SAARC Development Fund enters into 10th year

Published On: April 29, 2020 12:28 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, April 29: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Development Fund has entered into the tenth year of its inception.

LAHAN, April 29: Three new patients have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus disease in Province 2 on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel will be among 117 foreigners to receive this year's spring decorations for their remarkable contributions in enhancing relations with Japan, the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu said on Wednesday.

Lawyers object to SC hearings on cases during lockdown

Published On: April 29, 2020 11:08 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Bar Association (NBA) and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have expressed objection to the hearing of writ petitions at the Supreme Court at a time when the government has announced the lockdown period as public holidays.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Medical doctors have shown no or little interest in applying for government jobs to deal with COVID-19. Very few or no applications were made for various positions advertised by the Ministry of Health and Population(MoHP) some five weeks ago.

KATHMANDU, April 29: As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence, and other harmful practices could skyrocket by millions of cases in the months ahead, according to data released by the UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency recently.

KATHMANDU, April 29: The ruling Nepal Communist Party’s disputes surfaced after Prime Minister K P Oli introduced a controversial ordinance to facilitate the split of the Socialist Party led by Upendra Yadav. This episode has now reached its climax, as rival factions seek to oust Oli from power.

Govt intervention in state-run media is not new

Published On: April 28, 2020 10:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 28: A debate is raging on social media platforms about the role of state-funded media after Radio Nepal removed an interview with former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai from its online archive.

KATHMANDU, April 28: UN Women Nepal and Rakuten Viber, the company behind the messenger and calling app Viber, have forged a partnership to use Viber 'community' as an innovative platform to reach out to communities in order to promote Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE).

KATHMANDU, April 28: Daraz online has launched the Daraz Seller Sahayatri Program with a subsidy of Rs 5.5 million to minimize the impacts of the pandemic on small and medium enterprises in Nepal.