NMA announces affordable insurance for mountain guides The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has announced a new initiative to provide mountain guides with insurance coverage at the lowest possible rates. Nepal 09 Feb, 2025
Ship (Operation and Management) Bill, 2081 tabled in NA Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport, Devendra Dahal, has tabled the 'Ship (Operation and Management) Bill-2081' in today's meeting of the National Assembly. Kathmandu 06 Feb, 2025
Nepal Embassy in Oman begins issuing labor permit to Nepali workers The Embassy of Nepal in Muscat has officially begun issuing labor permit to Nepali workers who are legally employed in Oman but had not previously obtained a labor permit from Nepal. Nepal 05 Feb, 2025
Minister Gurung defends Social Media Bill amid severe backlash Amid severe backlashes of the Social Media Bill (SMB) presented by the government in the Upper House of Federal Parliament, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has defended it by expressing that it has been introduced with the aim of strengthening national unity. Nepal 03 Feb, 2025
Intra-party unity leads to majority: NC President Deuba Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it is necessary for the party leaders and cadres to be organized in a united manner to make the Nepali Congress the 'majority party'. Nepal 03 Feb, 2025
Disparity in law and order enforcement: The Ashika Tamang case Article 18 of the Constitution of Nepal guarantees that all citizens are equal before the law and that no person shall be denied equal protection under the law. Opinion 03 Feb, 2025
Constitution amendment based on national consensus, says Minister Gurung The Minister further stressed, "We have always maintained that the constitution should be need-based and aligned with the nation's development and prosperity." Kathmandu 02 Feb, 2025
Urge to maintain legal age for marriage at 20 Various social organizations including the Non-Governmental Organizations Federation Nepal Sarlahi chapter have urged the government to maintain the legal age for marriage at 20 years. Nepal 01 Feb, 2025
Social Media Bill gets heavy criticism The government on Monday introduced the Social Media Bill in the National Assembly, the Upper House of Parliament, which proposes harsh penalties for social media platforms and users who violate rules. Nepal 30 Jan, 2025
Media Action Nepal opposes Social Media Bill, warns of grave threat to free speech Media Action Nepal has expressed concern over the Social Media Bill approved by the Council of Ministers on January 27, as it poses a significant threat to the principles of free speech and press freedom. Kathmandu 29 Jan, 2025
Proportional representation: And the issue of threshold The concept of proportional representation (PR) was crystallised when the mixed parallel electoral system with 60 per cent seats for PR and 40 per cent seats for First Past-the Post (FPtP) segments was enshrined in the Interim Constitution for holding the Constitutional Assembly (CA) election, as there had been no provision of thresholds in our experiments with the FPtP in the 1959, 1991, 1994 and 1996 general elections. Opinion 27 Jan, 2025
There is pressure on revenue collection, let's work to meet the target: Finance Minister Paudel Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, has said that the current fiscal year revenue target has not been met although some improvement was seen in the government's revenue collection compared to the previous year. Business 26 Jan, 2025
