November 9, 2021 11:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Supreme Court judges have even boycotted a joint bench with Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana.
May 8, 2021 14:48 pm
KATHMANDU, May 8: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has announced to boycott the Constitutional Council meeting called by Prime Minister K P Oli. The CC meeting called for Sunday is expected to pick commissioners of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and other vacant positions in other constitutional bodies.
March 28, 2021 09:44 am
BEIJING, March 28: China announced new sanctions against U.S. and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang.
March 17, 2021 17:00 pm
KATHMANDU, March 17: Amid growing intraparty rift within the party, the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the CPN-UML has decided to boycott the parliamentary party meeting called by the party.
March 16, 2021 18:20 pm
KATHMANDU, March 16: Three former prime ministers have boycotted an all-party meeting called by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
October 21, 2019 16:23 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The Mohan Baidhya-led Nepal Communist Party (Revolutionary Maoist) has announced boycotting the by-election scheduled for November 30.
October 15, 2019 15:09 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 15: Founding President and Patron of Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has boycotted the ongoing World Conference alleging growing politicization.
September 27, 2019 11:19 am
NEW YORK, Sept 27: Foreign Ministers from India and Pakistan boycotted each other’s address to a meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on Thursday on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly in New York.
July 18, 2019 02:30 am
KHOTANG, July 18: Four ward chiefs of Halesi Tuwachung Municipality in Khotang have boycotted the municipal assembly meeting expressing their disappointment toward the ceiling of budget set for the wards.
February 25, 2019 07:32 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Doctors working at government health institutions have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to address their demands. The doctors have announced to boycott all services except emergency from Wednesday (February 27) onward if their demands are not met.
January 24, 2019 07:36 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The resident doctors at the government-run medical institutions and academics have warned that they would boycott outpatient services from January 25 in support of the hunger strike staged by senior orthopedic surgeon Dr. Govinda KC if the government did not heed his demands for crucial reforms in the medical education sector. Dr. KC’s hunger strike was on 15th day on Wednesday.
September 10, 2018 16:30 pm
CARACAS, Sept 10: A total of 140 European and international artist, including six Israelis, have called for a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision song contest, which will be hosted by Israel, echoing calls by the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to end the “whitewashing” of Israel’s military occupation and apartheid through art.
March 28, 2018 04:00 am
RAMPUR (PALPA), March 28: CPN-UML representatives boycotted the municipal council meeting of Rampur Municipality in Palpa district as a sign of protest against the unilateral decision of Mayor Raman Bahadur Thapa and his team in selecting development programs and reallocation of budget.
March 14, 2018 06:30 am
KATHMANDU, March 14: Eight justices of the Supreme Court boycotted case hearings on Tuesday with a view to pressure Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli to go on leave.
November 30, 2017 06:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Nepal, has apologized after one of its senior staffers was found campaigning for free Madhes and denouncing the widely-supported elections on the social media platform.
November 21, 2017 18:04 pm
SOLUKHUMBU, Nov 21: With the federal parliamentary and provincial elections just five days away, the denizens of Tingla village in the district have decided not to participate in the upcoming f elections.
October 26, 2017 11:19 am
NAIROBI, KENYA, Oct 26: Some polling stations in Kenyan opposition areas did not open on Thursday after the start of Kenya’s second presidential election since August, reflecting the main opposition leader’s call for his followers to boycott the vote in the bitterly divided East African country.
August 10, 2017 17:35 pm
JAJARKOT, August 10: Expressing solidarity with Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging a fast-unto-death demanding reforms in medical education sector, Jajarkot-based doctors boycotted hospital wards on Thursday.
July 13, 2017 02:30 am
KATHMANDU, July 12: Different beekeeping farmers and traders have boycotted the 2nd National Honey Fair that started in Kathmandu on Monday.
July 6, 2017 14:09 pm
BRISBANE, Australia, July 6: A development tour of South Africa has become the first casualty of the Australian players' pay dispute with Cricket Australia, and the Ashes series in November is also at risk.
June 13, 2017 18:30 pm
KATHMANDU, June 13: A meeting of the top leaders of the major political parties has started at Singha Durbar.
