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House panel tasked with watching over government sits idle

Kathmandu, March 14 -- For months, opposition lawmakers have been critical of Rishikesh Pokharel, chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the lower house, for his alleged reluctance to c... Read More


Amid reform delays, rights body braces for status review

Kathmandu, March 10 -- Seventeen months after retaining its global 'A' ranking, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is set for another review next week in Geneva, Switzerland. NHRC representa... Read More


Panel defies PM's call, KU deadline by not picking VC applicants

Kathmandu, March 9 -- Despite the prime minister's deadline and ultimatum from the Kathmandu University Professors' Association (KUPA), the committee to recommend vice-chair candidates at the universi... Read More


Coalition agrees not to push ahead with land ordinance

Kathmandu, March 5 -- The government is pushing ordinances other than one to amend the Land Act, after two Madhesh-based parties refused to support the "controversial" ordinance. Five of the six ordi... Read More


Constitutional Council meet delay leaves six key positions vacant

Kathmandu, March 3 -- The Constitution of Nepal makes it mandatory to nominate office bearers in the constitutional bodies a month before any position becomes vacant. Six positions, including the cha... Read More


Ruling parties explore 'strategies' to pass ordinances

Kathmandu, March 2 -- The ruling alliance had not expected the endorsement of the ordinances to be a Herculean task. Though not in government, the Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-... Read More


Nepal universities to accept credits of KIIT students

Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- As Nepali students continue to return from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha, Nepal's domestic universities have offered the returnees a chance to c... Read More


Devi Sunar asks UN to halt support to Army until daughter gets justice

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- Devi Sunar, mother of Maina, who was raped and murdered by security forces during the Maoists insurgency, has written to the United Nations requesting it to halt support to Biren... Read More


Government can enforce law to regulate free speech, top court rules

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court has said that the imprisonment and hefty fines provisioned in the Electronic Transaction Act are not against the Constitution of Nepal. Passing a verdict on a ... Read More


Devi Sunuwar seeks justice for the murder of her 15-year-old daughter, Maina

Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- Devi Sunuwar, mother of Maina, a victim of rape and murder by security forces during the Maoists insurgency period, has written to the United Nations urging to halt support to Bi... Read More