SOCIETY
Party proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses seeking citizenship
Party proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses seeking c...
KATHMANDU, May 1: Sajha Bibeksheel Party has proposed that foreign nationals marrying Nepali citizens should be given Nepali citizenship only after residing in Nepal for seven years.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Jhapa’s B&C Hospital detains teenager for not paying his medical bills
Jhapa’s B&C Hospital detains teenager for not paying his med...
TAPLEJUNG, May 1: A seventeen-year-old boy in Taplejung has been detained by a hospital after he was unable to pay the expenses of his treatment.
May 01, 2019
WORLD
North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
CHARLOTTE, May 1: A man armed with a pistol opened fire on students in a classroom building at a North Carolina university during the last day of classes Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four others, police said. Officers who had gathered ahead of a campus concert raced over and disarmed the...
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Oli weighs in for Paudel over Lalita Niwas land scam
Oli weighs in for Paudel over Lalita Niwas land scam
KATHMANDU, May 1: Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said NCP General Secretary Bishnu Poudel had no role in registering public land as private property. Oli, who also heads the ruling party, said attempts to drag Poudel into controversy were nothing but a ploy to tarnish the party's image.
May 01, 2019
POLITICS
NHRC proposes making its recommendations binding on govt
NHRC proposes making its recommendations binding on govt
KATHMANDU, May 1: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has proposed making its recommendations binding on the government, in contrast to a provision mentioned in a bill registered by the government in parliament.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
President Bhandari confident over reforms in labour sector
President Bhandari confident over reforms in labour sector
KATHMANDU, May 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed her confidence that the stakeholders would focus towards reforming the labour sector to help realize the government’s motto of prosperous Nepal based on social justice and equality.
May 01, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
International Labor Day being observed today
International Labor Day being observed today
KATHMANDU, May 1: The 130th International Workers’ Day, is being marked across the country today. The Day is being marked since 1890 in recognition to the 1986’s workers’ movement that demanded respect to work in the US.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Theatre artists admit to sexual harassment accusation
Theatre artists admit to sexual harassment accusation
KATHMANDU, May 1: Two of the three theatre artists who were accused of sexually harassing their female co-workers have admitted to the crime and asked for forgiveness.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Another inmate commits suicide in Dolakha prison
Another inmate commits suicide in Dolakha prison
DOLAKHA, May 1: Three months after an inmate awaiting trial committed suicide in Charikot-based the District Prison, Dolakha, another inmate committed suicide by hanging on Tuesday.
May 01, 2019
ECONOMY
Construction entrepreneurs say they are receiving threats
Construction entrepreneurs say they are receiving threats
KATHMANDU, May 1: Construction entrepreneurs have said that they have been repeatedly threatened by unidentified individuals over phone.
May 01, 2019