POLITICS
Deputy speaker Rana returns home
Deputy speaker Rana returns home
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Indira Rana, has returned to the country after completing a five-day official visit to the Russian Federation. She participated in the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and returned home on Saturday eve...
Sep 22, 2024
SOCIETY
Police seize 26 boxes of fire crackers in Dhulikhel
Police seize 26 boxes of fire crackers in Dhulikhel
DHULIKHEL (KAVREPALANCHOWK), Sept 22: Police have confiscated 26 boxes of firecrackers from Kavrevanjyang in ward 9 of Dhulikhel Municipality. The seizure was made from a truck (Na 5 Kha 7179) traveling along the BP highway.
Sep 22, 2024
POLITICS
Countries emitting carbon should pay compensation: PM Oli
Countries emitting carbon should pay compensation: PM Oli
New York (USA), Sept 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal is clear in its view that carbon emitting countries should compensate the non-emitting countries.
Sep 22, 2024
POLITICS
PM Oli meets with UNSG Guterres
PM Oli meets with UNSG Guterres
New York (USA), Sept 22: A meeting was held between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.
Sep 22, 2024
OPINION
Nepal Needs a Licensing Body for Counseling and Therapy in Mental Health
Nepal Needs a Licensing Body for Counseling and Therapy in M...
Mental health in Nepal has become an issue of growing concern, with a significant rise in mental health disorders, stress, anxiety, depression, and cases of suicide. According to the latest report from Nepal Police, an average of 17 people die by suicide every day, a staggering statistic that highli...
Sep 22, 2024
ECONOMY
US positive to extend deadline of duty-free facility while revising the lists of 77 privil...
US positive to extend deadline of duty-free facility while r...
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: The USA has responded positively to extend the deadline to provide duty-free facility to Nepal for its 77 specified products exported to the USA which is about to end next year.
Sep 22, 2024
Editorial
National Shame Projects!
National Shame Projects!
The government has labeled large infrastructural projects as "national pride projects," considering their potential to drive the country's economic and social transformation. These projects are envisioned as a means to realize the national aspiration of propelling Nepal from a Least Developed Countr...
Sep 22, 2024
ECONOMY
Rising dementia cases in Nepal highlight need for awareness and action
Rising dementia cases in Nepal highlight need for awareness...
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The number of dementia patients visiting Bir Hospital’s Neuro Medicine department has been rising steadily over the past few years, a marked change from a decade and a half ago when such cases were sparse.
Sep 21, 2024
ECONOMY
MCA Nepal begins compensation distribution process for land required for transmission line...
MCA Nepal begins compensation distribution process for land...
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA Nepal) has started the process of distributing compensation for acquiring land required for the construction of towers for the electricity transmission line in various locations in Tanahun district under the US-funded project.
Sep 21, 2024
SOCIETY
PSC receives no applications for 24 positions
PSC receives no applications for 24 positions
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Amid the ongoing trend of hundreds of youths leaving the country daily due to the lack of opportunities and employment in the country, not a single application was submitted for 24 positions announced by the Public Service Commission (PSC) for the civil service in the last fiscal...
Sep 21, 2024