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FILE--PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal speaks at a program in Kathmandu. File Photo: RSS

Public holidays need to be reviewed: PM Dahal

"We have also discussed in the Council of Ministers that this needs to be reviewed,” PM said.

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Communications Minister insists on reliable, quality telecommunications services

Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has instructed the bodies concerned to ensure reliable and quality telecommunications services with the utilization of available advanced technology.

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EC returning Rs three billion out of election budget

The Election Commission (EC) has said of the total amount allocated for holding elections to the member of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, around Rs three billion would be sent back to the State coffers.

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FAAN, KCC, Dil Kumar KC Foundation organise marathon

Film Artist Association of Nepal (FAAN), Kanti Cultural Centre (KCC) and Dil Kumar KC Foundation jointly organized a 3 KM marathon competition where professionals with significant contribution in the film industry, journalism and music industry took part.

Bruno Dercon, Officer-in-Charge for the UN-Habitat, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, expressing his views on the occasion of the Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting in Kathmandu, on Thursday. Photo: RSS

Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting begins

The Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting has begun in Nepal from Thursday.

Uplift dignity of House: Speaker Ghimire

Foreign Minister Paudyal to visit Colombo today

Head of USAID Samantha Power to visit Nepal

ANNFSU protests against education ministry's decision

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Bruno Dercon, Officer-in-Charge for the UN-Habitat, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, expressing his views on the occasion of the Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting in Kathmandu, on Thursday. Photo: RSS

Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting begins

The Fifth Spatial Planning Platform meeting has begun in Nepal from Thursday.

File Photo: RSS/File

Uplift dignity of House: Speaker Ghimire

Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire has pointed out the need to make the role of the Parliament accountable and effective.

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. Photo: Naresh Shrestha/ THT

Parties must field 33 per cent women for FPTP polls: CEC Thapaliya

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya on Wednesday said that the Election Commission was working to make legal provisions to ensure 33 per cent of the candidates in the firstpast-the-post elections are women.

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Foreign Minister Paudyal to visit Colombo today

Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal is going to Colombo tomorrow to participate in the 75th Independence Day of Sri Lanka.

Samantha Power. Courtesy: @PowerUSAID

Head of USAID Samantha Power to visit Nepal

With the formation of a new government in Nepal, there will be a second high-level visit from America. According to a statement, the head of the United States Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, is scheduled to come to Nepal.

Janak Education Material Centre. Courtesy: Rajeev Mandal

ANNFSU protests against education ministry's decision

The All Nepal National Free Student Union affiliated to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) on Wednesday staged a protest outside Janak Education Material Centre saying that the government body was involved in graft and had worked to benefit the private sector.

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Lamichhane's position as MP revoked: HoR speaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire has informed that Rabi Lamichhane’s position as MP has been revoked.

PM Sher Bahadur Deuba addresses election rally in Dadeldhura district. Photo: RSS/File

SC rejects writ petition against NC President Deuba

Registrar Narayan Panthi rejected the registration of writ petition, arguing that the issues of parliamentary jurisdiction could not be registered at the court.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli held a meeting today. Photo: RSS

PM Dahal, UML Chair discuss contemporary political affairs

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli held a meeting today.

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Reconstructions of 63 heritages in Pashupati area complete

Sixty-three heritages along the Pashupati Area World Heritage Site have been restored which were damaged by Gorkha earthquake in 2015.

The government has made an arrangement for entry of rental vehicles inside the Singha Durbar – the main administrative complex of the country.

Rental vehicles to be allowed into Singhadurbar

The government has made an arrangement for entry of rental vehicles inside the Singha Durbar – the main administrative complex of the country.

Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland speaks in Kathmandu. Photo: RSS

Nepal should take decision to safeguard its interest, US Under-Secretary says

US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, said that the US wants Nepal to take sovereign decision on the issues of its national interests.

The Day is being observed with various programmes across the country today. Photo: RSS

PM Dahal offers tribute to martyrs

The Day is being observed with various programmes across the country today.

US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland shakes hand with PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Kathmandu. Photo: RSS

US Under Secretary Nuland calls on PM Dahal

The US Under-Secretary arrived here on Sunday in course of a two-day official visit.

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Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Memphis, Tennessee, Friday, January 27, 2023, in advance of the release of police body cam video showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by Memphis police officers. Photo: AP

Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered the bar for hiring

Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered the bar for hiring

In Nepal, a total of 68 large-scale tea industries including 38 CTC and 30 orthodox tea producing industries are in operation.

Tea worth Rs 38 million exported

In Nepal, a total of 68 large-scale tea industries including 38 CTC and 30 orthodox tea producing industries are in operation.

FILE--PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal speaks at a program in Kathmandu. File Photo: RSS

Public holidays need to be reviewed: PM Dahal

"We have also discussed in the Council of Ministers that this needs to be reviewed,” PM said.

FILE: Australia's Aaron Finch in action. Photo: Reuters

Australia T20 skipper Finch quits international cricket

Aaron Finch has retired from all international cricket after leading Australia in a record 76 games as captain of the Twenty20 squad.

Rescue teams carry the body of a victim from a destroyed building in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: AP

A glance at the world's deadliest quakes in past 25 years

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing thousands of people in the two countries.

People and emergency teams search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Photo: AP

UPDATE: Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors

Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000.

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Asian Paints launches SmartCare Hydroloc

Understanding the need for a solution to combat efflorescence (nuniya) for the customers, Asian Paints Nepal has launched SmartCare Hydroloc in the market.

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Lumbini provincial cabinet yet to get full shape

It has been nearly a month since the Lumbini provincial government was formed but the cabinet is yet to get full shape.

Fight against cancer

The pandemic has put a spotlight on health system resilience around the world. Demands on health care provision have skyrocketed in record time and brought some health care systems to the brink of collapse.

Lil' habits under control

Here is a simple fact regarding our environs: we cannot control everything. The more we think of it, the more appalled we might feel to discover that the things we cannot control are way trickier than what we might have previously figured out. If a State cannot perceptibly control such things that often appear easily controllable, it’s not for an ‘activist’ to take the baton, either.

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Museums: Their sustainability and well-being

A museum is normally a venue or a place which looks after and exhibits, permanently or temporarily, a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific importance. It preserves and promotes our cultural heritage and acts as a good source of entertainment and information for researchers.

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Ministerial responsibility versus party ideology: Need to maintain decorum

The seven-party coalition led by the Maoist Centre (MC) has landed in an uneasy political soup.

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