A spate of gruesome sexual crimes in Nepal has thrown the spotlight on the issue of gender violence and the culture of impunity in the country. Calls have been growing louder for rape convicts to be sentenced to death.
As internet becomes more essential, complaints of poor service increases Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 6 With tens of thousands of people watching the quarter-finals of the Euro 2020 football championship on the internet Friday night, total internet traffic through Nepal Internet Exchange reached 50 gigabytes per second (gbps), slowing the speed of internet connection for Nepali consumers.
This figure at any specific moment generally stands at 10 to 15 gbps, according to Indiver Badal, a board member of Nepal Internet Exchange.
Roughly 2,000 gbps of internet content is consumed every day in Nepal, much of it on watching videos . Of the 2,000 gbps, 80 percent traffic comes from servers that are in Nepal that provide international content like Google and Netflix, among others.
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Universal Periodic Review: Nepal quizzed on transitional justice, rights, Tibetan refugee issue Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Jan. 22 Nepal fielded questions related to the country s transitional justice process, human rights situation and refugees status, among others, at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council s Universal Periodic Review Working Group.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali-led team replied to the concerns raised by the member nations at the session that was held virtually.
Ahead of the session, some member nations, including the United States of America, had submitted advance questions, mainly related to Nepal s unfinished transitional justice process, human rights record, refugees and some legislative bills that critics have deemed restrictive and impinges upon freedom of press and expression.