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15 days of national holidays (rep 16/03/2019)
Task
force recommends reinstating 12 holidays: The incumbent Oli
administration had slashed these holidays soon after coming to power
last year, saying that the unnecessary holidays hinder service
delivery to the public, by Anuj Kumar Adhikari (kp 04/01/2019), Panel proposes 13 more public holidays (rep 04/01/2019)
Open data for transparency: Key to economic development, by Nayan Krishna Joshi, Bishnu Dev Pant, Sadichchha Shrestha and Prabin Dongol (ht 29/06/2018)
Government trims public holidays by 22 days (kp 29/03/2018) [down from 104?!!], Proposal to trim list of public holidays elates private sector (rep 29/03/2018), Review decision on public holidays: NEFIN (kp 30/03/2018)
Reliability of govt stats: Data discrepancy creates confusion (kp 13/12/2017)
Govt
fixes 100 public holidays for 2074 BS (ht 30/03/2017)
Portal
offering official government data launched: www.nepalindata.com offers
more than 400 datasets spread over 12 sections (kp
28/01/2017) [see website],
Nepal
by numbers: An ambitious project is trying to make government data
accessible – and it all started with students, by Marc Allemann (kp
04/01/2017)
Govt
to review existing public holidays (kp 12/01/2017)
Christians
demand X-Mas holiday (kp 17/12/2016), Christmas
celebrations: Bells, carols; Govt: Public holiday Sunday (kp
25/12/2016)
PM
Dahal stresses on bringing Nepal Sambat into practice (kp
31/10/2016)
Regular
breaks: Nepal tops the list of countries with the most public holidays
with 36 days a year (nt 07/10/2016)
Minority
report: Goverment should respect sentiments of minority groups in
deciding national holidays, by Ramesh Khatry (kp 17/05/2016) [Another proof of the continued single ethnic
identity based thinking of Nepal's leading party politicians!!]
Govt
decides to observe National Day on Sept 20, by Anil Giri (kp) [Celebrating the non-inclusive and shortcoming
constitution of a handful of male Tagadharis??]
MoHA
fixes public holidays for 2073 BS (ht 02/04/2016), Christians
see red as Xmas holiday scrapped (ht 03/04/2016), Protests
for Christmas as public holiday (kp 04/04/2016)
More
festive holidays: According to the new calendar published by the
government, 2072 BS has 80 holidays, including 23 days-off for festivals
(kp 03/03/2015), 46
public holidays set for next year (ht 04/03/2015)
Slash
number of public holidays, says FNCC (kp 16/12/2014)
Government
letterheads should include Nepal Sambat: PM (ek 25/10/2014)
35,000
converge to create ‘biggest’ flag (kp 24/08/2014)
Nepali
time: In Nepal, strict astrological times contrasts with a more relaxed
way of dealing with time in mundane spheres, by Gérard Toffin (kp
04/06/2014)
An
idea whose time has come: Adjusting
Nepal Standard Time to UTC +6:30 would not just save energy, but also
replace the unscientific 15 minute time difference with India (nt
10/01/2014)
The
old and the new: The Gregorian calendar and its NewYear are constant
reminders of Nepal’s membership in global culture, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 29/12/2013)
Home
Ministry fails to cut down on public holidays (kp 11/02/2013), On
holiday: There are more productive ways to ensure diversity than public
holidays (kp 12/02/2013)
Govt
proposes two weekly holidays, by Ashok Thapa (kp 10/09/2012)
Committee
to submit report on Gregorian calendar to govt (ht 10/02/2012)
Plan
to cut 2069 BS short by a month all set to fail again, by Ankit
Adhikari (kp 09/01/2012)
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