Minister Dr Rana directs ensuring safety of Nepalis in Lebanon, Israel Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has instructed the Nepalese embassies in Israel and Lebanon to closely monitor the situation of Nepalis there amid increasing concerns about their safety. Nepal 07 Oct, 2024
EDITORIAL: Deals with teachers Thousands of teachers of public and community schools returned to their classrooms from Sunday after reaching a six-point agreement with the government on Friday, ending days of Kathmandu-centric agitation protesting the Education Bill recently tabled by the government in the federal Parliament. Opinion 25 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: Irresponsible act Migrant workers’ contribution to the national economy needs no exaggeration. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers send billions of rupees back home to support their families, and remittances are the main source of foreign currency earnings, helping to purchase essential goods and services from outside the country. Opinion 21 Jul, 2023
Govt ban puts Nepali migrant domestic workers at risk ​​​​​​​While the government of Nepal has banned people from working as domestic workers in Gulf countries for more than six years now, around 80 per cent of such workers going abroad have been using informal channels from neighbouring countries including India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Business 20 Jul, 2023
Sexual exploitation of minors unabated in capital, authorities mum At first sight, Jasmine appears to be a smart school going 16-yearold girl, but it’s hard to believe Jasmine is a girl forced into prostitution. Kathmandu 06 Oct, 2021
Siblings die after taking drug to control vomiting in India Two siblings from Bajura died in New Delhi after they took medicine from a local health clinic there. Nepal 05 Aug, 2021
India's death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000; vaccination drive falters India's death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000; vaccination drive falters World 02 Jul, 2021
COVID escalates vulnerability of female migrant workers: Study KATHMANDU, AUGUST 25 The National Human Rights Commission has expressed grave concern about female migrant workers, who it said have been rendered more vulnerable than their male counterparts due to COVID-19 pandemic. Study Report on Rights... Travel 26 Aug, 2020
Returnees from India reeling under acute shortage of food, shelter in Bajura BAJURA: Dharma Sarki of Jhalgaun in Triveni Municipality of Bajura had been living in India for 20 years. Sarki who had been working and living in Karol Bagh, New Delhi along with his wife and a daughter arrived in Nepal about four months ago on April... Travel 25 Aug, 2020
Seven more test positive for COVID-19 in Saptari RAJBIRAJ, JULY 24 Seven persons, including a female domestic help and four family members of a tea shop owner, tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Saptari’s Rajbiraj today. Detection of the COVID-19 in a female domestic help aged 50,... Travel 25 Jul, 2020
Govt urged to enact law to provide cops for �personal security� only KATHMANDU, JULY 22 The Ministry of Home Affairs has been assigning police personnel to the houses of incumbent and former high-level government officials in an unauthorised manner on the pretext of their security. According to the annual report... Horoscopes 23 Jul, 2020
Boney Kapoor�s house help tests positive for COVID-19, quarantined MUMBAI: Bollywood film producer Boney Kapoor says that his house help who was unwell for a while, has tested coronavirus positive, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and state government authorities have started the process of getting him to... Travel Abroad 19 May, 2020
