SOCIETY
Cases of human rights violations surged by 27 percent in 2023
Cases of human rights violations surged by 27 percent in 202...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Nepal witnessed 9,388 cases related to human rights violation in 2023, which was way higher than the cases in the previous year.
Feb 20, 2024
WORLD
Beijing urges US to end 'harassment' of Chinese students
Beijing urges US to end 'harassment' of Chinese students
BEIJING, Feb. 20: China's public security minister called on the US homeland security secretary to stop alleged "harassment" of Chinese students entering the United States in a meeting between the two in Vienna, Beijing's state media reported Monday.
Feb 20, 2024
Editorial
Making CIAA Relevant
Making CIAA Relevant
Many assert that Nepal is a 'paradise' of corruption, making corruption and Nepal synonymous at this time. Such a situation could have been avoided with proper action against corruption.
Feb 20, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt collected CGT worth Rs 2.86 billion from shares trading in first seven months of curr...
Govt collected CGT worth Rs 2.86 billion from shares trading...
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The government has collected capital gains tax (CGT) worth Rs 2.86 billion from the shares transactions in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Feb 19, 2024
POLITICS
Mahasamiti meeting to make NC stronger and united: Deuba
Mahasamiti meeting to make NC stronger and united: Deuba
LALITPUR, Feb 19: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed the confidence that the Mahasamiti meeting of the party will make the party stronger and united.
Feb 19, 2024
SOCIETY
Man arrested on charge of rape
Man arrested on charge of rape
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The police have arrested Lokendra Kumar Tiruwa, 29, of Dailekh, on the charge of rape. The police arrested him from Kathmandu after receiving a complaint that he had raped a young woman by luring her with promises of securing a job in the police force.
Feb 19, 2024
POLITICS
JSP calls CEC meeting on Feb 22
JSP calls CEC meeting on Feb 22
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Nepal has summoned its central executive committee (CEC) meeting for 11:00 AM on February 22.
Feb 19, 2024
SOCIETY
Jumla yet to get to taste the fruits of democracy
Jumla yet to get to taste the fruits of democracy
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: There is a saying - democracy dawned in Nepal in 2007 BS but the people of Jumla came to know about it only in 2008 BS! The essence of this saying is that the residents of remote and rural Jumla, which is far away from the capital, got the news of the arrival of democracy too late...
Feb 19, 2024
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Nepal: The ‘Lahure’ legacy continues albeit in different forms and destinations
Nepal: The ‘Lahure’ legacy continues albeit in different for...
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The tradition of the recruitment of Gorkha Soldiers locally known as 'Lahure' in Nepali society is about two hundred years old. Nepalis currently working abroad are, in one way or another, giving continuity to the same Lahure tradition.
Feb 19, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt falls short of mobilizing foreign loan, achieves only 20 percent of target in seven m...
Govt falls short of mobilizing foreign loan, achieves only 2...
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The government has failed to mobilize foreign loans as per the target in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Feb 19, 2024