Permission to formulate election related bill

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 31The government has decided to grant permission, in principle, to formulate a bill related to the election.Releasing the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on December 29, Minister of Communications and Information...

Call for more inclusive media in terms of content, participation

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 31Media experts have stressed the need to make the mass media more inclusive in terms of content and participation.Speaking in an interaction on the 'Status of indigenous and nationalities journalists and inclusiveness'...

Sugar mill owners accused of importing sugarcane illegally

SARLAHI, DECEMBER 31At a time when sugarcane farmers are waiting for sugar mills to buy their produce, sugar mills in Nepal are said to be importing sugarcane illegally from India by leaving Nepali farmers...

1,145 police personnel face the music in five months

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 31As part of its drive to 'clean-up' the security agency, Nepal Police headquarters took action against 1,145 cops for their involvement in activities inconsistent with the existing laws and code of conduct...

Press freedom violation cases on the rise

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 31The Federation of Nepali Journalists has issued a press release saying that cases of press freedom violation rose from 52 in 2019 to 62 in 2021. FNJ said that 190 journalists and...

Dahal's paper passed unanimously

NepalBy Himalayan News ServicePublished: 10:41 am Jan 01, 2022The eighth general convention of the CPN-Maoist Centre unanimously passed party Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal's political document, but decided to attach the note of dissent submitted...

Nepal records 224 fresh COVID-19 cases, four fatalities on Friday

NepalBy THT OnlinePublished: 06:49 pm Dec 31, 2021Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 29Nepal recorded 224 new coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 828,431 while the death toll...

South Africa's Quinton de Kock quits test cricket at age 29

South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock retired from test cricket on Thursday in a shock move announced just a few hours after he played in the defeat to India in the first test in...