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Create environment for teachers to return to duty within three days: Supreme Court

Kathmandu, April 25 -- The Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure the protesting school teachers return to classrooms within three days while local units have also started directing the te... Read More


Education bill drags on, teachers dig in

Kathmandu, April 24 -- Even as a parliamentary committee has expedited the process to finalise the School Education Bill, there are slim chances of its endorsement before May first week-without which ... Read More


Grade 12 tests put off till May 4 amid teachers' boycott

Kathmandu, April 23 -- The National Examination Board has postponed the Grade 12 national exams by 10 days as school teachers remain adamant about boycotting the examination process until the promulga... Read More


Grade 12 tests deferred to May 4 amid teachers' boycott

Kathmandu, April 22 -- The National Examination Board has postponed the Grade 12 national exams by 10 days as school teachers remain adamant about boycotting the examination process until the promulga... Read More


110 seek positions in transitional justice commissions

Kathmandu, April 21 -- The committee formed to nominate office bearers to the two transitional justice commissions has received 110 applications from former judges, diplomats, professors, government s... Read More


Teachers' protest on despite 'positive' talks with PM and Speaker

Kathmandu, April 20 -- Despite assurances from Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Speaker Devraj Ghimire, the Nepal Teachers' Federation has decided to continue its Kathmandu-centric protest until the e... Read More


Billions embezzled in Pokhara airport works, probe finds

Kathmandu, April 18 -- A subpanel of the House of Representatives' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has confirmed irregularities and corruption worth billions of rupees in the construction of Pokhara I... Read More


Top court overturns 2017 acquittals in Unity Life fraud

Kathmandu, April 17 -- Reversing the verdict of the Patan High Court, the Supreme Court has convicted seven managers of the Unity Life International (ULI), 15 years after the multi-billion-rupee scam ... Read More


Political interference plagues Nepali varsities. VC resignation is latest case

Kathmandu, April 12 -- The resignation of Keshar Jung Baral as Tribhuvan University vice-chancellor has again exposed the executive's interference in the academic sector. He submitted his resignation... Read More


Oli's address leaves Madhesh provincial assembly members unimpressed

Kathmandu, April 9 -- Since February, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been busy addressing provincial assemblies. He delivered a speech in Lumbini Provincial Assembly on February 5, then in Karnali a... Read More