Kathmandu, Jan 18: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Shradha Shrestha, ruled out the possibility of attaining inclusive and sustainable development without ensuring meaningful participation of indigenous women in parliament and policymaking level.Minister Shrestha delivered this notion while addressing the 25th anniversary of the National Indigenous Women's Federation Nepal in the federal capital on Sunday.She noted that gender inequality, social discrimination, limited economic opportunities and cultural exclusions were major challenges facing the women from ethnic communities. According to her, these challenges could be addressed through education, awareness drive, community-level empowerment and institutional advocacy besides integrated action.Reaffirming her commitment to...
जनकपुरधाम – राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी (रास्वपा) का वरिष्ठ नेता बालेन्द्र शाह (बालेन) र पूर्वयुवराज पारस शाह जनकपुरमा एउटै होटलमा बसेका छन् । आइतबार साँझ जनकपुरधाम पुगेका बालेन र पूर्वयुवराज शाह ‘मिथिला यात्री निवास’ मा बसेका हुन् । बालेन सोमबार जनकपुरमा आयोजना हुने रास्वपाको ‘परिवर्तन उद्घोष सभा’ मा सहभागी हुन हवाइजहाजमार्फत जनकपुर आइपुगेका हुन्। त्यही होटलमा […]
Portugal was voting Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate is expected it get to the run-off for the first time.Andre Ventura, leader of the far-right Chega (Enough) party, is favourite to win the first round but polls predict he would lose round two regardless of who he is up against.The role of president is largely ceremonial but in times of crisis the incumbent can dissolve parliament, call elections or dismiss a prime minister.This election could be the first time in four decades that no candidate wins outright in the first round by...
Kathmandu, Jan 18: The Election Commission has made public the closed list of 3,213 candidates, which the political parties submitted for the proportional category of the House of Representatives (HoR) election.The closed list was made public on Sunday.Spokesperson at EC, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, informed that the closed list of proportional candidates was made public as per Section 25 of HoR Proportional Election Directive, 2082.The list has names (3,213) of the candidates submitted by 63 political parties with 57 election symbols.Anyone objecting to the qualification of any candidate in the proportional list can lodge the complaint from January 19 to 24.The...
Hundreds of anti-riot police entered a maximum security prison in Guatemala early Sunday to free guards who had been taken hostage and retake control of the facility that houses gang leaders.Shots sounded as police swept into the Renovation prison, about 47 miles (76 kilometers) southwest of Guatemala City. About 15 minutes later, an Associated Press journalist saw guards being escorted from the prison. They appeared to be unharmed. No injuries or deaths were immediately reported.Guatemala’s Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda said Saturday night that nine guards were taken hostage in the prison. Some three dozen other guards were being held...