Sri Lankans woke up to confusion on Thursday, still waiting for their embattled president to resign after he fled the country, as the island nation fumes over an economic meltdown that has sparked political chaos.
The government has announced a big waiver on custom tax on the import of sanitary pads and their raw materials.
Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has directed the authorities concerned to immediately arrange rescue, relief and residence for those rendered displaced due to a landslide at Arughat rural municipality-1, Shyamchet in Gorkha.
The Safe-Martadi highway linking the Bajura district headquarters has been obstructed since early this morning due to incessant rain.
Nepal has outshone Scotland in a triangular one-day series under ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League-2.
Recurrent droughts, erratic rainfall and the rising sea level are affecting West Africa. In response to the climate crisis, the regional bloc ECOWAS plans spending close to € 280 billion in the next decade. In April, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted a joint strategy to tackle climate change. Domains like land erosion, preservation of forests’ carbon stocks and coordinated food storage will get additional attention and funding. After a year-long decision-making process, the national leaders of the 15-member alliance approved the blueprint during a two-day meeting in Accra, the Ghanaian capital.
The fire started at 2:30 pm was brought under control after five hours, according to the District Police Range, Kathmandu. Eight fire engines and 30 water tankers were used to douse the fire, said police.
The full court meeting of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday decided to confer the title of 'senior advocate' to 133 advocates.
“ We should be proud of our party’s chairperson. Even after having few seats, we only not are the government, but have also succeeded in becoming the biggest party in the country as well," said Minister Karki.
Central member of the Nepali Congress and minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has said that everyone should be proud under the leadership of party Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba.
People forget sportsmen and political leaders soon, but remember poets and writers for long, he observed.
"Human rights are largely protected when the government came up with a commitment to do so", Chairperson KP Sharma Oli.
"Human rights are largely protected when the government came up with a commitment to do so", Chairperson KP Sharma Oli
Sri Lanka’s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office.
A person was arrested with 80-round bullets from Bhadrapur municipality in Jhapa.