BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) : The United States is paying the price for launching a trade war, as China is forced to announce the levy of new additional tariffs on U.S. goods. China has announced that it will slap additional tariffs on U.S. imports worth about 75 billion U.S. dollars, covering 5,078 U.S. products with […]
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Risal’s ‘Nepali Bangmayaka Teen Tara’ launched
Kathmandu, Aug 24 : A book ‘Nepali Bangmayaka Teen Tara (Three Stars of Nepali Literary World)’ authored by senior journalist Bhairab Risal was launched amidst a programme here today. Ganga Prasad Uprety, Chancellor of Nepal Academy and Pradeep Nepal, Chairperson of Shami Literary Foundation, jointly launched the book composed based on the lives of Mahakavi […]
UAE confers ‘Order of Zayed’ to Modi
Abu Dhabi (UAE), Aug 24 : Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday conferred UAE’s highest civilian award ‘Order of Zayed’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The award, which is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, acquires special significance as it […]
NC expresses sorrow over demise of Lekhak
Kathmandu, Aug 24 : The Nepali Congress has expressed sorrow over the demise of Prayagdatta Lekhak, father of Ramesh Lekhak, former minister and NC central member. “I am saddened by demise of Lekhak. He had contributed to democratic movements of Nepal,” said NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba in a statement of condolence on Saturday. He […]
Parliamentary committee inspects Chawahil-Sanghu, Jorpati-Sundarijal roads
Kathmandu, Aug 24 : The development and technology committee under the House of Representatives has inspected Chabahil-Bouddha-Jorpati-Sanghu and Jorpati-Sundarijal roads. The construction of Chabahil-Sanghu road stretching over 12-km has been left in lurch due to disputes over compensation for acquiring lands for the project. Contracted four years ago, the road is still waiting for expansion […]
Protection of achievements our shared responsibility-Ex-President Dr Yadav
Kathmandu, Aug 24 : Republic Nepal’s first-ever President, Dr Ram Baran Yadav has suggested the government and political parties to work in tandem by fully embracing the letter and spirit of the constitution, democracy, republic, federalism and inclusive proportional principles. The former President said this while launching a book ‘Constitution Making: Reflections and Experiences’ penned […]
NHRC team off to South Africa
Kathmandu, Aug 24: A team of the National Human Rights Commission has left for South Africa to study the situation of human rights in the country. NHRC members Prakash Wosti and Sudip Pathak, Secretary Bed Bhattarai and two other staffers left here on Friday. The team will be studying the situation of human rights in […]
SC asks State Assemblies why they made laws entitling undue allowance to people’s representatives
Kathmandu, Aug 23 : The Supreme Court has sought reasons from six State Assemblies why they formulated the laws that entitle allowance and other facilities to the people’s representatives in addition to the monthly remuneration. The division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and Justices Deepak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Meera Khadka […]
BP Literary Award to Bairagi Kainla
Kathmandu, Aug 23 : The BP Koirala Memorial Trust has decided to present this year’s ‘BP Literary Honour Award’ to senior litterateur Til Bikram Nembang ‘Bairagi Kainla’. The award carries a purse of Rs101,000. General-Secretary of the Trust, Ram Chandra Pokharel, said that decision was taken to present ‘Senani Samman Award’ to Madhukanta Singh of […]
Communist should be simple: Chairman Dahal
Kathmandu, Aug 23 : Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has stressed on discipline in the party. Speaking in a training programme organized by Progressive Engineers’ Association Nepal in Lalitpur district on Friday, Chairman Dahal argued that all political parties and people had equally contributed […]