UML’s Sudurpaschim PP suspends seven lawmakers

DHANGADHI: CPN-UML’s Sudurpaschim Province parliamentary party (PP) has suspended seven lawmakers close to Prime Minister KP Oli who refused to give vote of confidence to Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Trilochan Bhatt. According to Durga Kumari BK,  UML’s  Sudurpaschim PP Chief Whip, seven province assembly members defying the party directives have been suspended from attending the party […]

The Paradoxes of the Bangladesh Miracle

Ravaged periodically by natural calamities, long dependent on foreign aid and remittances, and a perennial source of refugees and emigrants, Bangladesh was once “a basket case of misery,” as Zia Haider Rahman put it in his great debut novel, In the Light of What We Know. But on the 50th anniversary of its independence, Bangladesh […]

Int’l community joins hands to support Nepal in combating COVID-19 surge 

Championing the Coronavirus Global Response initiative 

KATHMANDU: As Nepal struggles to combat the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, a whole host of countries has stepped forward to support the Himalayan country with the vaccine, medical equipment, and supplies. With the mantra that its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic does not stop at its borders, the United States, the European Union, India, […]