Postal road construction in Kanchanpur in limbo

DHANGADI, MARCH 9 Postal road construction in Kanchanpur is anything but complete even though the contract period for the project has expired. Contract-signing for the construction of the 62-km stretch of the postal road in Kanchanpur...

Warm clothes distributed to impoverished children

BAJURA, MARCH 9 Warm clothes have been distributed to cold-affected students of Saraswati Basic Level School in Badimalika Municipality, Bajura, today. Ward Chair Dharma Raj Padhya said that hats and jackets were distributed to 165 children...

Call for structural change to end media bias

KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 Media experts and journalists of South Asia have called for systematic structural change in media outlets of the region to break the bias against women and accelerate women's equal participation in leadership...

Need for freedom of expression stressed

KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 Federation of Nepali journalists issued a press release condemning some social activists' call for public boycott of rights activist Bandana Rana and senior journalist Babita Basnet for their recent comments and views. Recently,...

Nepali transgender rights activist Bhumika Shrestha wins Int'l Women of Courage Award

KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 The US Embassy in Nepal has announced that transgender rights activist Bhumika Shrestha will be awarded the US Department of States' prestigious International Women of Courage Award, 2022 for her dedication to...

Decriminalise abortion, say women rights activists

Nepal By Himalayan News Service Published: 09:35 am Mar 10, 2022 Decriminalise abortion, say women rights activists KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 Women's rights activists have underlined the need to decriminalise abortion. Addressing an interaction organised by Forum for Women, Law and...

NC refutes Nepal's view on poll alliance

KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal today said that the ruling coalition partners had agreed to contest the upcoming local polls on the basis of the current coalition. He made these remarks...

Russia-Ukraine conflict likely to exacerbate economic woes of Nepal

KATHMANDU, MARCH 9 The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict will likely exacerbate the economic woes of Nepal as the spiralling oil and commodities prices in the international market will further widen the country's burgeoning trade deficit and...