SOCIETY
Call to scrap Online Media Guidelines
Call to scrap Online Media Guidelines
KATHMANDU, June 22: Various stakeholders have demanded not to enforce the government-brought Online Media Operation Guidelines-2073 BS as it is.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
Leaders press for addressing genuine demands of disgruntled parties
Leaders press for addressing genuine demands of disgruntled...
KATHMANDU, June 22: Various leaders have pointed out the need to address genuine demands of the disgruntled parties so as to bring the new constitution into effect.
Jun 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Killing of innocent Nepalis cowardly and inhuman: PM Oli
Killing of innocent Nepalis cowardly and inhuman: PM Oli
KATHMANDU, June 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the murder of innocent Nepalis who had gone to Afghanistan in course of employment is 'cowardly and inhumane'.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
Auditor General Acharya resigns
Auditor General Acharya resigns
KATHMANDU, June 22: Auditor General Bhanu Prasad Acharya has tendered his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
PHSC Chair Gurung takes oath of office
PHSC Chair Gurung takes oath of office
KATHMANDU, June 22: Newly-elected Chairperson of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee Kul Bahadur Gurung has said the stalled parliamentary hearings for endorsing major appointments including that of justices would make a headway.
Jun 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Flood hits Eastern Nepal
Flood hits Eastern Nepal
BIRATNAGAR, June22: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have hit Morang, Jhapa and Sunsari, inundating more than 300 houses. Landslides in various places of Mahabharat VDC of Dhankuta have obstructed the Koshi Highway.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
Will Naya Shakti become a force to reckon with?
Will Naya Shakti become a force to reckon with?
KATHMANDU, June 22: Visibly encouraged by his party's sweeping victory in the erstwhile first Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, then UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal made a proclamation of turning Nepal into the 'Switzerland of Asia'. Dahal-led government and his party also envisioned en...
Jun 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Doctors with fake credentials arrested from Lamjung
Doctors with fake credentials arrested from Lamjung
DHAMILIKUWA, June 22: In the wake of a crackdown on doctors with fake credentials, resulting in the arrest of many such doctors, police arrested a doctor possessing fake academic documents from Lamjung today.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
Kul Bahadur Gurung elected PHSC chair
Kul Bahadur Gurung elected PHSC chair
KATHMANDU, June 22: Nepali Congress leader Kul Bahadur Gurung has been elected as chairman of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) on Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2016
POLITICS
Bandana Rana elected as expert member at UN CEDAW Committee
Bandana Rana elected as expert member at UN CEDAW Committee
KATHMANDU, June 22: Nepal's candidate Bandana Rana has been elected as an expert member at United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). With her election, she has become the first Nepali to serve in the CEDAW.
Jun 22, 2016