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Probe panel on visa scam splits opposition

Kathmandu, June 25 -- Nearly a month after the opposition's demand, the government has constituted a committee to investigate the visit visa scam, a move welcomed by the main opposition but rejected b... Read More


Teachers warn of fresh protest over school bill

Kathmandu, June 23 -- With hardly a week before the deadline to endorse the School Education Bill, it is still unclear when the Education, Health and Information Committee of the House of Representati... Read More


Ministers under fire for skipping budget discussion

Kathmandu, June 22 -- On Thursday, the House of Representatives was supposed to deliberate on the budget allocated for seven ministries. The agenda for the meeting had been finalised in consultations ... Read More


TU bars teacher deputations by state bodies except federal Cabinet

Kathmandu, June 19 -- The Tribhuvan University has decided not to allow its teachers to be deputed to government bodies except for those appointed by the federal Cabinet. An executive council meeting... Read More


Father of a Rautahat blast victim in Kathmandu to demand justice

Kathmandu, June 18 -- At an age when most people are confined within the walls of their house, 84-year-old Shrinarayan Singh Rajput is still fighting-refusing to rest until justice is served for his s... Read More


Government backs private schools in opposing trust model

Kathmandu, June 16 -- Rubbishing the demands of some lawmakers and educationists, the government has stood against converting the ownership of private schools. Registering amendments to the School Edu... Read More


House resumes on 18th day after rift in the opposition

Kathmandu, June 14 -- The dispute over the visit scam surrounding Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has brought divisions in the opposition camp, as the CPN (Maoist Centre) struck a deal with the ruling all... Read More


Land commissions come and go, but issues of landless remain

Kathmandu, June 13 -- In October last year, the government reconstituted the Land Issues Resolving Commission to once and for all address the issues of landless squatters and unmanaged settlements. A... Read More


Chepangs evicted for conservation, denied promised housing, amenities

Kathmandu, June 11 -- On July 19, 2o2o, Chitwan National Park officials, backed by Nepal Army personnel, demolished and even burnt the houses of indigenous Chepang people in Kusumkhola of Madi Municip... Read More


Government goes against budget pledge not to implement small-scale projects

Kathmandu, June 8 -- Presenting the federal budget in the joint session of the parliament, Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel announced that the government will not implement projects costing less than Rs... Read More