Bengal govt okays land transfer to BSF for fencing border with B’desh: CM after 1st cabinet meeting

KOLKATA, (PTI):- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said his government, in its first cabinet meeting, has granted transfer of land to the BSF for erecting a fence along the..

Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime, not militarize territories

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):- Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America will send a letter Monday to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal..

Supreme Court orders not to implement decision of dismissing trade unions

KATHMANDU:- The Supreme Court has issued an interlocutory order not to immediately implement the decision to dismiss the trade unions. Acting Chief Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla and..

Govt pledges refunds for cooperative victims thru loan recovery scheme

KATHMANDU:- The government has announced that loans issued by problematic cooperatives will be recovered and the collected funds will be paid back to depositors in the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84..

SEE results made public

KATHMANDU:- National Examination Board has made public the results of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) today. Examination controller Tukraj Adhikari informed that the SEE results have been..

President Paudel unveiling government’s policies and programmes

KATHMANDU:- President Ramchandra Paudel is unveiling the policies and programmes of the government for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84 BS. Presently, President Paudel is reading out the policies..

Supreme Court orders not to implement decision of dismissing student organisations

KATHMANDU:- The Supreme Court on Monday issued an interlocutory order not to immediately implement the decision to dismiss the student organisations at the universities. A single bench of Justice..

EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children

By LORNE COOK, BRUSSELS (AP):- The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia to abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine and force many to..

2 Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to Netherlands

LONDON, (PTI):- Two Indian nationals aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, which reported a hantavirus outbreak, were evacuated to the Netherlands and are healthy and asymptomatic, the Embassy of..

Iran war could make Trump’s trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit

By WILL WEISSERT, WASHINGTON (AP):- Long before this week’s trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would “give..

Poetry is documentation of time: Shyamal

KATHMANDU:- The literary group Bartaman Kabita Samuha featured him in the third edition of its 'Discourse with the Seniors' programme series. Shyamal, a celebrated poet of the 1980s, shared his..

Turkish Airlines Plane Catches Fire During Landing at TIA

KATHMANDU:- A Turkish Airlines aircraft arriving in Kathmandu from Istanbul caught fire while landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Sunday morning, airport authorities said. The..

Rain Likely in Lumbini, Sudurpashchim Today

KATHMANDU:- The Weather Forecasting Division has predicted rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning in different parts of the country today, with higher chances in Lumbini and Sudurpashchim..

Parliament’s Budget Session Begins Today

KATHMANDU:- The budget session of the Federal Parliament is set to commence today with separate meetings of both houses followed by a joint sitting later in the afternoon. According to the Federal..

Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as ‘unacceptable’

By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the Iran war via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, but U.S. President..

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