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TOKYO: Five people were killed in a fire that broke out at a temple in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, early Friday, local media reported. Public broadcaster NHK reported that local fire authorities received an emergency call at around 2:30 a.m.
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KATHMANDU: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ramprasad Bhandari has expressed confidence that all stakeholders will support the Election Commission in conducting the upcoming House of Representatives election in a peaceful, fair, and fear-free environment.
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KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has ordered medical professional Durga Prasai to appear before the court. On Friday, while hearing a habeas corpus petition, a single bench of Justice Srikant Paudel directed that Prasai be produced in court and that authorities explain the reasons for his arrest.
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KATHMANDU: Badri Lama from Dolakha, an IME customer who sent money from Portugal via IME’s S-Money transfer service, has won a Tata Tiago EV car. At a ceremony held in Kathmandu, IME Limited Chair Hemraj Dhakal handed over the car to Lama’s mother, Narmaya Tamang, on behalf of the lucky winner.
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KATHMANDU: The Election Commission has urged all candidates for the House of Representatives to immediately open a bank account dedicated to election purposes. At a regular press briefing on Friday, the Commission emphasized that all campaign expenditures must be conducted through this account. Candidates who have yet to open one were advised not to delay.
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KATHMANDU: As March 5, the voting day for the House of Representatives (HoR), approaches, election enthusiasm has spread across the country. Yet a closer look at candidacies through a power lens reveals a stark imbalance. Of the 3,400 candidates contesting under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, only 395 are women.
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KATHMANDU: Going abroad is rarely a choice born out of desire—it is often a decision forced by circumstances. Debt, poverty, and the future of one’s children weigh heavily, leaving little option but to leave home. Sita Thapamagar of Mechinagar Municipality–8 embodies this reality.
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WASHINGTON, United States: An airport in Florida will soon be renamed after US President Donald Trump, after a bill proposing the change was approved by the state’s legislature on Thursday.
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KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Valley’s air pollution has decreased, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) dropping to 99 this afternoon. Earlier this week, the AQI was 191 on Tuesday and fell to 114 on Wednesday. The Department of Environment attributed the improvement to stronger winds dispersing pollutants.
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KATHMANDU: Minister for Women, Children, and Senior Citizens, Shraddha Shrestha, has expressed concern over the impact of climate change on Nepal’s tourism industry, emphasizing that women are the most affected.
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KATHMANDU: Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal, Tap Bahadur Magar, has stressed the need to end the existing discrimination and exclusion in society.
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SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to lift living standards as he opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday, offering a glimpse of economic strains within the sanctions-hit nation.
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KATHMANDU: “The road leading up to Marchawari is in poor condition. The major problem here is the bad road. Until it is improved, life will not be easy,” expressed Om Prakash Kandu of Siso Semara of Marchawari-3 in Rupandehi constituency no 4.
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KATHMANDU: Acting Chair of the National Inclusion Commission (NIC), Haridutta Joshi, has said that more efforts are still needed to ensure the participation of all classes and communities in the state structure based on the principles of social justice.
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KABUL: More than 4 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, in nearly one year, Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, said.
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KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has strongly condemned an incident in which activists of the Rastriya Swatantra Party allegedly burned the party flag bearing its election symbol, the “Sun,” in Tulsipur, Dang, on Thursday night.
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KATHMANDU: The All Nepal National Free Students’ Union (All Nepal National Free Students’ Union) has strongly condemned an incident in Dang where activists of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) allegedly burned a flag bearing the “Sun” symbol, calling the act a serious blow to democratic values and social harmony.
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