A Bangladesh opposition stalwart was arrested yesterday, in Rajshahi city, some 256 km west of the capital Dhaka, for “threatening to kill” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a speech, on May 19.Rafiqul Alam, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan …
Just weeks after thousands of Rohingya refugees lost their homes to Cyclone Mocha, they face another blow as funding shortages force the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to cut food vouchers in Cox’s Bazar to just US$ 8, or less than 9 cents p…
The need and relevance of news agencies has remained intact despite a string of new mediums of mass communications popping up. More than 80 percent of media houses across the globe are dependent on news supplied by world’s major news agencies like AP,…
A 21-year-old girl has been murdered this morning at Ghimiregaun in Khandbari Municipality-1, Sankhuwasabha.Yuna Darnal of Sabhapokhari Rural Municipality-1, currently living in the district headquarters, was murdered by Nandaram Gadal, 23, of Sabhapo…
The public transport fare has decreased in Bagmati Province, including in the Kathmandu Valley. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Transport has reduced the fare, nine days after Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) slashed the price of diesel.The Ministry…
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the government is committed to respecting, protecting and promoting the human rights.In his address to a ceremony held here on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the National Human Rights Com…
Lawmakers from the main opposition party, the CPN (UML), obstructed a meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today.The main opposition party MPs stood from their seats in protest and blocked the meeting at its outset, saying the session could n…
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala assured that the Nagdhunga Tunnel Way related work will be accelerated and carried out ensuring that the vehicles could ply on the way within a year.Taking stock of physical progress of …
Bagmati province government Chief Minister Shalikram Jamkattel has said that human rights would be respected if everyone fulfilled their duties and responsibilities.Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of the 23rd founding day of the Natio…
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala and the high-ranking officials of the World Bank have made an onsite visit to the Naghdhunga tunnel road project this morning.On the occasion, Minister Jwala took stock on the progress a…
CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is leaving here for New Zealand today for a week-long visit.The former PM is scheduled to address the “70th Mount Everest Celebration Day” to be held in Auckland city of New…
Symbols have been allocated among the fourmayoral candidates for the upcoming Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election.Returning Officer of the KCC polls Md Alauddin Ahmed distributed the symbolsat the regional election officer’s office in the city’s Bo…
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