Though Nepal had on 19th January 2010 announced the elimination of leprosy at the national level, it still makes its presence in 17 districts. The state of elimination is understood when there is no more than a single case of leprosy among per 10,000 populations. The government aims to make

The State 5 State Assembly meeting today endorsed the condolence motion at the demise of opposition Nepali Congress (NC) leader Baladev Sharma Pokhrel. With the endorsement of the motion, the meeting was put off. Presenting the motion in the meeting, SA Speaker Purna Bahadur Gharti said the demise of experienced

The main opposition Nepali Congress has demanded the government take required measures seriously for the safety of people from the deadly coronavirus as the country lies in a highly risky zone from its infection. The virus which was originated in the Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province of China, has

Leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Agni Prasad Sapkota has been elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently. Senior most member of the HoR, Mahantha Thakur, announced in the HoR meeting that as the candidacy of Sapkota was not contested by others, he was declared Speaker

Police here have made public three persons held on the charge of supplying cannabis illegally via ambulance. The arrested ones were Muhammad Khalid, 39, of Dumariya in Rautahat and Ashok Kumar, 19, from the same place and Indian national Binod Sahani, 22, from Indian State of Bihar, according to the

The election to the Speaker of the House of Representatives is being held shortly. As only one candidate- Agni Prasad Sapkota from the ruling Nepal Communist Party- is proposed for the post, he would be declared the Speaker unopposed after getting proposed and backed in the House of Representatives meeting

The State Assembly in Karnali is holding its winter session on coming February 7. The meeting of the Karnali State government’s council of ministers has agreed to summon the fifth session on the above mentioned date. Besides, the meeting endorsed working procedure 2076 BS relating to the legal assistance and

In a bid to address the need of Sanskrit language and knowledge, a three-month basic training in Sanskrit language is going be organized in Kathmandu from February 1. The Nepal Arya Samaj is organizing the training at its central office at Baneshwor Height in Kathmandu. It is also expected to

(Kashiram Sharma) All eight local governments in Banke except Nepalgunj sub metropolis seem to have ignored the legal responsibility of introducing the Good Governance Promotion Act thus stalling the process for forming the good governance committee. It may be noted that in November 2017, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and

Women tourism entrepreneurs have sought their additional role on tourism business. At an interaction organized by the Women Tourism Entrepreneurs Forum (WOTEF) on ‘opportunity and challenges to women in tourism business’ here today, the women entrepreneurs dwelt on how they could excel in entrepreneurship and make the management more effective.