Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari has inaugurated the office of the Madan Bhandari's 75th Birth Anniversary Main Management Committee in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Kathmandu, Aug 21: School operators have demanded correction on some provisions of the School Education Act. At a demonstration organised by Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation Nepal (PABSON) and National Private and Boarding Schools' Association Nepal (N-PABSAN) at Maitighar Mandala on Thursday, the participants had carried ply cards reading ' Private school education the first choice of parents', 'contribution of private school, building strong economy', 'Why private school should always have to face discrimination' among others. 'Removing 'Full scholarship' word from the bill, removing the provision of making schools being operated after their registration as per company act as 'non-profitable' are the demands of PABSON and N-PABSAN. The private school operators demand that the concerned school should have authority for scholarship distribution and an arrangement should be made to provide scholarship by forming a transparent committee. The Education, Science and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives has passed the School Education Bill on Thursday. (RSS)
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that everyone should contribute from their side to the government's efforts to make the whole of Nepal prosperous.
General Secretary of the CPN UML, Shankar Pokharel, has said both neighbours, India and China, ignored the sensitivity of Nepal's concern while making agreement to open the India-China route via Limpiyadhura border point for trade.
The second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket tournament is being held from coming November 17 to December 13.
Engineers on Thursday launched a load testing on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, which is set to become the world's tallest bridge.
The Araniko Highway, which was blocked by a landslide at Bhotekoshi rural municipality-2 in Sindhupalchowk on August 3, has remained obstructed since then.
In the early hours of August 8, 2008, Georgia launched an armed attack on South Ossetia. Russia moved to defend the republic’s citizens, many of whom had obtained Russian citizenship by then, as well as its peacekeepers, who had been stationed in the region since 1992. More than 1,000 people, including 72 Russian servicemen, were killed in the five-day military conflict. On August 26, 2008, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another former Georgian autonomous region.
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has claimed that the problems of worker section can be genuinely addressed in the socialist state system.
Ramesh Kumar Lamsal has been appointed Acting Managing Editor of The Rising Nepal daily. The management committee of the Gorkhapatra Corporation (GC) appointed him to the post effective from today.
The Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resource Committee has passed its report on the Bill to Amend Certain Nepal Acts relating to Land, 2082.
Chief Whip of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Hitraj Pandey has demanded briefing to the House about the recent deal between China and India to reopen Nepal's territory, Lipulekh pass, for bilateral trade.
Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Chhatra Bahadur Rawat confirmed the death of the woman while undergoing treatment in the hospital. It has been learnt that the woman was expecting her child.
Among the four severely injured in the Darchula bus accident this morning, one has died. The deceased has been identified as Parbati Tamata, 25, of Naugad rural municipality-4. The accident took place at Hopari in Naugad rural municipality-4.
Bhorletar Bazaar and the vicinity areas of Madhya Nepal Municipality - 6, Lamjung.