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Four Madhes-centric parties boycott CA meeting

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Kathmandu, July 29: The four Madhes-centric parties have boycotted today’s constituent assembly (CA) meeting. CA chair Subas Nembang allocated the time to Sadbhawana Party chair Laxman Lal Karna as Madhes-centric party lawmakers started to leave their seats soon after the meeting began. Speaking in...

Discussion between top leaders and chiefs of constitutional bodies

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Kathmandu, July 29: Top leaders of four major political parties have today held separate discussions with the chiefs of constitutional bodies to solicit their suggestions regarding new constitution. During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar, chiefs of...

Discussions on public feedback underway in CA

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Kathmandu, July 29: Discussions on the public feedbacks on the preliminary draft constitution bill have begun in the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting. Before this, the citizens relations and constitution suggestion committee chair Pramila Rana presented a proposal seeking the CA begin discussions on the...

Bangladesh upholds opposition politician’s death sentence

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DHAKA, July 29, (AFP) – Bangladesh’s top court Wednesday upheld the death sentence handed down to a top opposition politician for atrocities committed during the 1971 independence war, including the slaughter of around 200 Hindus.The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice S.K. Sinha, dismissed...

Korea hands over heavy equipments worth 160 million for nepal

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Kathmandu, July 29: The Republic of Korea has handed over 24 heavy equipments worth Rs 160 million to the government of Nepal. The equipments are used to remove the quake debris and for construction. At a programme organised here today, Korean Ambassador to Nepal,...

International tiger day today, event postponed due to banda in Chitwan

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Ratnanagar, July 29: The programme scheduled to be organized today by Chitwan National Park to mark the International Tiger Day has been affected as a result of the banda or strike. The park had planned to felicitate conservationists as well as organize public awareness...

Solar lamps distributed to poor Dalit families

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Jhapa, July 29: Solar lamps were distributed to 54 poor Dalit households in Shivasatasi town of Jhapa. The solar lamps were distributed at a programme held in Dudhe on Tuesday at the initiative of the Dalit empowerment users committee, Shivasatahi. The support is expected...

362 strong aftershocks in three months

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Kathmandu, July 28: Yet again, an aftershock of the Gorkha Earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 9:21 am with the epicenter around Batase area of the Sindhupalchowk district today, according to the National Seismological Department. A total of 362 aftershocks of...

69 killed as heavy rains lash parts of Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua) — At least 69 people were killed, 36 injured and 294,844 others were affected by heavy rains and flash floods in parts oPakistan over the past two weeks, officials from the National DisasterManagement Authority (NDMA) said Tuesday. Reema Zuberi, the...

Student union locks HSEB and Education Department offices

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Bhaktapur, July 28: The All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union (Revolutionary), the student wing of the CPN (Maoist), has padlocked the offices of the Department of Education and the Higher Secondary Education Board today. The students padlocked the offices citing that the offices failed...

All children from Dum community at school at women’s initiatives

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Lahan, July 28: There is a school some 200 metres ahead from Santosh Marik’s house at Diman VDC-1 but he never went to school. The 10-year-old boy, who had been supporting his father in making handicraft goods without going school for lack of awareness...

Upendra Yadav puts condition to sit for talks

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Biratnagar, July 28: Chairman of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal Upendra Yadav has said that incomplete constitution would not be acceptable to his party. At a news conference at his residence in Biratnagar this morning, Yadav said the draft of the constitution was not acceptable...

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