SOCIETY
Rising Threats, Deepening Impunity: Media Action Nepal’s report warns of crisis in Nepali...
Rising Threats, Deepening Impunity: Media Action Nepal’s rep...
Media Action Nepal on Friday launched its Annual Press Freedom Report 2025 titled “From Intimidation to Impunity: Rising Threats against Media in Nepal” amid a public function held in Kathmandu.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
AIDIA hosts AIDIA Distinguished Lecture with Azerbaijan Deputy FM
AIDIA hosts AIDIA Distinguished Lecture with Azerbaijan Depu...
The Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) hosted the second edition of its Distinguished Lecture series on Thursday, featuring Elnur Mammadov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, as the keynote speaker. The event, held in Kathmandu, explored the theme “Fo...
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
‘Prisha attended classes on Thursday morning and asked friends for notes before her death’
‘Prisha attended classes on Thursday morning and asked frien...
“She used to look fine. She didn’t seem to be under any kind of stress. But her sudden suicide has left us all in shock. In this incident, the college only called the police and did what was necessary. There is no negligence like the previous incident. We are waiting for the family. The...
May 02, 2025
Health
Govt to vaccinate unimmunized children under five on May 14
Govt to vaccinate unimmunized children under five on May 14
Dr Abhiyan Gautam, chief of the Child Health and Immunization Division at the Department of Health Services, stated that nine types of routine vaccines will be administered to children who missed their scheduled immunizations.
May 02, 2025
POLITICS
Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister pays courtesy call on Prez Paudel
Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister pays courtesy call on P...
Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadov noted that President Paudel’s visit to Azerbaijan had added a new dimension to the bilateral relations. He mentioned that although no agreements had been signed in the past 30 years, efforts are underway to ensure that agreements will be signed soon.
May 02, 2025
WORLD
Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio as national security advisor
Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio as national security advisor
United States President Donald Trump has announced he plans to reassign Mike Waltz, removing him from his current role as his national security adviser and nominating him instead to be ambassador to the United Nations, Al Jazeera reported.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
Garbage trucks blocked in Nuwakot after protest over vendor evictions
Garbage trucks blocked in Nuwakot after protest over vendor...
Garbage trucks headed to the Sisdol landfill site have been halted in Nuwakot after locals staged a protest against the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)'s removal of vegetable vendors and shops from Machhapokhari.
May 02, 2025
Market
Gold price remains stagnant
Gold price remains stagnant
The price of gold was traded at Rs 183,500 per tola on Friday, the same price as on Thursday.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
School employees announce protest programs from May 4
School employees announce protest programs from May 4
The NSEC made the announcement during a press conference on Friday, outlining a phased plan of protests. Babban Mishra has been appointed as the coordinator of the protest mobilization committee.
May 02, 2025
POLITICS
Scheduled cabinet meeting put off at the eleventh hour
Scheduled cabinet meeting put off at the eleventh hour
A scheduled cabinet meeting this morning was abruptly postponed at the last moment. The meeting was supposed to be held at Singha Durbar, along with the oath-taking ceremony of a newly appointed state minister.
May 02, 2025