KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) and the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) have demanded that rescue operation for tourists be made easier and faster.

JHAPA, July 24: Twelve different social organisations of Mechinagar area have demanded to nationalize or transform all private medical colleges of the country into non-profit trust.

DOLPA, Nov 23: Around 30 CPN-UML cadres led by Sher Bahadur Buda and Angad Rana attacked two Nepali Congress agents and tied them to trees whole night at Chakartasog rural municipality of Dolpa.

DAMAK, Nov 2: Followers of the Kirant faith have demanded that the government announce a public holiday throughout the country on the birth anniversary of Phalgunanda Lingden, the pioneer preacher of Kirat religion.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: An all-party delegation from Dhankuta district on Thursday met with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar and handed over a memorandum demanding that Dhankuta be declared as the capital of Province 1.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepal Women's Association (NWA), a sister wing of the Nepali Congress, has demanded that 33 per cent women representation be insured in the cabinet.

KATHMANDU, May 30: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been demanded to reconsider the rescheduled date of second round of the local level elections reasoning that Muslim's festival Eid ul Fitr falls on the election day of June 23.

DIPAYAL, May 29: When the country was holding the first election after the downfall of Rana oligarchy in 1958, the main agenda of the election campaigns was to make easy availability of salt in the hilly districts of Far-western Development Region.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: The Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES) has demanded that government began providing day meal to the students of all community schools across the country.

KATHMANDU, July 15: Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Irrigation Sagar Kumar Rai has revealed that outgoing minister Umesh Kumar Yadav demanded a bribe of Rs 10 million in exchange for the post of director general at the Department of Irrigation (DoI).