'Varsities responsible for quality higher education' Minister of Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel has said universities are responsible for improving quality of higher education. Nepal 21 Apr, 2022
University responsible to improve higher education: Education Minister Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel has said university is responsible for improving higher education. Universities should produce competent human resources required for the prosperity of country, he stressed. Nepal 20 Apr, 2022
104 child workers engaged in rug-making As many as 104 child workers were found at Wards 7 and 8 of Melamchi Municipality alone. Nepal 18 Feb, 2022
About 1.1 million children are engaged in labour in Nepal Some improvement has been witnessed in reducing child labour over the last one decade in Nepal. However, a report has found about 1.1 million children still working in areas such as brick kilns, carpet factories and entertainment business, among others. Nepal 11 Feb, 2022
Model social inclusion policy for local levels The federal government has developed model ‘Social Inclusion Policy, 2022’ for local levels in a bid to build an equitable and prosperous society through social inclusion system. Nepal 23 Jan, 2022
'Response to COVID chaotic, inadequate in Nepal' Inadequate and unequal access to health care in Nepal was exacerbated in 2021 due to the government’s poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday in its World Report, 2022. The government’s failures led to many preventable deaths, while a pervasive culture of impunity continues to undermine fundamental human rights in the country. Nepal 14 Jan, 2022
Taliban rule marked by killings, denial of women's rights: UN More than 100 former Afghan national security forces and others have been killed since the Taliban takeover in August, most at the hands of the hardline Islamist group which is recruiting boy soldiers and quashing women's rights, the U.N. said on Tuesday. World 14 Dec, 2021
'Poverty, a debilitating factor for millions of minors' Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal has praised the UNICEF for its tremendous contribution to saving children’s lives, helping them unleash their potential, and defending their rights across the world. Nepal 11 Dec, 2021
Putting gender equality first: For peace, security, economic prosperity Rarely in the world have women’s and girls’ rights been challenged in such a concerning way as they have been in Afghanistan. Opinion 01 Dec, 2021
With free education, Congo's child miners swap hammers for books Squeezed on to benches and on the floor, the Congolese students of Kipushi Primary School did not complain that they only had a few, battered textbooks to share - just down the road, hundreds of less fortunate children were working in open-pit mines. World 10 Aug, 2021
Govt increasing locals' participation in development The federal government has issued the ‘Tole Bikash Sanstha (Neighbourhood Development Organisation) Formation and Mobilisation Procedure-2021’ with a view to ensuring maximum participation of citizens in the local development process. Nepal 28 Jul, 2021
Trafficking laws incompatible with Palermo Protocol Nepal has taken a step forward against human trafficking in recent years by ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol), a major international instrument to combat human trafficking. Nepal 27 Jul, 2021
