SPECIAL
Nepal leads South Asia in women parliamentarians
Nepal leads South Asia in women parliamentarians
KATHMANDU, April 2: Despite a decline since the previous Constituent Assembly (CA), Nepal has made it to top position in South Asia in the representation of women in parliament, according to a global study.
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Over 14 million eligible to vote in local polls
Over 14 million eligible to vote in local polls
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.
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Aspiring candidates eyeing only higher positions
Aspiring candidates eyeing only higher positions
UDAYAPUR, April 2: As the local level election draws nearer, political parties' have started forming strategies to grab all the higher level positions in the local units due to which smaller positions have been undermined.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Students preferring temporary police job to exams
Students preferring temporary police job to exams
JAJARKOT, April 2: Soniya Budha, a local of Dasharatpur, Surkhert is a 12th grader at Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School of Khalanga. She has to sit for her final examinations scheduled to begin on April 23.But without giving much priority to the exams, Budha has applied at the District Police Office...
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Two die during selection for temporary police
Two die during selection for temporary police
BIRATNAGAR, April 2: With eyes full of dreams Tulasi Rajbanshi, 23, of Biratnagar-16 had reached the District Police Office, Morang. He thought if he got selected for temporary police that will open the doors for him to many job opportunities in the future as well. But unfortunately, he left the wor...
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Govt fails to respond to UNHRC queries
Govt fails to respond to UNHRC queries
KATHMANDU, April 2: Though a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture (CaT), Nepal has long ignored the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)'s repeated calls to brief the UN body on hundreds of conflict-era cases where the state and the Maoist rebels allegedly resorted to extreme torture tactics.
Apr 03, 2017
SPORTS
Construction continues even after three months of national games
Construction continues even after three months of national g...
MORANG, April 2: The Seventh National Games concluded in December last year. However, the construction of infrastructures that begun prior to the national event is yet to be completed in Baijanathpur of Morang.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
House panel to govt: Stop women domestics from going to Gulf
House panel to govt: Stop women domestics from going to Gulf
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Parliament's International Relations and Labor Committee has instructed the government to effectively implement the ban on Nepali women to travel to Gulf countries for employment as domestic workers.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
UNICEF hands over football star Messi-funded health post in Gorkha
UNICEF hands over football star Messi-funded health post in...
KATHMANDU, April 2: UNICEF handed over a pre-fabricated health post funded by football star Lionel Messi to the locals of Darbung, Gorkha on Saturday amid a function organized to declare the ward as fully immunized.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
No progress in rebuilding quake-damaged monasteries
No progress in rebuilding quake-damaged monasteries
KATHMANDU, April 2: Almost two years have elapsed since the devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015 occurred but not even a single monastery damaged by the quake has been rebuild so far thanks to the sluggish post-earthquake reconstruction work of the government and bickering over reconstruction l...
Apr 02, 2017