Pokhara, Dec. 19: The Pokhara Street Festival is to be held from December 28 to January 1 as part the Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014 celebrations, aimed at attracting more domestic and foreign tourists to the lake city. The festival will be hosted...
DHAKA, Dec 19, 2013 (AFP) – Bangladesh security forces arrested more than 100 protesters on Thursday as they launched a nationwide crackdown on the opposition ahead of the controversial January 5 general election. Officials said the protesters were detained in joint operations by the police,...
BANGKOK, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will have the bank accounts of 18 anti- government protest leaders frozen, local media reported on Thursday. The DSI has also summonsed 17 leaders, including Secretary- General of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee...
BEIJING, Dec 19, 2013 (AFP) – A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in northwest China on Thursday, state media said, in what Tibetan media described as a suicide in protest against Chinese policies. The monk, 43, “committed self-immolation,” in Gansu province, which has a...
Kathmandu, Dec. 19: The Janak Education Materials Limited (JEMT) is awaiting hefty loan amount for the purchase of textbook print paper after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) directed the Ministry of Education to not allow the lack of textbooks in...
Birgunj, Dec. 19: Women rights crusaders said there is no substantial reduction in the magnitude of gender-based violence owing to ineffective law enforcement. At a public hearing programme organized here on Wednesday by Narayani FM, Birgunj and Divya Youth Club, Parsa with the assistance...
Janakpur (Dhanusha), Dec. 19: A jailbird has escaped from a police custody based in the district. Gyan Bahadur Ghising, a local of Pushpalpur of Dhanusha district, fled the jail from its toilet. He was put behind the bar on charge of rape case. Ghising...
Kathmandu, Dec. 19: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has outlined amendment to necessary act and regulations for local body election. ‘The Ministry has expedited other processes once outlining amendment to various legal frameworks required to hold local body election. The Ministry...
Solukhumbu, Dec. 19: Normal life in and around district headquarters, Salleri, has been adversely affected due to chilling cold these days. Locals are worrying with unexpectedly changed monsoon since three days back. A thick fog, slight rain and cold wave have worsened the district...
Janakpur, Dec. 19: The only railway service of the country is to be expanded within a month. Necessary process to this effect is to be forwarded immediately after the Indian contractor company is ready to work for this,, said Nepal Railway Service. The Ministry...
Kathmandu, Dec. 17: Nepal is in a position to become a polio free country as other South-East Asian nations.It has been more than three consecutive years since no polio-affected patients were detected. The World Health Organization (WHO) gives certification of polio free country when...
Kanchanpur, Dec. 18: The maternal and new born child mortality rate is found high in Kanchanpur despite implementation of safer motherhood programme. The mortality rate is on the rise due to lack of public awareness in performing child delivery in health facilities and delay...