Surkhet, Aug. 13: The agitation enforced by local people, demanding an undivided Mid-West has entered its fourth day today. As part of the protest, leaders and supporters of various political parties including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) took out a rally from...
Kathmandu, Aug 13: Yet another fresh aftershock, measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted Kathmandu at 1:49 am today, the National Seismological Center (NSC) said. The tremor, with the epicenter at Badbhanjyang in Kathmandu, was realised in Kathmandu Valley and its adjacent districts, it...
Lalitpur, Aug. 12: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bamdev Gautam has said that the leadership of ‘New Nepal’ has come on the shoulders of the youth. At a programme on the occasion of the International Youth Day organised here today, DPM...
Kathmandu, Aug. 12: Lawmakers have laid emphasis on the need of incorporating the people’s wish and aspiration in the new constitution. Stating that the preliminary draft of the new constitution brought before the people was not based on previous movements, consensus and agreements as...
Surkhet, Aug. 12: The District Administration Office, Surkhet, has enforced curfew in the district today, the third consecutive day. The curfew will be in effect from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The Office imposed the curfew with the possibility of the demonstrations turning violent,...
Kathmandu, Aug. 12: Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has urged the sides concerned to withdraw the agitation that they have been waging by taking over the issue of proposed demarcation of the federal units. Expressing concern over the ongoing agitation in Surkhet as well as...
Kathmandu, Aug 11: The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide Rs 2.75 billion loan as budgetary support to the government of Nepal. A press statement issued today by the ADB Headquarters at Manila, Philippines, states that the decision was taken in this...
Ilam, Aug. 11: Some 130 people, most of them women, have gone missing in three years owing to various reasons. The District Police Office (DPO), Ilam received 327 applications from the families of those gone missing over the three years, and succeeded to find...
LONDON, Aug 11, A 14-year-old boy was handed an 11-year sentence on Monday for stabbing his teacher in the stomach in a racially-motivated attack. The teenager, who cannot be named due to legal restrictions, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Vincent Uzomah...
Parsa, Aug. 10: Normal life in Parsa district has been affected from early morning today due to the shut down called by Hindu State Struggle Committee, Parsa. The Committee has put forth five different demands including Nepal be declared a Hindu state in the...
BRUSSELS, Aug 10, 2015 (AFP) – The United States has deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes at a Turkish base to help operations against the Islamic State group, the US mission to NATO said on Sunday. “Six US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons deploy...
Parsa, Aug. 10: Normal life in Parsa district has been affected from early morning today due to the shut down called by Hindu State Struggle Committee, Parsa. The Committee has put forth five different demands including Nepal be declared a Hindu state in the...