12 writs against house dissolution in CJ Rana’s bench

KATHMANDU: All the writ petitions challenging dissolution of House by the government will be taken up by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana for hearing. The CJ has assigned 12 writs petitions -eleven filed on Monday,...

NSJF, Turkish Airlines extend deal

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 22 The Nepal Sports Journalists Forum and Turkish Airlines today extended the sponsorship deal for the Pulsar Sports Award. NSJF General Secretary Prajwal Oli and Turkish Airlines GM Abdullan Tuncer Kececi (right) exchanging the...

The nest is ready

Whether it is a child screaming, or drivers honking their vehicles unnecessarily, these unwanted sounds, so called “noise”, is what most people would like to shun. Can a situation be created where these traffic...

Maggot invasion ruins orange harvest

TAPLEJUNG, DECEMBER 22 Orange farmers look worried here after maggots spoilt the orange harvest. Til Bahadur Karki, a farmer, from Phungling Municipality, said the oranges were destroyed by maggots after orange trees started bearing fruit. Karki, who...

Star-rated hotels start laying off workers

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 22 Star-rated hotels within Kathmandu valley have started slashing their workforce as they struggle to survive due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 20, Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) had signed an agreement with Nepal...

People from LGBT community suffering from stress

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 22 Members of sexual minorities — LGBT community — have said they were facing more mental stress due to the crisis created by COVID-19. They spoke of the plight in a programme ‘Challenges and...

NCP splits 31 months after merger

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 22 Dahal-led faction removes Oli as party co-chair, replaces him with Madhav Kumar Nepal Oli’s faction removes Narayan Kaji Shrestha as party spokesperson, replaces him with Gyawali Adds 556 members to Central Committee, forms committee...

New rules for providing land to landless Dalits, squatters

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 22 The Government of Nepal has issued the 18th amendment to the Land Rules, paving the way to provide land to landless Dalit families and squatters. As per the new provision stated in the...