January 26, 2018 09:25 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: While the government's latest decision to reduce the eligibility age for the elderly allowance suggests that citizens above 65 are not up to any income-generating work and deserve protection under the state's social security policy, a majority of leaders holding key posts in major political parties and in recent governments fall into this age group.
August 24, 2017 19:41 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The Election Commission (EC) has said that those who have completed eighteen years on August 21 and registered their names in the biometric voters list would be eligible to vote in the coming elections of the house of representatives and of the provincial assembly.
July 18, 2017 03:45 am
GORKHA, July 17: Twenty six months have passed since the locals of Gorkha, the epicenter of the April 25 earthquake, have been living miserable lives in temporary shelters.
April 3, 2017 05:00 am
KATHMANDU, April 2: As part of final preparations for the May 14 local elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday finalized the list of eligible voters.
June 17, 2016 11:31 am
KATHMANDU, June 17: The largest number of students have been graded C in the just released results of the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations, and 481,986 out of the total are eligible for higher education.