by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Oct 1, 2023Since Wednesday, thousands of patients across Nepal had been deprived of regular healthcare services as resident doctors nationwide skipped duty to protest Monday’s assault on doctors at Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara. This was not the first time healthcare services have been affected due to doctors’ strikes in Nepal. On September 18, the Nepal Medical Association, an umbrella organisation of medical doctors, called a nationwide strike to…
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report in Nepalnews.comKailash Mansarovar (China), Sept 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is currently on an official visit to China since September 23, said that accessible arrangements will be made to visit popular Hindu shrines Mt Kailash and Mansarovar Lake in China via the Humla district of Nepal. PM Dahal visited Mt Kailash and Manasarovar Lake on Thursday. Talking briefly to the RSS after his visit to the sites, the Prime Minister said that…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 26, 2023As Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal wrapped up his political and official engagements in China during his week-long visit, the two countries on Monday signed a dozen agreements and memorandums of understanding. But none of the agreements involved Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. The prime minister was expected to iron out key differences over expediting BRI projects, cross border energy trade and implementation of past…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 15, 2023The Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to make extra arrangements for effective regulation of the open border between Nepal and India. The court said it has become necessary to stop illegal and criminal activities taking place in the bordering areas and effectively manage people’s movement across the international border. Issuing the full text of the mandamus order, which was issued two and a half years ago, the…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 14, 2023Police on Wednesday said the 60kg gold seized in July was linked to a large-scale smuggling racket orchestrated by a group of Chinese nationals whose connections extend from Hong Kong to Nepal and India. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police on Wednesday submitted its investigation report to the District Attorney Office, Kathmandu asking the latter to prosecute 29 individuals—Nepali and foreigners—in connection…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 1, 2023Nepal’s request to India for rice export quotas remains unaddressed while it has allocated export quotas of non-basmati rice to Bhutan, Mauritius and Singapore. On Wednesday, India issued a notification through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade permitting the export of 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan, 14,000 tonnes to Mauritius and 50,000 tonnes to Singapore. India imposed a ban on the export of non-basmati rice on July…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 1, 2023Calls are growing from different quarters urging the government to request China for a map revision, after a new map released by the northern neighbour on Monday did not show the Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas inside Nepal. Nepal’s new map issued in May 2020 had included the three areas, which are currently under Indian control. Nepal government had issued the new map after India a…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 31, 2023Beijing has agreed to allow passenger movement between China and Nepal through the Tatopani border point from Friday. Nepali and Chinese officials met in Lhasa, Tibet on Tuesday and decided to remove the travel restrictions that had been in place since 2015 when an earthquake destroyed the infrastructure at the border. Cargo movement resumed last May. Tatopani lies some 115 km northeast of Kathmandu on the…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 30, 2023Sujan Tharu was sleeping with his father Raj Kumar when a joint team of the then Royal Nepal Army, Armed Police and Nepal Police encircled his house in Bardiya at midnight on October 20, 2002. Security people took Raj Kumar along saying they needed to interrogate him in connection with his alleged involvement in the CPN (Maoist), which was waging an armed insurgency against the state.…