Malicious attempts to prevent competitive TRC commissions appointments Rights groups have expressed deep concern about malicious attempts to prevent the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappearances from becoming competitive and high-quality, trapping them in a cycle of party politics for the third time. Nepal 05 Dec, 2024
'Girls Rewriting Destiny' documentary highlights women's potential as future mountain guides In her concluding remarks, Maya Gurung urged young women aspiring to mountaineering to dream big, think expansively, and remain positive even in challenging times. Entertainment 27 Aug, 2024
EV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. Business 06 Jun, 2024
Conflict victims, rights activists seek intervention A group of conflict victims and human rights defenders on Monday submitted a memorandum addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres alerting him about the multiple flaws in the transitional justice amendment bill and seeking his intervention in the bill tabled at the House of Representatives. Nepal 30 Aug, 2022
Government urged to be responsible to people, nation KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 27 A group of civil society activists have called on the government, political parties, and leaders to be responsible to people and nation. A joint appeal signed by 13 persons expressed concern about the ongoing disturbance in... Horoscopes 28 Nov, 2020
Public transport reopens gradually in valley KATHMANDU, JULY 14 Almost four months after the government halted public transportation service to curb the spread of coronavirus, some transport operators have started resuming services within the Kathmandu valley. The government had finally... 15 Jul, 2020
Talks with India uncertain after Oli rhetoric? KATHMANDU, JUNE 29 Foreign policy experts and civil society members say that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s allegation that India is plotting to remove him from prime ministership would seriously impair Nepal’s relations with the southern... Travel 30 Jun, 2020
Govt decides to retract Rs 3bn from Sajha Yatayat Kathmandu, January 23 The government has decided to take back Rs three billion that it had provided to Sajha Yatayat for the procurement of 300 electric buses owing to sluggish progress made by the company in the procurement process. Informing... 24 Jan, 2020
Civil society denounces IT Bill, calls for scrapping it entirely Kathmandu, January 10 The Information Technology Bill endorsed by the Parliamentary Development and Technology Committee on December 29 curtails freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution and that the bill should be scrapped entirely,... Travel 11 Jan, 2020
Activists continue �Occupy Tundikhel� drive reciting poems Kathmandu, November 23 At least two dozen literary figures, including members of civil society, joined a civil society-led campaign ‘Occupy Tundikhel’ reciting poems written on encroachment of Tundikhel and importance of open space in urban... Horoscopes 24 Nov, 2019
Purchase of 300 electric buses halted Kathmandu, October 20 The government has ordered Sajha Yatayat to temporarily halt the process to purchase 300 electric buses. Though Kanak Mani Dixit, chairperson of Sajha Yatayat, confirmed that the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and... 21 Oct, 2019
Event held to commemorate manhole victim Kathmandu, November 3 A ‘ghost bike’ was placed near the manhole, where 38-year-old cyclist Shyam Sundar Shrestha fell into and died on October 27, in Kirtipur, today. Civil society activists’ placed a white colored cycle near the manhole... Horoscopes 04 Nov, 2018
