Rethinking
Tribute Beyond Public Holidays (rep 14/09/2023)
New
Years, praxis and hope : It is natural to feel that we
are entering the new calendrical times with greater
uncertainties, by Abhi Subedi (kp 23/04/2023)
Holidays
on demand: Immature and arbitrary practice, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (ht 27/02/2023)
How
many public holidays is too many? Nepal government often
announces public holidays in an arbitrary and ad hoc
fashion, adding to an already crowded calendar. Give us
a break, say critics, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
14/02/2023)
Re-imagining
Nepal’s workweek : Re-imagining Nepal’s workweek : It
was only during Juddha Shumsher's reign that a Saturday
holiday was introduced, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
28/06/2022)
Holidays
at whim: That’s the way for local governments : Local
units often come up with own ways of declaring holidays,
at times with reasons that defy logic, by Sanju
Paudel (kp 20/06/2022)
Govt
withdraws two-day weekend decision, from today office
hours to remain the same as before (rep 15/06/2022)
Govt
overturns its decision on giving two days weekly leave :
Public holiday to be granted only on Saturdays from June
15 (kh 06/06/2022), Government
rolls back Sunday holiday rule : Starting June 15, it’s
again one-day weekend on Saturdays, as the two-day
weekend system is revoked in just three weeks (kp
07/06/2022)
Two
days a week holidays comes into effect (kh
10/05/2022)
Nepal
will have two public holidays a week - Saturday and
Sunday - from May 15 (rep 27/04/2022), Government
decides to have two-day weekend : Starting May 15,
government offices will remain closed on Saturdays and
Sundays (kp 28/04/2022), Resetting
the workweek : The idea of a five-day working week
wouldn’t be too farfetched at all (kp 28/04/2022)
Two
days holiday per week will not be effective immediately
(rep 17/04/2022)
Calendars
published without approval to be seized (rep
24/02/2022), Govt
forms committee to monitor calendars (rep
20/03/2022), Calendar
Determination Committee to seek clarification from 12
calendars (kh 13/04/2022)
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) |