The government has launched a social security scheme that multiple stakeholders have hailed as a 'milestone' in the country's labor relations and social protection for workers employed by the private sector.
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Doctors assessing health of Nirmala's father
Doctors assessing health of Nirmala's father
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital are assessing the health condition of Yagya Raj Panta, father of Nirmala Panta, a 13-year girl who was raped and murdered in Kanchanpur in July.
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
NSU announces to hold its general convention on January 12
NSU announces to hold its general convention on January 12
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Nepal Student Union (NSU), the students' wing of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has announced to hold its general convention on January 12.
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Dry season invites more fire incidents
Dry season invites more fire incidents
KHOTANG, Nov 28: Incidents of fire have been consistently increasing in Khotang during the ongoing dry season. Such incidents have posed huge threat to life and destroyed properties worth millions of rupees.
Nov 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Odd-even vehicle rule from Nov 29 to Dec 3
Odd-even vehicle rule from Nov 29 to Dec 3
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Keeping in view the movement of Very Very Important Persons (VVIPs) during the Asia Pacific Summit 2018 which begins in Kathmandu this weekend, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) has decided to bring the odd-even rule for vehicular movement in force in the Valley from N...
Nov 28, 2018