Kathmandu, Sept 17, Nepal played draw with Kuwait in its second match as part of AFC U-16 Championship qualifying underway in Jordan. Nepal played 1-1 with Kuwait in the Prince Mohammad International Stadium based in Zarqa City of Jordan on Monday. Striker Dinesh Rai netted first goal in 74th minutes of the game to advance […]
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74 people in Sudurpaschim infected with scrub typhus
Kanchanpur, Sept 17, As many as 74 people have been detected with infection from scrub typhus in Sudurpaschim State. According to State Health Directorate Dipayal, the patients of scrub typhus are found in all seven districts of the Sudurpaschim State except Achham. Hemraj Joshi, Vector Control Inspector of the Directorate, shared that 35 people were […]
12 years on, Kapilvastu carnage survivors are still longing for justice
Kapulvastu, Sept 17, It has been 12 years since Kapilvastu carnage took the lives of 14 commoners. It may be noted that 14 people were killed in a violence that broke out following the murder of Abdul Moid Khan, a local leader of the then Terai-Madhes Loktantrik Party, by unidentified group on September 2007. The […]
Stakeholders underscore transitional justice at the earliest
Kathmandu, Sept 16 : Stakeholders taking part in a discussion programme on organized by the Ministry for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday have underlined the need to address transitional justice at the earliest. The Ministry organized a discussion on the commitments to be considered on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act-2071 and Commission of […]
Old habits hard to die: CPN Chair Dahal
Kathmandu, Sept 16 : Chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘prachanda’ has said that progress as much as expected has not been achieved in the physical infrastructure as old practices have not changed despite a change in the governance. Speaking at an interaction organised to mark the first unity […]
NC demands immediate release of journalists in Doti
Kathmandu, Sept 16 : Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded the earliest release of the journalists who voiced for the release of the reinstatement of three journalists affiliated with the Radio Nepal, Doti branch. The trio, namely Prakash Bom, Sunita Rawal and Chakra Kunwar, were sacked recently. The arrested journalists are Ram Prasad Dahal, Ajay Babu […]
HoR meeting postpones amidst NC’s protest
Kathmandu, Sept 16 : The meeting of the House of Representatives on Monday has been postponed until September 11 following a protest by main opposition Nepali Congress over the Banke incident. Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara announced the meeting postponement after NC lawmakers chanted slogans and obstructed the meeting for around 35 minutes demanding action against […]
45 infected with dengue in Far Western State
Bhimduttanagar, Sept 16 : As the cases of dengue is reported from various places of the country, 45 people in the Far Western State have been reported to have diagnosed with this vial fever since its outbreak this summer. According to the Far Western State Health Directorate, dengue patients were found in eight districts […]
Two leaders, a cadre of Chand-led group held
Jhapa, Sept 16 : The police have arrested two leaders and a cadre of the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand from Jhapa and Humla districts. A police team in civil uniform from the State 1 state police office, acting on a special tip off, held Prabin Mishra, the party’s Jhapa district […]
Parliamentary committee regulates govt. works: Speaker Mahara
Kathmandu, Sept 16 : Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Krishna Bahadur Mahara has asserted that although the parliamentary committees could keep an eye on the government undertakings, they could not control them. At an interaction on parliamentary practices organized by Federal Parliament Secretariat at New Baneshwor in Kathmandu today, Speaker Mahara shared that […]