KATHMANDU, Jan 27: A memorial gathering was organized at Siphal, Kalopul in commemoration of martyr Dharmabhakta Mathema this morning.

GORKHA, Aug 9: A life-size statue of the first known martyr of Nepal, Lakhan Thapa Magar, has been installed at the main checkpoint of Gorkha district adjoining the Entrance Gate.

KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has decided to declare Padam Bahadur Limbu, who lost his life in the course of protest against the naming of Province 1 as Koshi, as a martyr.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The government has declared 2,807 police personnel, killed in various incidents, martyrs.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23:  The Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded with the government to bring the assailant of Fida Hussein Miya to book and declare him martyr.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The government has declared Maulana Khursid Alam, who was shot dead by an unidentified group in Sunsari on Friday, a martyr. The government has also announced to provide Rs 1 million to the victim’s family as compensation.

ROLPA, Nov 3: The family members of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the 10-year long Maoist insurgency are not happy with the candidates contesting the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections to be conducted simultaneously on November 26 and December 7.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: The government has declared the chairman of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) Sharad Kumar Gauchan a martyr. He was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the capital on Monday afternoon.

KANCHANPUR, March 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kanchanpur will be building a statue of martyr, Govinda Gautam, at Ananda Bazaar in Purnabash Municipality, Kanchanpur.

JANAKPUR, March 27: Maliyani Devi Yadav of Birendra Bazar is 50. However, she looks much older than that. She has lived an impoverished life after losing her husband. She was forced to take care of her small children solely amid extreme poverty. She nonetheless struggled and groomed her family.

KATHMANDU, March 10: Government has declared deceased Govinda Gautam of Kanchanpur incident as martyr.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: As the country is celebrating the Martyrs week, martyr Dharmabhakta Mathema was remembered by organizing a program here on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: The Martyrs Week, during which the nation pays tributes to the known and unknown martyrs who sacrificed their life for the cause of the country and the people and their freedom, commenced from Monday.

DHARAN, Nov 2:  Bal Bahdur Tamang  Sayngbo alias Bikas Lama of Dharan-11,  Bishnuchowk, was worried since tension flared along the Indo-Pak border.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: Minister for Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Bahadur Shahi has said that the state should honour the first martyr Lakhan Thapa.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) today called on Deputy Prime Minister Bimalendra Nidhi at the latter's office in Singha Durbar and submitted a memorandum, demanding that additional 16 people killed during the Madhes movements be declared as martyrs.

KATHMANDU, Aug 8: The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has demanded with the government to declare an Indian national killed in a clash with police as a martyr.

KATHMANDU, July 2: After the end of the decade long Maoist insurgency, five schools were established in each development region under the management of Shahid Pratisthan Nepal.