POLITICS
SC orders govt to produce Bishwakarma within 24 hours
SC orders govt to produce Bishwakarma within 24 hours
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday ordered the government to produce Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma, the spokesman of the Maoist party led by Netra Bikram Chand within 24 hours.
Aug 27, 2018
POLITICS
Center and provinces in dispute over rights
Center and provinces in dispute over rights
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Disputes have begun surfacing between the federal and provincial governments over jurisdiction as the provincial governments are increasingly trying to assert their rights.
Aug 27, 2018
POLITICS
Amend ‘repressive’ provisions of Muluki codes: Deuba
Amend ‘repressive’ provisions of Muluki codes: Deuba
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: The president of the main opposition Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the government to initiate necessary processes to amend the recently implemented new Muluki codes and remove some of its provisions, especially those that undermine press freedom and infringe upon th...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Province 2 minister padlocks NRB for opening on ‘holiday’
Province 2 minister padlocks NRB for opening on ‘holiday’
DHANUSHA, Aug 27: Gyanendra Yadav, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Province 2 has padlocked the branch of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Janakpur for violating the decision of the provincial government to observe public holiday on Sunday.
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
We are in a state of crisis: Legal experts
We are in a state of crisis: Legal experts
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Legal experts, activists and civil society leaders say that the current government of KP Oli is increasingly showing tendencies of an authoritarian and totalitarian state. Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi said that the government's decision to bar former Maoist child soldier Lenin...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Project starts construction but yet to decide over land acquisition
Project starts construction but yet to decide over land acqu...
SURKHET, Aug 27: After the construction of a dam on Bheri River in Chiple under the Bheri Babai Multipurpose Project gets completed, about one bigha of land belonging to Gehendra Pandey of Lekhbasi Municipality-1 will be inundated. The land currently has a house and a mill. The project is yet to dis...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Brahmins in Dailekh refuse to observe Rakshya Bandhan
Brahmins in Dailekh refuse to observe Rakshya Bandhan
DAILEKH, Aug 27: The Brahmin society of Dailekh did not tie the sacred thread around the wrists of the locals on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Sunday expressing their dissatisfaction over excluding their rights in the recently introduced civil code. According to the locals, the Brahmins broadcas...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Pvt schools await govt request to remain closed during BIMSTEC Summit
Pvt schools await govt request to remain closed during BIMST...
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Private school and college operators in the Kathmandu Valley have sought a formal request from the government after the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) asked their cooperation to ease traffic management during the upcoming Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Tech...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Triyuga Municipality finds landfill site after 22 years
Triyuga Municipality finds landfill site after 22 years
UDAYAPUR, Aug 26: Triyuga Municipality in Udayapur district spent 22 years just to find a landfill site to dispose off the garbage produced in the municipality of eastern Nepal.
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
BPKIHS academic block handed over despite 28 major faults, show records
BPKIHS academic block handed over despite 28 major faults, s...
DHARAN, Aug 27: The then administration of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, has been accused of accepting the building of the newly-constructed academic block of the institute despite being aware of over two dozen major faults in the building due to the negligence of the con...
Aug 27, 2018