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Kathmandu: The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has pointed out that all the 11 universities in the country have not been able to give priority to study and research. According to the 58th Annual Report of the Office, the universities have not conducted research to develop new knowledge, technology, and skills to contribute to… Continue reading Universities fail to prioritize study research: OAG

Kathmandu: Two hundred and eighty-eight Nepalis have returned home after being taken over by the Afghan Taliban. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 118 people arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday morning, 84 at night, 65 on Wednesday morning and 25 in the afternoon. The ministry has issued a statement saying that work is underway… Continue reading 288 Nepalis arrive in Kathmandu from Afghanistan till Wednesday afternoon

Kathmandu: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN-UML (Socialist) faction will have a 95-member central committee. In the application filed for party registration in the commission on Wednesday, Nepal faction has Jhala Nath Khanal as the chairman and senior leader. Similarly, the Federal Parliament has 31 members in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly. As… Continue reading 95-member central committee in CPN-UML (Socialist) party

Kathmandu: CPN-UML has taken action against 14 lawmakers including senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal. The Oli faction has taken action as soon as the government brought an ordinance on political parties to split the parties by increasing the number of parliamentary parties or the central committee to 20 percent. The action has been taken against… Continue reading UML’s letter to dismiss 14 MPs including Madhav Nepal

Kathmandu: The government has urged to guarantee peace, security and tranquility in Afghanistan. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made public the government’s position on the latest developments in Afghanistan and urged it to guarantee peace, security and stability to the people. Nepal has urged those who want to… Continue reading Foreign ministry urge concerned authorities to ease travel for Nepalis returning from Afghanistan

Kathmandu: A total of 118 Nepalis have arrived in Kathmandu from Afghanistan via Kuwait. They landed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport this morning on a Jazeera Air flight. They were rescued by US Air Force from Kabul, Afghanistan, and flown to Doha, Qatar. They were brought to Kathmandu from Doha via Kuwait. The Ministry of… Continue reading 118 Nepalis arrive from Afghanistan

Kathmandu: Former Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Hitendra Dev Shakya has reached the Supreme Court with a writ petition seeking revocation of the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the Executive Director of NEA. He claimed that he was illegally removed from the post of executive director of NEA and demanded that he be… Continue reading Hitendra filed a writ petition against Kulman’s appointment

Kathmandu: So far, 134 Nepali citizens awaiting rescue from Afghanistan have come in contact with the government. On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release, including online registration of Viber and WhatsApp facility for the collection of details of Nepali citizens in Afghanistan. As of Monday evening, 134 Nepalis and their relatives… Continue reading 134 Nepalis so far in contact with govt from Afghanistan

Kathmandu: The National Examination Board (NEB) has requested the Ministry of Health and Population to provide vaccination to the Class 12 students. The ministry has been requested to provide the remaining AstraZeneca vaccine to the students of class 12 from the grant from Japan. The ministry has said that the remaining 800,000 vaccines will arrive… Continue reading NEB requests health ministry to provide vaccine for class 12 examinees

Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has ordered a complete ban on plastic bags thinner than 40 microns within 21 days. A single bench of Justice Kumar Chudal directed to implement the 160th point of the budget statement. In the budget statement, it has been said that plastic bags thinner than 40 microns will be completely banned… Continue reading Order to ban plastic bags thinner than 40 microns within 21 days