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NCP MPs condemn govt for Dashain allowance

Lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — Bhim Rawal and Janardan Sharma — and Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the House of Representatives Bal Krishna Khand have opposed the distribution of Dashain allowance among federal lawmakers

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Exploitation risk for women migrant workers has increased during pandemic

At a time when tens of thousands of Nepali migrant workers are bearing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in various labour destination countries, it is the women workers who are having it worse, according to labour migration experts and human rights workers

Nepal's tourism sector faces $330mn loss due to COVID-19

Nepal's tourism industry is estimated to lose over $330 million due to the government-enforced lockdown imposed in the wake the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Oli, Dahal in bid to save ruling NCP unity in Nepal

Co-chairs of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli — held talks for three hours today but failed to iron out their differences

Nepal’s COVID-19 recovery rate sees improvement

Nepal has witnessed a relatively significant rise in the number of COVID-19 recovery cases in the last seven days, compared to the past weeks, adding a glimmer of hope as the nation as a whole grapples with the rapidly rising number of positive cases

Nepal sees huge jump in daily cases with 740 testing positive, tally speeds past 15k mark

Nepal has seen a huge jump in number of daily COVID-19 cases on Friday. With the confirmation of 740 cases in the last 24 hours, the country’s coronavirus infection tally has hit 15,259

Oli, Prachanda meet in Baluwatar amid intra-party conflict

Amid the internal strife within ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the two co-chairs KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting in Baluwatar on Friday

International nonprofits cut aid pledge to Nepal amid COVID-19 pandemic

With countries around the world grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, international non-governmental agencies have reduced their aid pledge for the new fiscal compared to the previous year

Questions arise once again over Nepal president’s role in the ruling party

Early Tuesday morning, hours before the scheduled Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a hasty meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari

President prorogues ongoing House session on recommendation of the government

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has given the seal of approval to government’s proposal to prorogue the ongoing House session and has thereby endorsed the same

Dahal holds meeting with Oli faction leaders

Ruling Nepal Communist Party chair and former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday morning held discussions with leaders close to the other chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

PM Oli advised to reach out to rival NCP faction

A day after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was asked by Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Standing Committee members to resign from both the posts of prime minister and party co-chair, the PM was advised by his aides in the party to reach out to the rival faction

Nepali Army sacks Brigadier General, Colonel for defying chain of command

The Nepali Army on Wednesday sacked two of its high-ranking officers for an offence related to discipline, chain-of-command and military conduct

Seven years on, Nepali airlines still barred from flying over EU skies

Stating that the European Aviation Agency found no change in Nepal’s air safety status in the last seven years, the European Commission has decided to continue its ban on Nepali airlines from flying into the 28-nation bloc of the European Union

National Human Rights Commission recommends that Nepal legalise same-sex marriage

The National Human Rights Commission has said that it is unfortunate that same-sex marriage has not been legalised in the country even though it has been five years since an expert committee recommended legalisation

More child marriages in locked down Nepal

Million of girls continue to be subjected to child marriage and other harmful practices against women including sex-selective abortion across the world, and the rate may go up during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the UNFPA State of World Population 2020 report released on Tuesday