Hundreds of Nepali workers at various camps in Saudi Arabia have protested against Nepal government for failing to bring them home. Rendered jobless for seven months, Nepali migrant workers chanted slogans against the government demanding adequate flights after their repatriation became uncertain. They demand five flights a day from Nepal to Saudi Arabia alone for […]
MINSK (Reuters) — Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk, briefly gathering near the president’s residence, before dispersing peacefully. The veteran leader denounced the demonstrators as “rats” and was seen in state media footage wearing body armour and
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By Nishant Singh Gurung A group of students, guardians, and teachers protested outside the Lainchaur-based British Council in Kathmandu this afternoon airing their dissatisfaction against the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) result that was announced earlier this week. Students have shown their dissatisfaction on how they were graded by CAIE calling the results unjustified, and
Activists of Sajha Bibeksheel Party staged a protest rally in Kathmandu yesterday against the Supreme Court’s decision to shorten the prison sentence handed to Ranjan Koirala, a former DIG of the Armed Police Force, convicted of the murder of his wife eight-and-a-half years ago. On June 29, a division bench of Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra
A four-member probe committee of Nepal Police has been formed to investigate into the ill-treatment of an on-duty doctor at the emergency ward of Nepal Medical College (NMC) in Kathmandu. The CCTV footage of the incident was also deleted immediately to allegedly hide the manhandling. A doctor at NMC was allegedly beaten up on May
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The post-mortem report of five bodies recovered after the Rukum incident, in which five Dalit youths died, has concluded the cause of death as thrashing. All five deceased had injury marks in their heads, faces, hands, legs, chests, backs, and other parts of their bodies, as per the post-mortem report. According to a medical professional
Police today apprehended at least three dozen youths from various parts of Kathmandu for protesting against India’s encroachment of Nepali territory. An outcry has erupted in the country after India opened a link road to Mansarovar of Tibet via Nepal’s Lipulek. Following much pressure from all sides, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) issued a
Sugarcane farmers from several districts will be arriving in Kathmandu on March 17 to pressurise the government to recover their due payment. A meeting of the Sugarcane Farmer Struggle Committee (SFSC) held in Sarlahi district last week has decided that farmers will come to the central capital to resume their protest. According to the farmers,
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Reading enthusiasts and students are protesting against the government’s move to impose customs duty on imported books. The protests are being led by the students of Tri-Chandra Campus. The budget announcement for fiscal year 2019-2020 mandated a 10 percent customs duty on all imported books. Before this, the government did not impose a tax on
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Civil society members today staged a demonstration at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu opposing the selection of Agni Sapkota as the next House Speaker. After a month of negotiation, ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday succeeded in convincing co-chair KP Sharma Oli to field Sapkota as the House Speaker. But the
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