Nepalis witness every year the scenario of river-side settlers battling with the local authority and flood during monsoon season. Each time rivers overflow, dwellers are either displaced or in severe risk. Authorities repeat their blaming exercise: the people or the squatters have built structures of shelters unlawfully in river-banks; such settlements should therefore be removed....
Top leaders of the ruling coalition parties met at the Prime Minister’s Official residence at Baluwatar and discussed the government’s common minimum programme (CMP). The meeting was attended by Prime Minister K.P. Oli Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, Janata Samajwadi Party president Ashok Rai, Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party president Mahantha Thakur, Nagarik Unmukti Party chairperson...
The United Nations has called on governments, companies, civil society and individuals to tackle air pollution, calling it the biggest environmental health risk of our time and a climate threat. Observing the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Saturday, 7th September, 2024, the organisation said that air pollution is one of the...
By Sharmila Thakuri President, Female Economic Journalists Association (Contd. from last issue) Furthermore, some companies like Himalayan Reinsurance have even lobbied regulatory bodies to amend existing laws in order to raise funds from the public. Initially, the company proposed to invest Rs. 7 arab from the founders and raise the remaining Rs. 3 arab from...
Nepal gave its first Paralympic medallist a hero’s welcome as cheering crowds turned out for taekwondo player Palesha Goverdhan’s return home from Paris on her arrival on Wednesday. It was the first podium finish at the Paralympics for the Himalayan nation, which has never won a medal at the Olympics. Palesha commented it had been...
As newly appointed Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal assumed his new office in Singha Durbar, people began to hope for efficiency in government administration and public service delivery. Known for skills in team work and focused pursuit of administrative goals, Aryal has expressed commitment to develop Prime Minister’s Office as a Centre of Excellence. Although...
Within two months after leaving the government, police have grilled former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane in the cooperative fund embezzlement scam. According to the Police Headquarters sources, Kaski district police a few days ago took a statement from Lamichhane, who is also the Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and a Member of the...
Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has said that there is no possibility of unleashing violence in the in country like in the past. “I don’t see the possibility of repeating the decade long insurgency and the government will not allow such activity to happen again,” Prime Minister Oli said speaking at a programme organized in...
Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah has given a blow to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli amid escalating animosity between Balen supporters and CPN-UML cadres and leaders. Shah demanded the arrest of CPN-UML Lumbini Province MP Rekha Sharma on his social media page on Sunday evening. Now he requested that Prime Minister Oli to give...
By Sharmila Thakuri President, Female Economic Journalists Association Damruballabh Ghimire sits in his room, spreading out share certificates from various companies. But most of these companies have never paid him dividends, and some have already been shut down. In this digital age of the stock market, the 73-year-old Ghimire’s share certificates, piled up in his...
