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HoR meeting scheduled at 1:00pm
Kathmandu, Aug 11: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled at 1:00pm today. The meeting will record the presentation of a proposal, seeking consideration on Bill Relating to Mine and Minerals, 2083. Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply, Gauri Kumari Yadav, is scheduled to present the proposal before HoR...
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Seven-pt deal signed between govt., Rabindra Kumar's family
Kathmandu, Aug. 10: The government and the family of Rabindra Kumar Mehta, who died in police firing at Kaptangunj of Dewangunj Rural Municipality-3 in Sunsari district on 26 July, have reached a seven-point agreement today. As per the agreement signed between the parents of Mehta and Home Minister Sudan Gurung, the government will...
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Pakistani, Iranian FMs discuss regional situation, Makkah joint defense agreement
Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, discussing regional and international developments, particularly efforts to promote peace and stability. According to a statement from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign...
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Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked residents surveyed destroyed buildings. Emergency teams rushed to help victims and search for survivors in the rubble after geologists recorded the quake at a magnitude of 7.4 with an...
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Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after influx
The leader of Ceuta demanded on Monday the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory's streets after last month's mass influx from Morocco. Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush on July 30-31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco,...
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Ukraine drone strike on Russian oil-refining city kills 13
A Ukrainian drone strike on the central Russian region of Tatarstan killed at least 13 people in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Kyiv since the war began more than four years ago. Kyiv said it had struck an oil refinery in the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk, more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away from the Ukrainian...
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Seven-pt deal signed between govt., Rabindra Kumar's family
Kathmandu, Aug. 10: The government and the family of Rabindra Kumar Mehta, who died in police firing at Kaptangunj of Dewangunj Rural Municipality-3 in Sunsari district on 26 July, have reached a seven-point agreement today. As per the agreement signed between the parents of Mehta and Home Minister Sudan Gurung, the government will...
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Former Minister Karki released on bail
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The Special Court Kathmandu has ordered the release of former Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki from judicial custody. A joint bench of Justices Narayan Prasad Poudel, Dilli Ratna Shrestha and Umesh Koirala today ordered the release of Karki, a leader of the Nepali Congress, on a bail of Rs 1.5 million. Leader...
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Promotion of renewable energy technologies stressed
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The stakeholders have laid emphasis on the need of promoting renewable energy technologies to mitigate climate change impact in Himalayan region of the country, in modern lifestyle, tourism activities as well as in indoor and outdoor environment. At a programme organised to introduce 'Harnessing...
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Shrestha of Bandipur wins best private forest award 2026
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The forest owned privately by Mankaji Shrestha of Bandipur Rural Municipality-1 of Tanahun has been declared first among the private forests under the National Forest Awards 2026. Likewise, the forest of Mahendra Bhandari of Miklajung Rural Municipality-8 of Morang came second, and of Ranjit Kumar Singh of Yamunamai Rural...
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Nat'l campaign against dowry to begin from Madhesh
Kathmandu, Aug 10: A national campaign against the prevalent dowry system is starting from the Madhesh Province. Minister for Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security Sita Badi, and office bearers of the Madheshi Commission held discussions at the Ministry today to launch the initiative in an effective way. The...
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Eighth day of wildfires in Indonesian national park
Indonesian firefighters backed by helicopters and drones battled devastating flames for an eighth day Monday in a national park on Java Island where over 500 hectares have been lost, an official said. The blaze has forced the closure of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, a popular tourist destination, and razed an area equivalent to more...
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Indonesia drag car race crash kills eight: police
A drag car veered out of control and crashed into spectators at a weekend race in Indonesia, killing eight people and injuring nine others, police said Monday. The crash happened late Sunday during an organised drag car race in the city of Kotamobagu on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island. "Eight people have died, eight are in intensive...
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Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
A former Thai MP on Monday shot dead a local government official in broad daylight over a financial dispute before being arrested and confessing to journalists at the police station. The attack took place outside a government building in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, just days after a school shooting in the same region that raised...
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Nat'l campaign against dowry to begin from Madhesh
Kathmandu, Aug 10: A national campaign against the prevalent dowry system is starting from the Madhesh Province. Minister for Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security Sita Badi, and office bearers of the Madheshi Commission held discussions at the Ministry today to launch the initiative in an effective way. The...
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Bill on protecting existing provisions of Nepal's Special Services Act passed
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The meeting today of the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Bill on protecting existing provisions of Nepal's Special Services Act, 2042 (2083). The bill was passed after Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal presented it in the House meeting for a decision. Earlier, on behalf of Prime Minister Balendra Shah,...
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Govt. Spokesperson holds interaction with news editors
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The Spokesperson of the Government and Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel, on Monday held discussions with editors of different media outlets on government's news dissemination, education reforms and the government-media relations. At the meeting held at the Ministry of Education and Sports in...
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Treaties with different countries, organizations to be reviewed: Minister Khanal
Kathmandu, Aug 10: Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said the Foreign Ministry has been coordinating with agencies concerned for discovery, authentication, digitalization and safe archiving of documents with historical and diplomatic importance. The Ministry has formed a separate records management section for this...
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Chinese Ambassador Maoming calls on Prime Minister Shah
Kathmandu, Aug 10: Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Nepal, Zhang Maoming, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Balendra Shah today. During the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar, matters related to further strengthening Nepal-China relations, promoting cooperation in...
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Three bills tabled in House of Representatives
Kathmandu, Aug 10: Three separate bills have been presented in the meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament, today. Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle presented the Employees' Provident Fund (Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2083 in the meeting. ...
