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.

KATHMANDU, August 21: A civil society group in Nepal has appealed to the Government of Nepal (GoN) to summon an emergency meeting of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in its capacity as the chair of the regional body. They have urged the government to hold discussions on the safety of the Afghan people and ways to address the possible Afghan refugee crisis in the emergency meeting of the SAARC.

KATHMANDU, May 12: As many as 83 civil society leaders and activists have urged China to provide additional vaccines to Nepal to curb further loss of human life due to COVID-19.