POLITICS
PHSC to prepare working procedure
PHSC to prepare working procedure
KATHMANDU, July 11: The Parliamentary Hearings Special Committee (PHSC) has commenced its work by forming a three-member taskforce to formulate its working procedure on Tuesday.
Jul 11, 2018
ECONOMY
SC turns down foreign aid but law ministry accepts it
SC turns down foreign aid but law ministry accepts it
KATHMANDU, July 11: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Norwegian government “for enhancing access to justice for women, poor and vulnerable groups in Nepal.”
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
SC team off to Georgia without seeking govt approval
SC team off to Georgia without seeking govt approval
KATHMANDU, July 11: It has been revealed that a team led by Supreme Court (SC) Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai left for a week-long trip to Georgia on Sunday without seeking prior approval from the government. The visit is in violation of the recently introduced Foreign Trips Management Directives-20...
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Docs to stage hour-long rally at medical institutions
Docs to stage hour-long rally at medical institutions
KATHMANDU, July 11: Extending solidarity with agitating senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, doctors have announced yet another round of nation-wide protests.
Jul 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Aid donors also spent more on recurrent programs
Aid donors also spent more on recurrent programs
KATHMANDU, July 11: The government in its budget speech had targeted the channeling of more foreign aid funds into capital spending and less on recurrent expenditures for the ongoing fiscal year.
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Woman lost all 4 offspring in Mustang tipper truck crash
Woman lost all 4 offspring in Mustang tipper truck crash
ROLPA, July 11: Dhanapuri Rokamagar, 61, of Thabang-5 in Rolpa district silently watched the cremation of her two sons on the bank of the Lungri River. Another son and a daughter were being cremated at the same time on the bank of Rapti in Dang district. She lost all four of her children in the tipp...
Jul 11, 2018
POLITICS
Dr KC: ‘New opposition’ for govt, ‘hero’ to locals
Dr KC: ‘New opposition’ for govt, ‘hero’ to locals
JUMLA/DADELDHURA, July 11: A tussle between the government and the Jumla-based Karnali Academy of Health and Sciences (KAHS) has been in the spotlight for the past some days. In fact, KAHS by many has been portrayed as “a new opposition” for the government.
Jul 11, 2018
POLITICS
Foreign minister says govt has no intention to discourage I/NGOs
Foreign minister says govt has no intention to discourage I/...
KATHMANDU, July 11: At a time when there are concerns from various quarters that the government is bent on curbing civil liberties and controlling domestic and international non-governmental organizations (I/NGOs), Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has said that the government has no intention of cur...
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Protesting rights activists briefly detained near Singha Durbar
Protesting rights activists briefly detained near Singha Dur...
KATHMANDU, July 11: Police on Tuesday briefly detained 25 human rights activists associated with the Human Rights and Peace Society (Hurpes) who were staging sit-in protests near Singha Durbar against the government decision to ‘curtail democratic freedoms’.
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
20 percent reconstruction works completed in Sindhuli
20 percent reconstruction works completed in Sindhuli
SINDHULI, July 11: After more than three years of the devastating Gorkha earthquake, about 20 percent of the reconstruction works have completed so far in Sindhuli, according to the National Reconstruction Authority.
Jul 11, 2018