TOKYO, June 17: Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has warned of stringent action against those posting anyone's photo and video in social networking sites (SNS) without consent.

One day I got a phone call from a reporter. She wanted my comments about talking to young children about rape. That got me thinking. Being associated with institutions dealing with the rehabilitation of child rape victims, I always felt the need to make parents aware of techniques to deal with the topic of rape with their children.

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The Election Commission (EC) has barred the ministers and public position holders from using state-owned helicopters in government businesses during the elections and asked them to seek prior consent of the election body even when they have to use private helicopters.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The trend of uploading cover songs of retro Nepali songs in youtube is consistently increasing. Following the easy access and popularity of social media, various artists and film units have called to upload the cover songs and to post in the social media.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: China has urged Nepal to joint its campaign of Silk Road which, it argues, is for regional connectivity and prosperity.

BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Jan 2: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) central chairman Kamal Thapa has said that if the constitution amendment bill was forwarded in its existing form then it would be counterproductive.

BIRATNAGAR, Nov 24: Chairman of Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (Democratic) Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar on Thursday said that the constitution amendment proposal should be brought only in an agreement with all three major political parties as the issue has drawn differences.

BANEPA, Sept 18: CPN (UML) leader and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has ruled out the possibility of the amendment of the constitution without consultation with his party.