Conflict victims not to engage with commissions sans law amendment Victims’ associations, and national and international human rights organisations have reiterated their position of non-engagement with transitional justice bodies if their tenure is extended without amending the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act as ordered by the Supreme Court. Nepal 15 Jul, 2021
Immigration Department tries to evade widespread criticism by calling its recent decision on visit-visa 'matter under consideration' Much public outrage was witnessed on Wednesday after the news of a possible regulation, which would restrict women under the age of 40 in Nepal from travelling freely, came to fore. Nepal 11 Feb, 2021
UAE adopts new law amendments leading to UAE citizenship for skilled labor and promising talents The United Arab Emirates adopted law amendments for launching a new scheme to obtaining a UAE citizenship, on Saturday. World 30 Jan, 2021
Premier League agrees five substitutes for season restart LONDON: Premier League clubs will be able to use five substitutes, rather than the usual three, when the season resumes on June 17, it was announced on Thursday. The changes will be temporary to mitigate the packed schedule clubs will have after a... 04 Jun, 2020
UPDATE: Death toll in India citizenship law protests climbs to 17 NEW DELHI: Three people died Saturday during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 17, police said. O.P. Singh, the chief of police in Uttar Pradesh... Women 21 Dec, 2019
Mongolia amends constitution in bid to end political instability ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia has amended its constitution for the second time since it was ratified in 1992, strengthening the powers of the prime minister in a bid to end years of costly political instability and economic stagnation. In Mongolia's hybrid... Women 16 Nov, 2019
Army draws flak for eyeing profit-making businesses Kathmandu, August 9 Nepali Army is once again trying to seek government permission to engage in profit-making commercial activities, drawing criticism from former army officials and civil society members who say the institution created to protect... Travel 10 Aug, 2019
Tax law amendment NEW DELHI: India will amend its tax law with retrospective effect to exempt foreign companies covered under double taxation avoidance agreements from minimum alternative tax (MAT), the finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The amendment,... 25 Sep, 2015
�Enact on tobacco law amendment � Kathmandu, August 20 Though the government amended the ‘Directives for Printing and Labelling of Warning Message and Graphics in the Boxes, Packets, Wrappers, Carton, Parcels and packaging of Tobacco Products-2011’, it is delaying... Horoscopes 21 Aug, 2015
Appellate, district courts to exercise apex court’s power KATHMANDU: In order to ensure the general public's easy access to justice, the government has begun groundwork so as to decentralise the Supreme Court authority to the appellate and district courts. The Ministry of Law and Justice (MoLJ) forwarded a... Travel 11 Nov, 2009
Dr Bhattarai’s sermon to be more result-oriented Kathmandu, December 16:Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai today directed secretaries to be more result-oriented than pro-cess-oriented. “Bureaucracy should change old mi-nd-set and be more result-oriented,” he said directing the secretaries... 16 Dec, 2008
Paper tigers The government is moving to scrap more than two dozen Acts that have remained non-functional for years. The Nepal Law Commission, the statutory body responsible for making recommendations to the cabinet and ministers on promulgating and amending laws,... 19 Nov, 2007
