Bagmati Province CM Shakya expands her Cabinet

hief Minister of Bagmati Province Astalaxmi Shakya has expanded the provincial Council of Ministers inducting five new ministers and four state minister and thus making the provincial Cabinet an 11-member one.

Two men en-route to Qatar arrested with 4kg hashish

Police have arrested two individuals with 4.035 kilograms of hashish from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday. The duo was en-route to Doha via Qatar Airways. According to the Tuesday's news bulletin of the Nepal Police Headquarters, the duo has been identified as 36-year-old Shyam Prasad Roka and 35-year-old Bir Bahadur Roka. Both are the residents of Mangala Rural Municipality in Myagdi district.

Decision on MCC in coordination with other parties: PM Deuba

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the decision on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) would be taken in coordination with major political parties of the Federal Parliament. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress (NC) on Tuesday, Prime Minister Deuba said that the government would hold consultations with other political parties before deciding on MCC. Pushpa Bhusal, whip of NC, said, "In the meeting, Prime Minister Deuba clarified that the NC had...

Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.

Nepal will bolster health manpower for COVID-19 response: Shrestha

The government has resolved to restructure health sector to make the health system more relevant and effective. Speaking at a ministerial round table during the Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia, State Minister for Health and Population (MoHP) Umesh Shrestha said, “We are restructuring health sector to make our health systems more relevant and effective to tackle emerging public health challenges.”

House session begins today

Sessions of both the Upper and Lower House of the federal Parliament are to begin at 4:00 pm on Wednesday at the Parliament Building in New Baneshwore, Kathmandu. President Bidya Devi Bhandari had summoned the session of the House according to article 93(1) of the Constitution on the recommendation of the government. Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Assembly will read out the letter of the President to notify lawmakers about summoning of the House session before...

80 civil servants receive prizes on Civil Service Day

The government has rewarded 80 government officials for their excellent service on the occasion of Civil Service Day, 2021. The prizes were distributed to the best civil servants of the year 2019 and 2020 amid a special programme organised by the Civil Service Day event organising committee on Tuesday.

Civil Service Efficiency

The 18th Civil Service Day was marked across the country on Tuesday. It is celebrated annually on Bhadra 22 since 2061 BS. The Day is marked on Bhadra 22 on commemorate the first Civil Service Act as it was introduced on Bhadra 22 in 2013 BS. The country began celebr

Respect Women’s Dignity

On the eve of Teej, it is important to reflect a bit on the impact of traditions, culture and religion on societies and the market place. “The teej song ‘bich bichma khyassa putali’ by Dugesh Thapa needs to be removed from YouTube and the necessary action needs to be taken against the singers for defaming and making fun of women and on one of the festivals that is associated with them,” says advocate Bishnu Bashyal, lecturer at Nepal Law College. After her comment, I listened to the song....

The Colonial Trap

On February 20, 1947, Clement Attlee, the socialist British prime minister, informed parliament that India would become independent no later than June 1948. Attlee could not wait for the British to withdraw from a country whose leaders, Muslim and Hindu, had long been clamouring for independence. But India was seething with violent unrest. Muslim leaders were afraid of Hindu dominance. Worried that a civil war might land the British in an uncontrollable situation, Attlee decided to end the British...