SOCIETY
Civil society body urges EC to facilitate participation of differently-abled people in loc...
Civil society body urges EC to facilitate participation of d...
NEPLAGUNJ, May 7: Civil society group in Banke has urged the Election Commission to facilitate the participation of the people with disabilities, sick and senior citizens in the May 13 local elections.
May 07, 2022
POLITICS
PM Deuba, top leaders of ruling alliance arriving in Janakpurdham to address election rall...
PM Deuba, top leaders of ruling alliance arriving in Janakpu...
JANAKPURDHAM, May 7: Senior leaders of the five-party alliance, including Nepali Congress (NC) President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are set to arrive at Janakpurdham in Dhanusha today.
May 07, 2022
SOCIETY
Sale and distribution of alcohols banned in Baitadi till local polls
Sale and distribution of alcohols banned in Baitadi till loc...
BAITADI, May 7: The local administration of Baitadi district has banned sale and distribution of liquor in the district from May 9 till the end of upcoming local polls. An all-party meeting convened by Chief District Officer Rajendra Dev Pandey on Friday banned the sale and distribution of liquor in...
May 07, 2022
SOCIETY
Yale University Art Gallery to return 9th century Parvati statue to Nepal
Yale University Art Gallery to return 9th century Parvati st...
KATHMANDU, May 7: The Yale University Art Gallery in Connecticut, USA, is returning to Nepal a 9th century stone statue of Parvati. The statute remained in the permanent collection of the Gallery.
May 07, 2022
POLITICS
EC issues criteria to regulate vehicular movement on poll day
EC issues criteria to regulate vehicular movement on poll da...
KATHMANDU, May 7: The Election Commision (EC) has issued a criteria to manage the traffic movement on the day of the local level polls, scheduled for May 13.
May 07, 2022
WORLD
Sri Lanka leader declares emergency amid protests
Sri Lanka leader declares emergency amid protests
COLOMBO, May 7: Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency on Friday giving him broad authority amid widespread public protests demanding his resignation over the country’s worst economic crisis in recent memory.
May 07, 2022
POLITICS
Army to take over security in critical areas
Army to take over security in critical areas
CHITWAN, May 7: The Nepal Army has taken charge of the security of critical areas in view of the upcoming local level elections in the district. Accordingly, the Nepal Army has taken charge of the security of Chitwan and Bharatpur airports.
May 07, 2022
WORLD
G7 leaders to hold video conference with Zelensky on Sunday
G7 leaders to hold video conference with Zelensky on Sunday
BERLIN, May 6: Leaders of the world's top industrialised nations will hold video talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the German government as acting G7 chair said.
May 06, 2022
SOCIETY
Madhesh Province is COVID-19 free, 82 percent eligible population fully vaccinated
Madhesh Province is COVID-19 free, 82 percent eligible popul...
JANAKPUR, May 6: Madhesh Province has no new cases of COVID-19 reported lately. With all eight districts in the Province having no new cases of Coronavirus infection for some time, the Province has been declared COVID-19 free.
May 06, 2022
WORLD
EU tweaks Russia oil sanctions plan in bid to win over reluctant states
EU tweaks Russia oil sanctions plan in bid to win over reluc...
BRUSSELS, May 6: The European Commission has proposed changes to its planned embargo on Russian oil to give Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic more time to prepare for the shift in their energy supplies, three EU sources said on Friday.
May 06, 2022