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Kathmandu, July 31, The parliamentarians of the major opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) and Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) have obstructed today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), demanding formation of a parliamentary investigation committee into Sarlahi incident. No sooner Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara started the meeting, the parliamentarians from NC and RJP stood from […]

Kathmandu, July 31, The 25th Prakash Human Rights Award is to be conferred on Guru Prasad Baral of Morang in recognition of his around fifty-decade long activism against exploitation, discrimination and social evils. The award carries a purse of Rs 50,000. An award selection committee coordinated by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) general secretary Ramesh […]

Bhaktapur, July 31, A truss bridge has been brought into operation at Nangkhel of Surya Binayak municipality, ward number 9. Lawmaker and former minister Mahesh Basnet inaugurated the bridge constructed at his initiation. On the occasion, Basnet said the far-flung areas in Bhaktapur district would be made accessible like Nangkhel in the next three years. […]

Kathmandu, July 30, The Newar community, especially in Kathmandu Valley, is celebrating Gathamangal or Ghantakarna festival today. The festival falls on Saun Krishna Chaturdashi (the fourth day of the waxing moon in the Nepali month Saun as per the lunar calendar). As per the cultural tradition, this festival is considered as the precursor to a […]

Pokhara, July 30, Touristic town Pokhara will be hosting the ‘First Nepal Full Contact President Cup Karate Grand Championship’ next month. A total of 64 players –32 each in women’s and men’s category–will compete for the titles. They all associated with the Nepal Full Contact Karate Federation, the event organiser, will represent several 15 organisations […]

Kathmandu, July 30, The number of woman blood donors is very less in the country even at present. The wrong notion that one becomes physically weak by donating blood is behind the paltry number of woman blood donors as compared to the male donors. Blood Transfusion Service Centre collected 55,953 unit blood in Fiscal Year […]

Kathmandu, July 30,  The National Education Journalism Award-2075 BS has been presented to Ruby Rauniyar. Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Girirajmani Pokhrel conferred the award on the journalist with the Nagarik National Daily amidst a programme jointly organised by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Education and Human Resources Development Center. The […]

Dhangadhi, July 30Police have arrested two people with two leopard hides. Those arrested are Rajendra Thapa of Baddikedar rural municipality, Doti and Ram Bahadur Bista of Chure rural municipality, Kailali. Acting on a tip- off, a security squad from the District Police Office, Kaiali arrested them Monday. They were presented before media today. 

Hetauda, July 30,  Chief Minister of State 3, Dormani Poudel, has laid emphasis on carrying out activities to bring revolution in agriculture sector within next four years. At a programme organised to sign agreement between State 3 government and Agriculture Development Bank at Hetauda today, Chief Minister Poudel stressed the need of promoting collective farming […]

Kathmandu, July 30, The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) has directed the local levels to allow the employees assigned to the local levels after the employees adjustment process to work. The Ministry issued this directive after some local levels were said to not allowing such employees to work in the local level. […]