By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 20, 2023Police on Monday briefly detained Tribhuvan University assistant professor Prem Chalaune after he launched a hunger strike inside the premises of the Kathmandu District Court. He was protesting last week’s government decision to withdraw a case against a group of students who physically assaulted him three years ago. Police said Chalaune was arrested shortly after he and his supporters ‘created disturbance’ inside the District Court premises.…
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By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 20, 2023The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has apologized to Afghan applicants for the ‘reckless’ error who were previously told to validate their documents with the Taliban-led government. The British government confirmed on Sunday that 37 applicants to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Police (ARAP) scheme, designed to relocate those who directly assisted British forces, asked to validate their documents with the Taliban government. However, the…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 21,2023The Madhesh-based Janata Samajbadi Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during his floor test on Monday. Under the new power equation, the door has opened for government expansion. Although all three Madhesh-based parties are now part of the new alliance led by the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), the Madheshi parties are divided.…
report in Prothom Alo, June 17, 2023Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) amir mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim (Charmonai pir) on Friday called on the people to prepare for another liberation war if necessary to save the country by kicking out the present government, reports UNB. Calling for resignation of the CEC, the Charmonai Pir said, “We were attending the local level elections to strengthen the party in grassroot level. But what was done by present government,…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 25, 2023 at 10:47 PMThe acting Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said he considers the current government inclusive, but said there is no place in this government for some figures of the previous government who the nation does not want and who are not acceptable to the international community. Speaking at a gathering of Islamic Emirate leaders and tribal elders, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir said…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, May 26, 2023Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday (25) urged the government to conduct a thorough investigation into Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem’s abortive attempt to smuggle in gold at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) as it couldn’t be considered just a mere violation of the Customs law. Jayasuriya said so in a statement issued in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Movement for Social…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 26, 2023The government has asked the President’s Office to release Resham Lal Chaudhary, the jailed leader of the Nagarik Unmukti Party, through presidential pardon on Republic Day next week. The government made the request on Wednesday. Former lawmaker Chaudhary has been serving a life term at the Capital’s Dillibazar prison after being convicted of masterminding the 2015 Tikapur massacre. It was only on May 16 that…
by Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror online, Apr 21, 2023 at 02:18 pmArchbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today called for a fresh and transparent probe into Easter Sunday attacks and said justice cannot be expected from the incumbent President or the government. “We need a fresh and transparent probe which is directed towards finding out as to why the repeated prior warnings on the Easter Sunday attacks were not taken seriously, to…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 21, 2023The government has decided to give three more years to the Nepal Army to complete the Rs175 billion Kathmandu-Tarai expressway, the fourth extension in six years after the project failed to meet the completion deadline. The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday took the decision to this effect. The new deadline is April 2027. On May 4, 2017, the government formally handed over the much-touted project to the army, putting…