15 local schools of the North West region of Baja California in Mexico held ‘Children’s World Peace Event’ to encourage children to participate in peace activities. Around 3,500 children drew pictures with the desire for world peace and wrote letters of peace onto the President of Mexico. This event, the first of its kind in […]
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Flood and inundation damage Rs 119.3 million in Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur – The recent flood, landslide, and inundation have damaged property worth Rs 119.35 million in Bhaktapur. The Bhaktapur District Administration Office shared this information at a press conference here on Sunday. Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Bhatta said the flood, landslide, and inundation triggered by the incessant rains on July 11 and 12 caused […]
KOICA funds $5 million to UNDP for Value Chain Development Project
Kathmandu – The government, UNDP, and KOICA on Friday launched a programme to boost Nepali farmers’ income through value chain development of fruit and vegetables. The agreement will help implement a project on ‘Value chain development of fruit and vegetables in Nepal’ aimed at raising the incomes of nearly 10,000 smallholder farmers through strengthening the […]
Nepal, Kazakhstan economic cooperation highlighted
Kathmandu – The Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) hosted a Round Table Meeting on ‘Trade and Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan” in Kathmandu on Thursday. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss and explore new horizons in trading and investing in Kazakhstan, CEO of the organizer Sunil KC said in his […]
PM’s China visit to strengthen bilateral relations
Kathmandu – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s China visit is expected to take the country’s economic sector to a new height by strengthening mutual relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Oli is embarking on a five-day official visit to China on June 19 at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang. On the […]
NC to oppose ‘undemocratic’ moves of govt
Kathmandu, July 4 – The main opposition party has decided to oppose the government’s ‘undemocratic moves aimed at weakening constitutional provisions’ from the Federal Parliament, provincial assemblies, streets, mass media and social media, and through peaceful protests. Expressing reservation over the designation of restricted areas, the Nepali Congress has stated that prohibitory orders at places, […]
NMA threatens nationwide protest
Kathmandu, July 4 – Nepal Medical Association has threatened to launch the nationwide protest if Dr. Govinda KC, the senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital who has been staging the hunger strike in Jumla, was not well looked after and allowed to stage the protest on the premises of Karnali Academy of Health […]
I/NGOs in federal Nepal
KAPIL JOSHI Nepal has recently transitioned from unitary system of governance to federal structure. With governments at all three levels have taken shape, the expected reforms will cut across many areas of governance and administration. Provincial and local governments have a clear mandate on the functions to be carried out by them. However, there are […]
Supreme Court says Citizenship Act does not contravene the constitution
Kathmandu, July 4 – The Supreme Court today quashed a writ petition filed by Surendra Bahadur Shrestha and Govinda Belbase seeking nullification of Section 10 of Citizenship Act, 2006. Shrestha, who is a naturalized citizen of United Kingdom, had filed the writ petition, saying that he won refugee status in the UK and later obtained […]
Illegal VoIP call center raided, one arrested
Kathmandu, 3 July – The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police raided a hi-tech Voice Over Internet Protocol call center operating from a rented room in Subhakamana Marg, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-32, and arrested a suspect for his involvement in the telecommunications crime yesterday. SP Krishnahari Sharma, the CIB spokesperson, said Zafar Khan, 24, of New […]