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Nepal recalls envoy after she called Qatar ‘open jail’

An advertisement for the 15th Asian Games towers over workers in Doha on November 28, 2006 (AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin) AFP

Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Qatar after she compared the Middle Eastern emirate to an “open jail” for thousands of

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Regmi flying off to New York for UNGA

KATHMANDU: Chairman of Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi is flying to New York on Thursday to participate in the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. During his

KC’s Morcha merges with Waiba’s Morcha

KATHMANDU: Rashtriya Janamorcha led by Chitra Bahadur KC has merged with Kaji Lal Waiba-led Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal on Tuesday.  An agreement between both parties formally brought both parties under the

Bhaktapur gets additional police posts

BHAKTAPUR: The government has set up additional police sectors and police posts with new postings at different places in Bhaktapur district. These police posts have been set up under the

Lightening claims six in different incidents

KATHMANDU: Lightening claimed six persons in separate places of Khotang, Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk districts on Monday night.  Of the deceased, three are from Khotang. The victims have been identified as

Prachanda says party to focus on economic development

KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reiterated that his party has the plan of focusing on economic development after establishing political stability through the forthcoming Constituent Assembly election. Addressing

Workers clash with Himalayan Distillery management

BIRGUNJ: The management and workers at the Himalayan Distillery, in Parsa district, have clashed on Tuesday after the workers demanded that the distillery industry should provide remuneration as managed by

Surkhet police detains youth for injecting syringes to school kids

SURKHET: Police have arrested Lalit BK of Birendra Nagar Municipality-10 for allegedly injecting school children in an unauthorised manner. BK was injecting school children belonging to municipality ward no. 9,

Eastern Nepal police rescues 9 girls for landing in Indian brothels

JHAPA: Police rescued 8 girls from being trafficked to India in two separate places in Eastern Nepal. A Nepal police team rescued five teenage girls and a woman from Bhadrpur

Police detains 6 for possessing illegal arms

LAHAN: Police have arrested six people with illegal arms at Ayodhyanagar-9, Gagankhola in the district on Saturday night. Those arrested are Mahesh Yadav (26) of Bastipur VDC-1, Rabindra Mandal (21) of