Daughter of Dhangadhi Mayor found in Goa after being reported missing Aarti Hamal, the daughter of Gopal Hamal, the mayor of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City, who had seemingly gone missing in Goa, India, since Monday, has been located. Nepal 27 Mar, 2024
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
EDITORIAL: Citizenship bill Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha the other day said that no eligible citizen would be deprived of citizenship and that the government would take initiatives to forge a national consensus on citizenship issues. Opinion 20 Apr, 2023
Editorial: President's defiance It was obvious that president Bidhya Devi Bhandari would not give her consent to the controversial Citizenship Bill, resent by the House of Representatives (HoR) 15 days ago. Opinion 22 Sep, 2022
Nepal in fresh political conflict as president declines to sign citizenship law Legal experts said the president was required to approve the changes, passed twice by a majority of parliament. Nepal 21 Sep, 2022
EDITORIAL: Welcome step The House of Representatives (HoR) on Friday passed the much-awaited citizenship bill, enabling thousands of children born of parents who are Nepali citizens to obtain citizenship of this country, but women say discrimination against them persist. Opinion 25 Jul, 2022
Govt to withdraw citizenship bill, pass new one The government today decided to withdraw the Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill from the Parliament. It will register a new citizenship bill and seek its passage through a fasttrack process. Nepal 06 Jul, 2022
Discrimination against women continues Nepal has made some major progress in ensuring women’s rights, particularly right to equality, but in practice, women continue to face discrimination. Nepal 09 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL: Pass bill soon The failure to enact a new law should not be a reason for depriving so many citizens of their inherent right Only those who have been denied citizenship to stay a stateless resident know the frustration and resentment of being a non-person. Without... 10 Nov, 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
NCP Secretariat decides on seven-year waiting period for naturalised citizenship KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held today decided to forward the citizenship amendment bill. The citizenship amendment bill has a provision of a seven-year waiting period for a foreign woman married to a... Horoscopes 20 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
