DEC 27
- The government is in the final stages of drafting the “University Umbrella Act” to restructure the five-decade-old set up of the country’s universities. One of the salient features of the Act is a proposed changed in university leadership. Currently, the prime minister acts as the chancellor of all six universities in Nepal; the Act proposes academics as head chancellors of all universities. With the number of universities growing every year, the government has been forced to make the changes as the old set up is no longer feasible in the new scheme of things. Read more…
KESHAV P. KOIRALA,DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR,
KATHMANDU, DEC 28
- Nepal witnessed its first swine flu death on Wednesday night, the first reported death in the country due to the pandemic. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 23
- Dr. Nil Mani Upadhyay, Registrar of the Nepal Medical Council (NMC), usually remains at home nowadays. Not by choice, but because on Dec. 15, he was attacked by an unidentified group while on his way back home. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 23
- The government is ready to restructure the five-decade-old set up of the country’s universities, primarily by altering the head of the respective universities. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 21 -
Every year, at least 2,000 doctors from more than a dozen medical colleges graduate, but it seems that every young person in a white gown is West-bound, thanks to low perks, lack of research and learning opportunities, and disincentives in government hospitals. Read more…
• CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
BIPIN ADHIKARI
KATHMANDU, DEC 17
- The quality of discussion as to the right to self-determination has always suffered in Nepal because of the awfully motivated efforts by activists either to contain it, or to misinterpret it in a way that no country can ever afford to apply it. Read more…
• To be first language at elemenary level
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 02 –
Nepali, which has so far been the first language and primary medium of teaching and learning in the country is to become the second language and second medium in schools till the elementary level now. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 07 -
A large number of domestic violence victims do not lodge complaints against the perpetrators, though the Domestic Violence and Punishment Bill 2065 provisions punishment for the perpetrators. This is due to the lack of awareness on the bill, according to women rights activists. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 15 -
Nepal tops South Asian countries in terms of number of female tobacco consumers, but it is the only country in the region which is yet to formulate anti-tobacco law.
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DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 08 -
The grant provided by the World Bank (WB) to Tribhuvan University is likely to freeze, following the University’s failure to grant autonomy to its constituent campuses across the country owing to a dispute between the University and the University Grant Commission (UGC). Read more…
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