POLITICS
Karnali Province Cabinet grants permission for legislation
Karnali Province Cabinet grants permission for legislation
SURKHET, April 17: A meeting of the council of ministers of Karnali Province on Tuesday decided to grant permission in principle to the Internal Affairs and Law Ministry to formulate a bill relating to province level public records certification procedures.
Apr 17, 2018
WORLD
Assad Stages Independence Day Rally Claiming Victory over U.S. Strikes
Assad Stages Independence Day Rally Claiming Victory over U....
DAMASCUS, April 17: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government claims that “tens of thousands of Syrians” took to the streets in Damascus to celebrate Syrian Independence Day and mark the regime’s “victory” over this weekend’s airstrikes launched by the U.S. and its allies, suggesting the attack...
Apr 17, 2018
POLITICS
Indecisive meeting pushes party merger deadline
Indecisive meeting pushes party merger deadline
KATHMANDU, April 17: The Party Unification Coordination Committee meeting at Prime Minister’s concluded that CPN UML and Maoist Center would not form a merger on April 22.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Nepal elected member of UN Women executive board
Nepal elected member of UN Women executive board
KATHMANDU, April 17: Nepal has been elected as a member of the executive board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
Apr 17, 2018
Lifestyle
Caffeine might help people with heart troubles, research says
Caffeine might help people with heart troubles, research say...
Drinking coffee and tea every day may actually benefit people with heart troubles.
Apr 17, 2018
POLITICS
Deuba urges CM Poudel not to shift capital of province 3
Deuba urges CM Poudel not to shift capital of province 3
HETAUDA, April 17: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged Dormani Poudel, Chief Minister of Province 3 not to shift the province capital from Hetauda to other location
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Promises made, promises delayed: Khotang sans textbooks in English
Promises made, promises delayed: Khotang sans textbooks in E...
KHOTANG, April 17: While the new academic session has already begun across the country, textbooks in English language are yet to be supplied in schools of Khotang.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
US senators lobby for TPS extension of Nepali nationals
US senators lobby for TPS extension of Nepali nationals
United States, April 17: Twenty three senators have signed a petition urging the United States administration to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation granted to Nepalis living in the country after the devastating April 2015 earthquake. At present, 8,000 Nepalis are under TPS which...
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Donors pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet
Donors pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet
KATHMANDU, April 17: Some international donors that had pledged billions of rupees for post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal but are yet to provide the pledged amounts to the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) did not attend a meeting summoned by NRA on Monday.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
SSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh heads crime division
SSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh heads crime division
KATHMANDU, April 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dhiraj Pratap Singh as chief of Metropolitan Police’s crime division.
Apr 17, 2018