OHCHR urges govt to amend TJ law in support of SC ruling

Published On: May 1, 2020 06:20 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 1: The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has suggested to the Nepal government to amend the transitional justice legal framework in support of the Supreme Court ruling.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The inmates section at Metropolitan Police Range, Teku, is all empty for the first time in 65 years.

Chinese ambassador meets ruling NCP's top leaders

Published On: May 1, 2020 04:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 1: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi held separate meetings with Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the party's Foreign Relations Department chief Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Minister for Health and Population, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal has hinted that the ongoing lockdown may be loosened after May 7. The ongoing lockdown which was extended for the fourth time ends on May 7.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The decision by the Supreme Court to reject a petition by the government asking that it review its 2015 ruling against amnesty to people accused of grave conflict-era crimes is an important step in securing truth, justice and reparations for the thousands of victims of the country's decade-long conflict, four international human rights bodies said in a joint press release on Friday.

NC demands investigation into death of children in Rolpa blast

Published On: May 1, 2020 03:45 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, May 1: Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded an investigation into the death of four children in a bomb explosion in Rolpa district.

Works on Melamchi Water Supply Project in progress

Published On: May 1, 2020 03:15 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, May 1: Work is in progress at Sundarijal, the final point of the tunnel of the Melamchi Water Supply Project even with the passage of one month since the lockdown.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Two more patients have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease on Friday.

UDAYAPUR, May 1: A young man committed suicide at a quarantine facility in Udayapur on Thursday midnight, police said.

POKHARA, May 1: Bodies of a South Korean trekker and a Nepali guide have been recovered on Friday morning from the Annapurna region, police said. They were missing after an avalanche hit the region in January