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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under the House of Representatives (HoR) has directed to annul the agreement to acquire a piece of land in the Ramgram Area in Lumbini which included leasing it to a private company for 99 years The parliamentary panel reviewed financial resources for the research, development, and conservation related to the […]

According to a consultation meeting with stakeholders on World Cancer Day 2024 – observed on February 4th – conducted by the Ministry of Health and Population, the government is developing a National Cancer Control Strategy for 2080-87. Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet emphasized the need for collective action to control cancer effectively. The newly introduced

Supreme Court (SC) has directed the submission of documents from the High Court Patan concerning a marital rape case involving suspended district judge Bhuwan Giri. The order was issued by a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Justice Sunil Kumar Pokharel. Patan High Court had previously determined that remanding Judge Giri

With about 6 months left for the project deadline, only 45 percent of the work has been so far completed in Nawalparasi’s eastern section under the Narayanghat-Butwal road expansion project – according to the Road Expansion Project’s eastern section chief Ashish Thapa Magar. The Narayanghat-Butwal road expansion work was initiated in 2019. Since then, the

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has stated that prisons should be converted into correctional centers. DPM Shrestha made this statement during the inauguration of a newly constructed prison building. DPM Shrestha stated, “Irrespective of past activities, inmates should not be suppressed and should be given an atmosphere to live a humane

A total of 260 individuals believed to be at risk of trafficking were rescued from the Birgunj transit point along the Nepal-India border in Parsa in one year. 257 women and girls while three male children were among the rescued. Maiti Nepal, Ashish Social Service Nepal, Aafanta Nepal, Tiny Hands Nepal, and Nepal Police are

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is set to launch a vaccination campaign against measles-rubella and typhoid in seven districts including earthquake-affected Jajarkot and Rukum West. Starting Thursday, in Jajarkot and Rukum West, the Measles-Rubella vaccine will be administered for children aged six months to 15 years. Simultaneously, individuals aged 16 to 45 will

The Election Commission (EC) has clarified in a press statement that candidates listed in the closed lists for proportional representation in the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies cannot participate in the upcoming National Assembly election scheduled for Thursday, January 25. The EC emphasized that unless candidates’ names are removed from the closed lists in