SOCIETY
Project Noah: The Betterment of Humanity
Project Noah: The Betterment of Humanity
KATHMANDU, June 2: Roughly one in ten people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. Climate change threatens to exacerbate this problem by fuelling drought in vulnerable regions.
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS
House to elect new PM on Sunday 11 am
House to elect new PM on Sunday 11 am
KATHMANDU, June 2: The Secretariat of the Legislature-Parliament has published the election schedule for the post of prime minister.
Jun 02, 2017
SOCIETY
Nepal intensifying diplomatic efforts for deputy membership to ILO Governing Body
Nepal intensifying diplomatic efforts for deputy membership...
KATHMANDU, June 2: As the International Labor Organisation's 106th Session of the International Labor Conference is just around the corner, Nepal has intensified preparations at the diplomatic-level to garner support for the post of the deputy member in the ILO Governing Body.
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS
HLFARC suggests 18 Ministries, one authorized trade union in Center
HLFARC suggests 18 Ministries, one authorized trade union in...
KATHMANDU, June 2: The High-Level Federal Administrative Restructuring Committee has proposed 18 ministries including the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at the Center (federal level).
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
PM directs police to create environment for election
PM directs police to create environment for election
KATHMANDU, June 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has praised the Nepal Police for its role in conducting the first-phase local level election in a free, fair and fear-free environment, and also directed it to play a similar role in the second-phase local, province and federal level elections as...
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS
UML will field Gautam as prime ministerial candidate: Pokharel
UML will field Gautam as prime ministerial candidate: Pokhar...
KATHMANDU, June 2: Main opposition CPN-UML leader Shankar Pokharel said that his party is making preparations to field Bamdev Gautam as a candidate for the prime ministerial election.
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS
Pakistan asks India about missing ex-Pak army’s status
Pakistan asks India about missing ex-Pak army’s status
KATHMANDU, June 2: Pakistan has asked Indian government about the status of its former military official who went missing in Nepal.
Jun 02, 2017
SOCIETY
This year's climbing season ends, 500 climbers ascend tallest peak
This year's climbing season ends, 500 climbers ascend talles...
SOLUKHUMBU, June 2: This year's spring climbing season has ended with the total 500 climbers having made it to the top of Mt. Everest. The expedition that started from May 15 lasted about 15 days and 500 mountaineers scaled the tallest peak of 8,848 meters, according to the Department of Tourism.
Jun 02, 2017
SOCIETY
One killed in tusker attack in Jhapa
One killed in tusker attack in Jhapa
DAMAK (Jhapa), June 2: One person was killed when a wild elephant attacked him at Haldibari in the district last night.
Jun 02, 2017
WORLD
South Sudan: 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign
South Sudan: 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 2: Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday.
Jun 02, 2017