Messi, Mbappe give Qatar the perfect World Cup ending When it comes to soccer, money can buy the world. Sports 19 Dec, 2022
FIFA urged to pay Nepali workers who 'made WC possible' Over three dozen Nepali civil society organisations today published an open letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, urging him to “stop looking the other way” while migrant workers are being denied compensation after having suffered abuses in Qatar. Nepal 16 Dec, 2022
Protest against ordinance on pardoning political prisoners The government’s ordinance, which has been sent to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari for authentication has received widespread criticism, including from inside the main ruling Nepali Congress as well. Nepal 14 Dec, 2022
NBA condemns ordinance on pardoning jailed politicians The Nepal Bar Association and the Supreme Court Bar Association today issued separate press releases condemning the government’s move to bring an ordinance to facilitate withdrawal of government cases filed against political cadres who had adopted violent methods in the past but signed pacts with the government expressing their commitment to join the peaceful mainstream. Nepal 14 Dec, 2022
Ordinance on pardoning political prisoners draws flak The government has sent an ordinance to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari proposing to amend the negative list in Section 116 of Criminal Procedure Code, whereby the government can withdraw cases filed against people who were involved in political agitations in the past but subsequently entered into agreements with the government to renounce violent methods and join the political mainstream. Nepal 13 Dec, 2022
UN summit: Don't repeat mistakes on nature, scientists warn Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are urging officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs in a report Monday. World 06 Dec, 2022
Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts Ukraine's electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine's energy infrastructure with heavy artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supplies to as much as 40% of the country's people at the onset of winter. World 19 Nov, 2022
Death penalty for migrant worker executed Forty-year-old Bibek Dahal, who had been doing time in a Saudi Arabia jail for 15 years on a murder charge, was handed down death sentence. Dahal is from Udayapur. Nepal 03 Nov, 2022
China's Xi calls for military growth amid tension with US Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party's control over society and the economy. World 16 Oct, 2022
Stampede, riot at Indonesia football match kill 174, league suspended Indonesian President Joko Widodo said authorities must thoroughly evaluate security at matches, adding that he hoped this would be "the last soccer tragedy in the nation." World 02 Oct, 2022
Iran will act decisively after biggest protests in years, president says Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic's morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday. World 25 Sep, 2022
Man killed in Gothatar had checkered past Man killed in Gothatar had checkered past Kathmandu 21 Sep, 2022
