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Kathmandu: Heavy rainfall across the country has triggered floods and landslides, completely halting traffic along the seven national highways. According to the Police Headquarters, seven major highways nationwide are currently obstructed due to the floods and landslides. The roads disrupted include the Koshi Highway in Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, Sankhuwasabha; the Nepal-China border bridge in Gosaikunda… Continue reading Seven national highways blocked, one way traffic resumes on 13 highways

Kathmandu: The Patan High Court has granted bail to medical entrepreneur and political activist Durga Prasai in two separate cases involving banking offenses and incitement of violence. A division bench granted Prasai bail of Rs 2.5 million in a banking offense case, while a separate bench ordered his release on Rs 300,000 bail in connection… Continue reading Patan High Court grants bail to Durga Prasai in two cases

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Finance held a discussion with the Ministry of Health and Population regarding the implementation of the budget for the current fiscal year, 2082/83 BS. During the meeting, the Ministry of Health and Population proposed the recruitment of an additional 2,100 healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses at the federal level to… Continue reading Health Ministry demands additional 2,100 workforces

Kathmandu: The National Examination Board (NEB) has published the results of Grade 12 today. According to the results published this evening, 61.17% of regular students and 36.49% of partial students have passed the grade 12 examinations. In the examinations held last Baishakh, a total of 396,347 candidates had participated in the regular category of which… Continue reading NEB publishes Grade 12 examination results

Kathmandu: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has directed the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police to launch a fresh and detailed investigation into the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta, a case that has remained unresolved for five years. During an inspection visit to the CIB office on Sunday, Minister Lekhak instructed officers to conduct… Continue reading Home Minister orders fresh probe into Nirmala Panta murder case

Kathmandu:: The women’s organizations of different political parties have asked the government not to draft any laws to allow polygamy. Issuing a press statement today, the leaders of the women’s organizations said that their serious attention was drawn to the drafting of new laws, which they termed as a regressive law formulated against women. “Such… Continue reading Women’s organizations voice against drafting of polygamy laws

Kathmandu: A total of 1,401 bodies of Nepali migrant workers who died abroad were repatriated and handed over to their families in the Fiscal Year 2024/25, according to data released by Nepal Police. The highest number of fatalities occurred in the 26–30 age group, with 233 deaths recorded. Other major age categories included 226 deaths… Continue reading 1,401 Nepali migrant workers’ bodies repatriated in FY 2024/25

Kathmandu: Nepal and India have agreed to convene the next meeting of the Survey Officials’ Committee (SOC) in Nepal in August 2025, as part of ongoing bilateral efforts to manage and maintain the border between the two countries. The agreement was reached during the 7th meeting of the Boundary Working Group (BWG), which reviewed progress… Continue reading Nepal-India agree to hold next border talks in Kathmandu in August

Kathmandu: A group of prominent civil society leaders has called on the Government of Nepal to break its silence on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and publicly condemn what they describe as genocide and large-scale atrocities committed by the Israeli government. In a strongly worded letter submitted to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and… Continue reading Civil society leaders urge Nepal to condemn Gaza atrocities, criticize silence on Israeli actions

Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has directed the government to draft and present a separate bill in Parliament aimed at the protection and promotion of cows, Nepal’s national animal, citing inadequate current efforts. In a ruling made public last week, a joint bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel emphasized the need for a… Continue reading Supreme Court orders government to draft new law for cow protection