Kathmandu, Jan 1: The government has formed a panel to hold talks with Dr Nikolas Bhusal, a doctor who is staging a hunger strike in Kathmandu.Prime Minister's Chief Advisor Ajay Bhadra Khanal will lead the government talks team to hold dialogue with Dr Bhusal.The other members in the government talks team are Prime Minister's Public Relations Advisor Govinda Narayan Timilsina, Joint Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Dr Bhisma Kumar Bhusal and Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Ishwarraj Poudel.Dr Bhusal is on a hunger strike for the past few days by putting forth the...
The past year ended with an ugly drama for Americans: thousands of pages of documents from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case were finally made public, yet many appeared as little more than fields of blacked-out text, entire pages obscured by heavy redactions.During the unprecedented government shutdown from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12 last year, both parties remained entrenched, prioritizing partisan positions over the public welfare and disregarding the substantial economic damage incurred during the impasse.These episodes are telling emblems of what has unfolded across America over the past year a cascade of chaotic events and deepening partisan polarization spanning the...
Kathmandu, Jan 1: The Department of Passport has informed that it would move ahead with the task of printing and distribution of passport, which was halted earlier, as normal.Regular passport supply was disrupted after the Gen Z protest.Related offices- in district administration office, and Nepali diplomatic missions abroad- will be supplied the printed passports, according to Keshav Raj Panthi, information officer at the Department.The passports were supplied as per applications received from administration offices till December 1, while for those received since then would be responded by January 9. ...
A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.Finnish police on Wednesday detained the Fitburg, a 132-meter-long cargo ship en route from St Petersburg, Russia, to Haifa, Israel, and its 14 crew members following suspicion the ship's anchor had damaged the subsea telecoms cable in the Gulf of Finland.
A star-studded cast led by Achraf Hakimi, Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen switch to knockout fare from Saturday, when the Africa Cup of Nations resumes in Morocco.Paris Saint-Germain defender Hakimi was crowned 2025 African player of the year in November. Liverpool attacker Salah and Galatasaray striker Osimhen were the runners-up.After 36 matches spread across six groups, the 16 survivors from 24 hopefuls clash in eight second-round matches over four days.Fit-again Hakimi is set to lead title favourites Morocco against Tanzania, Salah will captain Egypt against Benin and Osimhen-inspired Nigeria tackle Mozambique.AFP Sport looks at the match-ups that will determine which...