Women from Gairagaun of Sainapasela VDC in Bajhang have joined hands against Chhaupadi, a tradition in which women in their menstruation and post-natal periods are kept in a seclusion, away from their homes, as they are considered unsanitary. Read Full Story »
Earthquake survivors of Gairibisauna and Mahadevsthan VDCs in Kavre who received construction materials as housing reconstruction aid instead of cash have constructed 53 three-room houses in the last two months. Read Full Story »
Around 12,000 households in 11 most-affected districts by last year’s devastating earthquake have started rebuilding their homes after receiving the first instalment of the private housing aid.Read Full Story »
A year and a half after a colossal earthquake destroyed hundreds of treasured historic sites across Nepal, the country on Tuesday celebrated the restoration of the first major one to be rebuilt—an iconic Buddhist monument topped in gold that towers above Kathmandu.Read Full Story »
CPN-UML supporters in Banke, Baridya and Dang districts on Tuesday took to the streets to protest against government plan to split Province 5 and separate hill districts from the province. Read Full Story »
After a heated argument with the ruling coalition, the CPN-UML on Monday evening poured cold water on the prime minister’s efforts to seek consensus on a constitution amendment proposal, and now it is warming up to go on the offensive. Read Full Story »
In his latest bid to end the row over federal boundaries, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is planning to split Province 5 and put the idea on the table to see what the agitating Madhes-based parties think. Read Full Story »
Dhuku Futsal Hub climbed to the second position in Group ‘A’ of the Red Bull National Futsal League on Tuesday. Read Full Story »
At a time when educators are trying to make course books and curricula relevant to the modern day and age, Theatre Mall in the Capital has embarked on a project of staging a play right out of the textbooks.Read Full Story »
Noted Indian yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday. He is accompanied by his close aide Acharya Balkrishna. Read Full Story »
An All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) activist, who had been arrested on vandalism charge, was released before Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal attended the 22nd Convocation of Kathmandu University (KU) on Tuesday. Read Full Story »
The residents of Gauri, Malika, Kalbhairab and Gamaudi VDCs in Dailekh district have obstructed Dailekh-Surkhet road after the technical committee of the Local Level Restructuring Committee proposed to divide the district into 11 local units. Read Full Story »
Majority of the health posts in Palpa district have been reeling under shortage of essential medicines since November 12. People have complained that there is a shortage of emergency drugs in several health posts. Read Full Story »
People of Kerauja, one of the worst earthquake hit villages in Gorkha, have requested the authorities to provide them a space to build their homes. Read Full Story »
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the agitating forces should be taken into confidence before holding the polls to safeguard democracy.Read Full Story »
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has started soliciting suggestions and support from professionals from diverse fields for initiating investigation into the complaints received from conflict victims.Read Full Story »
Civil society leaders have urged the government to announce the date for local elections by the end of November and also pass related bills in order to create an environment for holding the polls in April.Read Full Story »
Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat left for Australia on Monday night in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties and explore avenues for cooperation. Read Full Story »
The tendency to provide arbitrary affiliations to universities has led to anomalies in the education sector in the country, a top official of a government entity that oversees varsities across the country said on Tuesday. Read Full Story »
What comes as a defiance of an instruction from the Ministry of Health (MoH), doctors working at government hospitals have refused to attend to patients at the Outpatient Department till 5pm, saying the diktat came without proper review of the situation. Read Full Story »
People have been rushing to stock up on salt following rumours of an imminent shortage.Read Full Story »
Small tea farmers from Jhapa on Tuesday launched a two-week sit-in protest at National Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB) in New Baneshwor, Read Full Story »
Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has launched a financial literacy campaign in Sankhuwasabha district for locals receiving compensation payments from SJVN Arun III Hydropower Project. Read Full Story »
Tourism entrepreneurs of Sauraha have demanded the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation put in place a provision, under which tourists can visit Chitwan National Park for three days with a single ticket.Read Full Story »
Nepali rupee has been taking a beating for the last two weeks, as the Indian rupee has come under pressure after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, triggering US dollar’s biggest rally “in eight years”.Read Full Story »
Christopher William Dell, who was US ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2009, once said, “The Zimbabwe government’s own gross mismanagement of the economy and its corrupt rule has brought on the crisis.”Read Full Story »
Govt should continuously press for better labour rights for our migrant workers Read Full Story »
Nepal Medical Students Society (NMSS), an umbrella organisation of MBBS students, have warned of shutting academic and hospital services if the government fails to address the demands put forth by TUTH senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC who is on the 10th day of his 10th hunger strike.Read Full Story »
Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa has donated the amount tantamount to his salary of first month to the oncology fund set up in Kanti Children's Hospital to provide monetary aid to poorest children suffering from cancer.Read Full Story »
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal attended the 22nd Convocation of Kathmandu University on Tuesday after the release of party- student wing -- ANNISU (R)-- Secretary Sushil Khanal, who was charged with a public offence case for vandalizing the office of KU Vice-chancellor. Read Full Story »
The Government Doctors' Association of Nepal (GDAN) has expressed its inability to implement the government directive to render health services including the outpatient department (OPD) from 10 am to 5 pm every day.Read Full Story »
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Office Bardibas on Monday arrested a land surveyor with the Mahottari District Land Survey Office along with a bribe amounting to Rs 100,000.Read Full Story »
Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel has expressed his hope that a national consensus will be forged to move a process to amend the constitution.Read Full Story »
Provincial member of Naya Shakti Nepal Deepak Bahadur Khadka has been removed from the post on the charge of his involvement in swindling people out of thousands of rupees.Read Full Story »
The rate of child marriage in south Rolpa has been found decreasing. A study report carried out recently by the Human Rights Awareness Centre, Rolpa, showed the decrease in marriage rate.Read Full Story »
The parliamentary Finance Committee has passed the Bank and Financial Institutions (BAFI) Bill with the provision prohibiting people holding constitutional positions from becoming chairmen or directors of banks and financial institutions (BFIs). Read Full Story »
The government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy, but an ambiguous rider has undercut its usefulness to farmers. Read Full Story »
Nepal, one of the first countries in the world to prepare a preliminary national report on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),Read Full Story »
The Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) has asked the government to provide Indian currency to the businesses and the traders to meet their daily expenses. Read Full Story »
CG Mobiles, a subsidiary of the Chaudhary Group, has taken the wraps off the Blaze mini, a smartphone in the Blaze series.Read Full Story »
EvoStore, the authorized reseller of Apple products in Nepal, has launched the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Read Full Story »
After a successful exhibit in the Lake City of Pokhara, the world’s largest Thangka painting is now set to travel to Lumbini.Read Full Story »
On Sunday, twelve green ideas competed against each other at the final award gala of the Greenovation Startup Challenge (GSC)—a platform seeking to transform green entrepreneurship ideas into tangible businesses.Read Full Story »
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