SOCIETY
Town Development Fund needs to mobilize fund for urban physical infrastructures
Town Development Fund needs to mobilize fund for urban physi...
KATHMANDU, March 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha has asserted that the Town Development Fund (TDF) was an important stakeholder at local level for mobilization of financial resources to develop urban physical infrastructures.
Mar 23, 2023
SOCIETY
96% population in Karnali deprived of pure drinking water
96% population in Karnali deprived of pure drinking water
KARNALI, March 23: As much as 96 per cent of total population in Karnali Province is deprived of access to safe and pure drinking water.
Mar 23, 2023
ECONOMY
NRNA welcomes Social Security scheme for migrant workers
NRNA welcomes Social Security scheme for migrant workers
KATHMANDU, March 23: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has said the launching of a social security scheme targeting the Nepali migrant workers and those who are self-employed in foreign land was a great achievement.
Mar 23, 2023
WORLD
At least 13 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
At least 13 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
JURM, Afghanistan, March 23: At least 13 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.
Mar 23, 2023
OPINION
Status of South Asian Children
Status of South Asian Children
The global movement for children's welfare, which emerged after the World Summit for Children in September 1990, has achieved notable progress in promoting the rights and well-being of children worldwide. The Summit laid out four fundamental principles, including the provision of all children's righ...
Mar 23, 2023
WORLD
Xi departs Moscow, Russia strikes Ukraine school
Xi departs Moscow, Russia strikes Ukraine school
KYIV, Ukraine, March 23: A Russian drone attack on a school near Kyiv killed at least four people before Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow on Wednesday at the close of a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
Mar 23, 2023
POLITICS
PM expedites negotiations among coalition partners to give full shape to the cabinet
PM expedites negotiations among coalition partners to give f...
KATHMANDU, March 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has intensified negotiations with the coalition partners as he plans to give full shape to the cabinet.
Mar 23, 2023
POLITICS
Foreign-employment frauds not acceptable: PM Dahal
Foreign-employment frauds not acceptable: PM Dahal
KATHMANDU, March 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that foreign-employment frauds and a delay under any pretexts would not be acceptable whatsoever.
Mar 23, 2023
Editorial
Govt's undemocratic move to breach rights to privacy
Govt's undemocratic move to breach rights to privacy
The government's justification to tap personal phones under the pretext of national security is not acceptable in a democracy, as it violates the fundamental rights of citizens, including the right to privacy.
Mar 23, 2023
WORLD
Drought, floods and sickness: Key takeaways from UN's water report
Drought, floods and sickness: Key takeaways from UN's water...
United States, March 23: Billions of people experience water-related issues on a daily basis -- from contaminated drinking water, to droughts and floods -- with a UN report warning Tuesday that the risk of a global crisis is "imminent."
Mar 23, 2023