Queer youth group demands inclusion of diverse gender groups KATHMANDU: The Queer Youth Group recently launched a petition drive for gender recognition in citizenship bill and submitted the signed letter to the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the federal parliament. The petition raised concerns... Horoscopes 22 Jun, 2020
National Assembly passes three bills related to budget KATHMANDU: The National Assembly (NA) has endorsed three bills ‒ 'Finance Bill-2077 BS', 'Bill to Raise National Debt-2077 BS' and the 'Loan and Guarantee Bill-2077 BS' ‒ related to the budget. The Upper House received the bills from the House... Horoscopes 22 Jun, 2020
Parliamentary panel passes citizenship bill KATHMANDU, JUNE 21 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee today passed the constitution (amendment) bill proposing to grant naturalised citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men only after seven years. The parliamentary panel... Travel 21 Jun, 2020
Nepal's rulling party for seven-year waiting period Kathmandu, June 20 The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today decided to make foreign women married to Nepali men eligible for naturalised citizenship on the basis of matrimonial relations only after seven years. The... Travel 21 Jun, 2020
Nepal Government gets five days to forge consensus on citizenship bill KATHMANDU, JUNE 17 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives gave the government five days to forge consensus on the citizenship bill after Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa sought time for the same. Chair of... Travel 18 Jun, 2020
Internationalise Lipulekh dispute if need be: House panel Kathmandu, May 10 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Government of Nepal to find a long-term solution to border disputes with neighbouring countries through dialogue keeping in view... Travel 11 May, 2020
Minister Thapa stresses on the need to initiate talks with China to resolve link-road dispute KATHMANDU: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has asserted the need to hold talks with neighbouring China regarding the road built by India leading up to Mansarovar via Nepal's territory Lipulekh. Bilateral relations between Nepal and India... Horoscopes 10 May, 2020
15-point suggestion put forth to manage COVID-19 situation Kathmandu, April 19 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives today presented a 15-point suggestion to the government for effectively handling the adverse situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the... Travel 20 Apr, 2020
Endorse Citizenship Amendment Bill: MPs Kathmandu, March 12 Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal lawmaker Mahendra Raya Yadav and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker Indu Kumari Sharma today urged the House of Representatives to pass the Nepal Citizenship (Amendment) Bill immediately. The... Horoscopes 13 Mar, 2020
Children of citizens by birth�facing livelihood problems Kathmandu, March 9 Children of citizens by birth continue to face livelihood problems as the new Citizenship (Amendment) Bill remains stuck in the Parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee. SAGC halted its process on the bill in... Horoscopes 10 Mar, 2020
Discrimination against women declining: Tourism Minister Bhattarai Kathmandu, March 5 Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has said that all political parties and their leaders should ensure women’s participation in state mechanism. Minister Bhattarai was addressing Women... Horoscopes 06 Mar, 2020
House panel deferred as Pokhrel, Thapa shun meeting Kathmandu, March 5 The Parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, which was supposed to discuss alleged corruption in Nepali Army today, postponed its meeting after Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel and Chief of Army Staff General... Travel 06 Mar, 2020
