POLITICS
Nepal Media Bill: Experts advise FNJ to challenge anti-media bills in court
Nepal Media Bill: Experts advise FNJ to challenge anti-media...
KATHMANDU, May 13: As the government drafts bills, one after another, curtailing press freedom, experts have advised the media watchdog organizations to challenge the bills in court.
May 13, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Protesting students pelt stones
Protesting students pelt stones
KATHMANDU, May 13: Students affiliated to the erstwhile Naya Shakti Nepal party’s students union pelted stones at Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC) office for appointing TU personnel affiliated to the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), relatives of TU staffers and those affiliated to t...
May 13, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Tainted TU registrar Upreti promoted to professor
Tainted TU registrar Upreti promoted to professor
KATHMANDU, May 13: Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC) has promoted the university’s controversial registrar Dilli Ram Upreti, to a professor. A probe panel had found Registrar Upreti, among other officials, guilty of irregularities while issuing affiliations to private medical colleges a...
May 13, 2019
POLITICS
Govt trying to stage ‘coup’ against media: Deuba
Govt trying to stage ‘coup’ against media: Deuba
KATHMANDU, May 13: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has alleged that the government was trying to stage a coup against the media by drafting draconic laws to curtail press freedom.
May 13, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Police face new challenges in drive against Chand outfit
Police face new challenges in drive against Chand outfit
KATHMANDU, May 13: On March 12, the government decided to ban all activities of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and treat the splinter group of former Maoists as a terrorist outfit after it started extortion and carrying out bomb blasts. Since then, police have already arrested...
May 13, 2019
SOCIETY
For or against child marriage? Green flag tells it all in Baitadi
For or against child marriage? Green flag tells it all in Ba...
BAITADI, May 13: In a bid to curb child marriage, Purchaudi Municipality of Baitadi has started a campaign to keep green flags at the homes of all girls who are below 20 years in the local unit.
May 13, 2019
SOCIETY
Nepali youth missing in Malaysia since almost two years
Nepali youth missing in Malaysia since almost two years
UDAYAPUR, May 13: Six years ago when Pradip Kumar Chaudhary, 32, of Chaudandigadhi Municipality-5, Sundarpur left for Malaysia in course of foreign employment, his family was hopeful that their days will be changed for good.
May 13, 2019
ECONOMY
Agreement to build Rasuwagadhi dry port signed
Agreement to build Rasuwagadhi dry port signed
RASUWA, May 13: An agreement to build an inland container depot in Rasuwagadhi was signed on Sunday.
May 13, 2019
SOCIETY
Brick kilns operating in human settlements
Brick kilns operating in human settlements
SIRAHA, May 13: Saharun Khatun of Sukhachaina village of Siraha was hurriedly collecting clothes hung at the backyard of her house on Friday evening.
May 13, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse ends choppy trading session in green
Nepse ends choppy trading session in green
KATHMANDU, May 13: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index began on a feeble note and traded slightly lower in the first trading hour.
May 13, 2019