April 21, 2017 08:31 am
LAHAN, April 21: United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), which has been threatening to obstruct the upcoming local elections unless the constitution is amended to its liking, is now finding it hard to resist the election fever spreading among its own party members. More and more aspirants from the party and associated entities have announced their interest in running for different posts in the election.
April 12, 2017 15:19 pm
KATHMANDU, April 12: The agitating United Democratic Madheshi Front (UDMF) has strongly objected to the new constitution amendment bill registered by the government at the Secretariat of the Legislature-Parliament and has decided to boycott the local polls slated for May 14.
April 11, 2017 16:20 pm
KATHMANDU, April 22:The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) boycotted the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, too.
March 19, 2017 14:10 pm
KATHMANDU, March 19: The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has boycotted today's meeting of the Legislature-Parliament.
February 11, 2017 14:37 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 11. Agitating lawyers from various Madhes districts have decided to put on hold all their protest programs and withdraw their resignations from Nepal Bar Association (NBA) as they signed an agreement with the NBA executive committee.
January 31, 2017 18:31 pm
MAHOTTARI, Jan 31: Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party Chairman Sarat Singh Bhandari has warned that the Madheshi Front, an alliance of Madhesh-centric political parties, will not vie in the local elections until new constitution is revised.
January 27, 2017 10:58 am
The Iranian star of the Oscar-nominated film 'The Salesman' on Thursday announced she would boycott the awards in protest against US President Donald Trump's "racist" ban on Muslim immigrants.
January 22, 2017 12:44 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Protesting against the recent appointment of judges at the high courts, government attorneys have decided to boycott court proceedings from Sunday.
November 30, 2016 00:50 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: After the talks between the government and Dr Govinda KC's team ended inconclusively Tuesday, various medical organizations have threatened to launch stringent protests from Wednesday.
November 26, 2016 00:50 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Hundreds of patients, who came for treatement at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), from different parts of the country were affected due to the out-patients department (OPD) boycott by the resident doctors at the hospital. The doctors boycotted OPD duty starting Friday in support of the ongoing hunger strike of Dr Govinda KC, who has been demanding crucial reforms in the medical education sector.
November 25, 2016 01:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Resident doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) have decided to boycott the out-patient department (OPD) services from Friday in a show of support for the ongoing hunger strike by Dr Govinda KC, a senior professor at the Institute of Medicine (IoM).
November 24, 2016 14:55 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Resident doctors at the Institute of Medicine (IoM) have decided to boycott Out-patient Department (OPD) service from Friday to exert pressure on the government to heed demands raised by Dr Govinda KC.
November 19, 2016 01:20 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: All the resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) will boycott classroom activities from Sunday, in a show of support for the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC.
November 16, 2016 17:45 pm
Lionel Messi has led the Argentina squad in a media boycott following ‘disrespectful’ allegations made against a number of the side’s players.
October 5, 2016 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Hundreds of patients were affected after all resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj, Kathmandu boycotted Out Patient Department (OPD) services from Tuesday in support of the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC, a senior professor at the Institute of Medicine.
October 4, 2016 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) are all set to boycott the out-patient department (OPD) from Tuesday, in support of the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC, senior professor at the Institute of Medicine (IoM).
September 28, 2016 13:48 pm
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: With India’s announcement on boycotting the SARRC Summit to be held in Pakistan, Bangaladesh has also announced not to take part in the summit.
July 20, 2016 02:40 am
KATHMANDU, July 20: Hundreds of patients at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) suffered the consequences Tuesday as resident doctors pursuing MD/MS degrees under the Institute of Medicine (IoM) shunned the out-patient department (OPD).
June 30, 2016 13:31 pm
KATHMANDU, June 30: The United Democratic Madhesi Front which is up in arms against some provisions of the constitution boycotted the Legislature-Parliament meeting today.
June 22, 2016 13:19 pm
KATHMANDU, June 22: Lawmaker Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary has said that the government was not serious toward the demands put forth by ongoing agitation in Tarai-Madhes.
June 20, 2016 12:41 pm
KATHAMNDU, June 20: Madhes-centric political parties have boycotted today's meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, citing the government was indifferent to their demands.