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New power equation to change the speed of government: PM Dahal
Kathmandu, March 17: Prime Minister and Chairperson of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that a new power equation had to be formed to bring about change in the speed of the government and for collaboration between the communist forces. Addressing a gathering of the party's leaders and cadres in Pokhara...
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Funds insufficient for 'One District One Industry' program
Godavari (Kailali), March 17: The funds allocated for running the 'One District One Industry' program in Sudur Paschim Province is found to be insufficient. The Industry, Commerce and Consumer Interest Protection Directorate under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forestry and Environment has stated that the implementation of...
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Fire in mill causes loss of 15 million
Pathari, March 17: A fire broke out at the Koshi bitten rice mill at Buddha Chowk of Pathari Shanishare municipality-1 last night causing a loss of Rs 15 million. The fire broke out in the mill at around midnight, gutting all the grains stored along with the machinery of the mill. Fire engines from Pathari Shanishchare, Urlabari,...
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Two male rhinos translocated in Chitwan
Chitwan, March 17: Two male rhinos of Chitwan National Park have been translocated internally. The rhinos were transferred from the west to the eastern region of the Park. A male Rhino was brought from near Divyapuri post of Nawalparasi (Bardghat-Sustapurt to the interior of the Kuchkuche area in the eastern region of the park on...
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Upliftment of grassroots people is main objective of current system: President Paudel
Janakpurdham, March 16: President Ramchandra Paudel has said it was necessary to carry out activities for the upliftment of grassroots people including Dalits, oppressed, indigenous, women keeping on priority as it was the responsibility of the government. At a programme jointly organised by Martyr Keshav Koirala Memorial Foundation and...
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Entrepreneurship will be promoted with private sector's participation: PM Dahal
Kathmandu, March 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has asserted that entrepreneurship would be promoted with the participation of private sector. Distributing prize to winners of 'Golf Championship' organised by Barhakhari Media in Pokhara, today, Prime Minister shared that thousands of 'startups'...
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All cargo offloaded from first aid ship to reach Gaza: NGO
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, March 16, 2024 - A US charity said Saturday its team in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip had finished unloading the first maritime aid shipment to reach the besieged territory. "All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza," World Central Kitchen said in a statement, noting...
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Govt changes work style to restore normal economy: Finance Minister Pun
Kathmandu, March 16: Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun has said the government would not change its policies but work styles to recover the national economy from slump. During the 'RBBL Management Conference 2024' organized in the federal capital today, Finance Minister Pun vowed to create jobs within country and to curb exodus of...
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Prime Minister Dahal in Pokhara
Gandaki, March 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has arrived in Pokhara to participate in different programmes to be organised here. Prime Minister Dahal today visited Martyrs Memorial Residential Secondary School at Pokhara metropolitan city-14 and inquired about its condition. Similarly, he...
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CPN (Maoist Centre), Nepal Samajbadi Party to unite
Kathmandu, March 16: An understanding has been reached between the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Nepal Samajbadi Party for their unification. A meeting of unity coordination committee of the Maoist Centre and Socialist Party Central Committee held under chairmanship of Maoist Centre and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' took the...
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Despite becoming party to CEDAW three decades back, implementation is bleak
Kathmandu, March 16: Nepal had become a state party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2048BS. But, lawmakers expressed worry over the non-implementation of the convention. During a programme the Forum for Women, Law and Development organized on Nepal's agenda in the UN CEDAW...
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Advocate Chapagain new coordinator of Accountability Watch committee
Kathmandu, March 16: Raju Prasad Chapagain, a constitutional and human rights advocate, has been selected as the new coordinator of the Accountability Watch Committee. The meeting of the committee held on Friday selected Advocate Chapagain as the coordinator of the watch committee while Rajan Kuinkel, a human rights activist and media person...
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Prices of fuel decreased
Kathmandu, March 16: Nepal Oil Corporation has reduced the price of petroleum products. The price of petrol has been decreased by Rs.1 per litre and the price of diesel by Rs.2 per litre with effect from last midnight. Accordingly, the NOC has set the market price of petrol at Rs 168.50 paisa per litre...
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Winter session of Lumbini Province Assembly being prorogued this night
Tulsipur, March 15: The winter session of Lumbini Province Assembly is being prorogued from this midnight. Province Chief Amik Sherchan prorogued the winter session of the assembly to be effective from this midnight. Information to this was shared in a notice issued by Province Assembly Secretary Durlav Kumar Pun. He added that the...
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Govt, microfinance victims ink six-point agreement; all protest programmes called off
Kathmandu, March 15: The government and the struggle committee of victims of micro-financial institutions have inked a six-point agreement. The dialogue committee headed by Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Narayan Prasad Risal, and microfinance victims came to an agreement at a discussion held at the Ministry of...
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Nepal improves in HDI, ranked at 146th position
Kathmandu, March 15: Nepal has improved its position in the Human Development Index (HDI). As per the Global Human Development Report released by the UNDP on Thursday, Nepal is ranked at 146th position of the HDI and its HDI value is 0.601. Earlier in 2021, Nepal's ranking was 149. It has made 0.010 progress in HDI as compared to 2021 which...
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Call for involving HIV/AIDS infected children in Social Security
Kathmandu, March 15: A national gathering of children living with HIV/AIDS has called on the government to include them in the Social Security Programme (SSP). The gathering, held a few days ago in the federal capital, concluded with the issuance of the Kathmandu Declaration, advocating for their inclusion in the SSP. While the State...
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'Safety Pin Campaign' launched to control sexual harassment
Kathmandu, March 15: The Kathmandu Valley Police Office has intensified the 'Safety Pin Campaign' to control sexual harassment on women and children as well as theft cases in public places, offices and public vehicles. The office has been deploying plain cloth police personnel as part of the campaign in order to bring those...
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School textbooks to be supplied before students' enrolment
Bhaktapur, March 15: The Janak Education Materials Centre Limited is preparing to supply school textbooks across the country before the start of the academic year 2081 BS. For this to materialize, the Centre is completing the printing of school textbook by March 28. The Centre then plans to distribute the school textbooks from nine...
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Nat'l force will be decisive from Mission 84, Chairman Oli says
Kanchanpur, March 15: CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that the 'Mission 84' has the target to take the national force in the decisive position in the upcoming elections. Addressing the ninth district convention of CPN (UML) Kanchanpur on Thursday, Oli said the upcoming elections and the results will make everything clear...