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Opinion: Challenges facing women in rural Nepal

Kathmandu: Discrimination against women refers to the unjust treatment, exclusion, or disadvantage faced by women and girls based on their gender. It involves treating women less favorably than men in various aspects of life, including employment, edu…

30 promoted to SP

The government has promoted a total of 30 Additional Superintendents of Police (Additional SPs) to the rank of the Superintendent of Police (SPs).

Public Security Division of the Home Ministry has issued a gazette notification in this regard today.

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WTO DG greets Prof Yunus

Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has congratulated Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on his assumption as the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, expressing interest to work closely …

RAB recovers looted firearms in Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered three firearms and 22 rounds of bullets which were looted from various police stations in the port city on the eve of the victory celebration of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement on August 5.

Earlier, a t…

UN Committee adopts convention on cybercrime

Kathmandu: The United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee finally adopted the convention on cybercrime.

The recent meeting of the UN Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communicati…

190 people killed in monsoon-induced disasters

Kathmandu: As many as 190 people lost their lives in monsoon-induced disasters across the country since June 10 till Monday afternoon, according to the Nepal Police.

The Nepal Police shared that three people died in the Kathmandu Valley, 27 in Koshi …

Former PM Khaleda Zia’s bank accounts unfrozen after 17 years

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed banks to unfreeze the accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia 17 years after her accounts were frozen in 2007.

The Central Intelligence …

Vice Chairman of Sarkegad rural municipality dies in accident

Vice Chairman of Sarkegad rural municipality, Chandra Singh Karki, has died in a road accident.

Karki who had been receiving treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College after being severely injured in the jeep accident passed away last night, according to…