KARACHI, 15 Feb- (AFP) – Pakistan on Sunday released 172 Indian fishermen who had been held for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said. “As a goodwell gesture, we released 172 Indian fishermen today,” Muhammad Hassan Sehto, superintendent of Malir district jail...
Bhimdattanagar, 11 Feb- The Unified CPN Maoist senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the new constitution could be issued only on the consensus among the four major forces of the country – the major ruling parties comprising the Nepali Congress and the...
Kathmandu, Feb 10: The meeting of the Council of Ministers today appointed the chairmen and members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry on the Disappeared Persons, said Law Minister Narahari Acharya. The government appointed former ambassador Surya Kiran Gurung...
Kialali, 9 Feb- UCPN Maoist’ senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the country could go into a confrontation if the ruling parties tried to draft the new constitution on the basis of a majority. Speaking at a press meet here today, leader...
Kathmandu, 9 Feb- Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala has said that the UCPN (Maoist) should take the task of constitution writing seriously as it was also a party to the peace process. Talking to media persons today, Koirala said that the UCPN (Maoist) should...
Kathmandu, 8 Feb-Minister for Information and Communication, Dr Minendra Rijal, left here today for Dhaka, Bangladesh, to participate in a ministerial International Conference on Digital World-2015. Talking to media persons at Tribhuvan International Airport, Minister Rijal said that discussions would be held regarding the...
Kathmandu, Feb 6: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has urged UCPN (Maoist) leaders to complete the constitution drafting process. In a meeting with the party leaders at his office in Shital Niwas this morning, President Yadav urged the party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda...
BAGHDAD, Feb 5, 2015 (AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an end to the nightly curfew that has been in force in Baghdad for years, Brigadier General Saad Maan said on Thursday. “The prime minister ordered that the curfew in the...
Rupandehi, 4 Feb- Rice worth Rs. 5 billion was imported from neighbouring India from the Belhiya (Bhairahawa) transit point in the past six months. A total of 97,098.069 metric ton of rice worth Rs. 4.71 billion was imported in the first six months of...
Kathmandu, 29 Jan- The Czech Republic has shown its interest to invest in hydro power development sector in Nepal. The visiting Czech Minister for Industry and Commerce Jan Mladek called on Minister for Energy Radha Kumari Gyawali at the Ministry today and expressed such...
NEW DELHI, 28 Jan (AFP) – India’s foreign minister will travel to China this weekend, New Delhi said on Wednesday, a day after Barack Obama ended a visit aimed at renewing US ties with the South Asian country. Sushma Swaraj will hold three-way talks...
LAGOS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — A total of 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been registered following Sunday’s attack by insurgents on Monguno in northeastern Nigeria’s state of Borno, a rescue agency spokesperson said Monday. Hundreds of insurgents using sophisticated weapons launched attacks on...