Labour minister to prioritise job creation

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Newly appointed Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gauri Shankar Chaudhari has said that creating employment within the country and controlling irregularities in the foreign employment sector would be his top-most...

EDITORIAL: Stop the rot

Should the CIAA’s sphere of probe extend to the private sector, there is that danger of it being used to harass private companies That corruption is rampant in Nepal at all levels of the government...

Isolation centre empty

CHITWAN, DECEMBER 27 The coronavirus isolation centre at Yogi Naraharinath Yog and Naturopathy in Bharatpur Metropolitan City has been deserted after COVID-19 patients stopped visiting the centre. “The isolation became empty as of the total 18...

Liverpool miss chance to stretch lead, Tottenham held at Wolves

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool‘s hopes of opening up a menacing five-point lead at the top of the Premier League were scuppered in unlikely fashion as struggling West Bromwich Albion snatched a 1-1 draw at Anfield to...

Oli draws flak for appointing new ministers

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Politicians and experts say Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has violated political morality and the spirit of the constitution by appointing nine new ministers while being a caretaker PM. This image shows the...

JSP-N protests Parliament dissolution

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Hundreds of people today joined a mass demonstration organised by Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal against the government’s decision of December 20 dissolving the House of Representatives. The party has officially denounced Prime Minister KP...

National Assembly session from Jan 1

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has called the session of the National Assembly, the Upper House of the Parliament, at 4:00 pm on January 1. A press release issued by the President’s Office stated...

Two Indian nationals in possession of illicit pharmaceuticals nabbed in Rautahat

RAUTAHAT: Two Indian nationals in possession of illegal pharmaceuticals have been arrested by the Rautahat police from district headquarters Gaur, on Sunday. Acting on suspicion, the police at the Gaur bus park checked the handbags of...