GENEVA : Burundi has closed a UN human rights office that has been operating in the country since 1995, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday, vowing that the UN would continue monitoring violations there. “It is with deep regret that we have had to close our office in Burundi after...
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Jhapa : Prime Minister and ruling Nepal Communist Party chair KP Sharma Oli has urged all active communist parties to participate in the party merger process in a bid to make a single communist party in the country. Speaking in a programme organized to commemorate the death anniversary of...
CARACAS : Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido received a hero’s welcome from thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting “Yes, you can!” as he returned to Caracas on Monday, defying the threat of arrest from embattled President Nicolas Maduro’s...
Kathmandu : A bilateral agreement has been signed between Nepal and Bangladesh on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income. Revenue Secretary Lal Shanker Ghimire and Senior Secretary, International Resources Division, Ministry of Finance...
NEW DELHI : India played down on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s intention to end certain trade preferences, saying the impact on New Delhi’s exports to the US would be minor. Annual Indian exports to the United States are close to $80 billion, but those covered by the Generalized...
TOKYO : Former auto industry titan Carlos Ghosn moved a step closer to freedom Tuesday as a Tokyo court unexpectedly granted him bail after more than three months in a detention cell. It was the latest twist in a case that has kept Japan and the business world gripped since the tycoon’s...
BEAUREGARD, United States : Rescuers uncovered widespread damage in Alabama on Monday caused by two back-to-back tornadoes that ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. “It looks almost as if someone took a giant knife and scraped the...
PYONGYANG : Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un returned to Pyongyang early Tuesday morning after a trip to Vietnam, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Senior officials of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), the government and...
Kathmandu : Informal talks between the government and the Gas Dealers Association Nepal are advancing towards a consensus, said a talks team member. The dialogue initiatives were pushed following a protest by gas entrepreneurs putting forth various demands including permission to operate Nepali...
Kathmandu : Parliamentary Hearing Committee has approved the name of proposed chairpersons of four commissions. Today’s meeting of the PHC unanimously approved the name of proposed chairpersons of the four commissions—National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission, National Inclusive...
