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Two
years after shortening public holiday list, government
starts adding to it again : Officials are calculating
potential political benefits while taking decisions on
holidays, critics say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/02/2021)
Two-day
weekly holiday recommended. Experts say it’ll benefit
only employees at the expense of service seekers
(rep 12/12/2020)
Government
fixes public holidays for 2077 BS (ht 15/04/2020)
2076
years since its inception, who started Vikram Samvat
is still a mystery: Many believe the name ‘Vikram’ is
associated with the calendar, and a king by the same
name started it. But which one is up for debate,
Abhaya Raj Joshi and Shashwat Pant (kp 15/04/2020) [After all, this calendar is a
foreign imvention of Indian Hindus. It has been
introduced in Nepal by the Ranas who constructed their
lineage from Indian Rajput princes!]
Is
Two-day Weekend Practical?, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
15/07/2019)
Power
of data in new Nepal: Providing solutions as needed,
by Faris H. Hadad-Zervos (ht 04/07/2019)
Final
height of Everest may take a year: Survey Dept
(rep 29/06/2019)
Home
ministry sets criteria for declaring public holidays
(ht 20/05/2019)
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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