OPINION
Key Message from Indian elections
Key Message from Indian elections
More than 70 countries, including the oldest democracy, the United States of America, and the largest democracy, India, with a combined population of over 4 billion across different continents, have elections in 2024. Elections in the USA and India are of paramount importance and will have a disprop...
Jun 08, 2024
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Nepal hopes for improved relations with India as PM Modi begins third term with fractured...
Nepal hopes for improved relations with India as PM Modi beg...
KATHMANDU, June 7: As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi is set to assume office as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Sunday, there is cautious optimism in Nepal that the fractured mandate, giving regional parties a bigger say in India’s central government,...
Jun 08, 2024
Editorial
Modi Magic on the Wane
Modi Magic on the Wane
The outcome of India’s parliamentary election (2024) has led to a ‘perspective ambiguity’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lost no time in declaring victory for the BJP-led NDA alliance, which secured 293 seats in the 543-member Parliament, but he must be a worried man. The BJP is short of 32 seats to...
Jun 08, 2024
ECONOMY
NTA writes to UTL to pay Rs 7.5 billion outstanding due within 15 days
NTA writes to UTL to pay Rs 7.5 billion outstanding due with...
KATHMANDU, June 7: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has written to United Telecom Limited (UTL), a private sector telecommunication service provider, demanding immediate payment of outstanding dues totaling around Rs 7.5 billion within 15 days. The directive was communicated via a lette...
Jun 07, 2024
SOCIETY
Study reveals 71 percent of Dalit women face violence due to inter-caste marriage
Study reveals 71 percent of Dalit women face violence due to...
KATHMANDU, June 7: A study report has revealed that Dalit women faced various kinds of violence because of inter-caste marriage.
Jun 07, 2024
SOCIETY
Govt employees in Madesh Province found marking attendance two days in advance, staying ho...
Govt employees in Madesh Province found marking attendance t...
KATHMANDU, June 7: In Madhesh Province, it has been found that more than half of the government employees are absent from their offices without having their leave approved. Some employees mark their attendance a day or two in advance and then stay home.
Jun 07, 2024
POLITICS
Budget aims to develop Nepal into an IT hub over next decade: PM
Budget aims to develop Nepal into an IT hub over next decade...
KATHMANDU, June 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the budget for the upcoming fiscal year aims to develop the nation into a hub of information technology (IT). The budget has announced a decade for IT development, he added.
Jun 07, 2024
POLITICS
Home Minister Lamichhane announces to formulate regulations within a month to pave the way...
Home Minister Lamichhane announces to formulate regulations...
KATHMANDU, June 5: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane has expressed commitment to drafting the regulations for a feasibility study on the cultivation of marijuana for medical use.
Jun 07, 2024
SOCIETY
2024 K-Culture Day Celebrated in Kathmandu
2024 K-Culture Day Celebrated in Kathmandu
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KATHMANDU, June 7: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nepal hosted the ‘2024 K-Culture Day’ at Hotel Himalaya on Friday.
Jun 07, 2024
SOCIETY
Court orders withdrawal of victim's birth certificate in self-proclaimed ascetic Bamjan c...
Court orders withdrawal of victim's birth certificate in sel...
RAUTAHAT, June 7: In the ongoing child sexual abuse case against self-proclaimed ascetic Ram Bahadur Bamjan, currently held in Mahottari prison, the Sarlahi District Court has ordered the withdrawal of the victim girl's birth certificate.
Jun 07, 2024