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news Confusion and dilemma in Nepali Congress continues, now with eyes on leading government in provinces Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 23 -- Nepali Congress is not in government in even one of the seven provinces. Such was the hammering the party got in the 2017 elections. But now with the Nepal Communist Party vertically split, it has a chance to join a provincial government and even lead. The opportunity, however, has brought further confusion within the Nepali Congress and ...

news Nepal yet to ensure transitional justice Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 23 -- In his address to the Universal Periodic Review session on Thursday Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali reiterated that Nepal was committed to concluding the transitional justice process ensuring justice to all victims of human rights violation during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. He claimed that the transitional justice process is guided by the Comprehensive Peace Accord, various di...

Nepali women migrants repatriated from Beirut Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 23 -- Ten undocumented Nepali women migrant workers stranded in Lebanon for several months made it home on Thursday. The Honorary Consulate of Nepal in Lebanon repatriated the migrants from Beirut as they didnt have money to pay for a Covid-19 test and buy a plane ticket to get home. According to Elcheikh Mohamed Ghouzayel, the honorary consul of Nepal in Lebanon, the women arrived in Kathmandu at 12:50...

news Retaining ODI status and improving ranking top priorities of newly appointed coach Whatmore Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 22 -- Newly appointed national cricket teams head coach Dav Whatmore said on Thursday that retaining the ODI status of Nepal and improving rankings were his top priorities. "We must ensure that Nepal retain their ODI status and improve their rankings and I am very much happy to accept these challenges. The immediate job is to prepare the boys to win the...

news Universal Periodic Review: Nepal quizzed on transitional justice, rights, Tibetan refugee issue Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 22 -- Nepal fielded questions related to the countrys transitional justice process, human rights situation and refugees status, among others, at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Councils Universal Periodic Review Working Group. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali-led team replied to the concerns rais...

Maldives thanks India for sending a consignment of 100,000 doses of Covershield India Blooms Male, Jan. 21 -- Maldives has thanked Indian for sending a consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines which it will need to fight COVID-19 pandemic in the nation. "A short while ago, a flight from India with a 100,000 doses of the CoviShield vaccine arrived in the Maldives, renewing our hopes for a resolution to the Covid 19 crisis soon. Our heartfelt thanks to PM @narendramodi ...

Nepal, Jan. 20 -- With Nepal's drug regulator giving emergency use approval for Covishield, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and produced regionally by the Serum Institute of India, the country is finally gearing up for a mass inoculation drive. The government is understood to be holding high-level talks to import the vaccines at the earliest. India on Tuesday announced it would begin to supply vaccines from Wednesday as a...

news Amid political uncertainty, Dahal-Nepal faction seems to be completely lost Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 19 -- Ever since Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dissolved the House of Representatives on December 20, he appears to be confident that elections will take place on the dates he has declared-April 30 and May 10. He has been making statements to that effect at every opportunity, disregarding the fact that his House dissolution move is being heard by the Supreme Court. As a...

Pakistan still instigates youth from KashmirValley: Indian Army official India Blooms Srinagar, Jan. 19 -- A senior Army official has said Pakistan still attempts to instigate youth from Kashmir Valley into terrorism by various means. Lieutenant General B S Raju, General Officer Commander (GOC), Chinar Corps, told ANI news agency terrorists from the neighbouring country also continue to target our security forces and civilians in crowded areas, expecting forces to react and caus...

news As Nepal prepares for Covid-19 vaccination drive, challenges are huge, experts say Kathmandu Post Nepal, Jan. 19 -- When the District Health Office in Humla directed local health offices to send a list of health workers and female community health volunteers working under them for Covid-19 vaccination programme, Hansa Mahatara, a health coordinator at the Adanchuli Rural Municipality in the district followed the order. But he wonders how it will be possible to conduct mass ...