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UDMF boycotts today's House meeting

Published On: July 4, 2016 12:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: The agitating United Democratic Madheshi Front has boycotted the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament yet again.

EPG's first meeting begins in capital

Published On: July 4, 2016 12:19 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Eminent Persons' Group (EPG) from Nepal and India has started its first meeting in Kathmandu. The two-day meeting will run on Monday and Tuesday.

NIBL signs pact with PADT to rebuild 'Mahasnan Ghar'

Published On: July 4, 2016 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4 : Nepal Investment Bank Ltd (NIBL) have signed an agreement with Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) under 'People's Involvement and Development Program', agreeing to maintain Mahasnan Ghar (The Great Bathhouse) and develop it as 'Pashupati Museum'.

Bomb attacker arrested after four years on the run

Published On: July 4, 2016 10:45 AM NPT By: Republica

LAHAN, July 4: A person who had been on the run for the past four years after setting off an improvised pressure cooker bomb within the District Development Committee's compound was arrested on Sunday evening

Transportation resumes along Beni-Jomsom road

Published On: July 4, 2016 09:51 AM NPT By: Republica

BABIYACHAUR (Myagdi), July 4: Transportation along the Beni-Jomsom road connecting the trans-Himalayan district of Mustang to the national highway resumed this morning.

‘Assimilations,’ ‘Chasing Hope’ and ‘my friend i lost to imagination’ on display at SAG

Published On: July 4, 2016 09:49 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 3: A joint art exhibition showcasing the works of artists Brenna Murphy, Shelley Warren and Karan Shrestha has gone on show at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited from July 1.

Rs 990m released so far for solar street lamps

Published On: July 4, 2016 08:13 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 3: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) has so far released Rs 990 million of the total Rs 1 billion allocated for installing solar street lamps in municipalities under the ministry's Solar Power Street Lamps installation program.

Nepal Army rescues 7 trapped by landslide

Published On: July 4, 2016 07:46 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 3: The Nepal Army has rescued seven persons who were trapped by the landslides at Cheprang of Ri VDC-9 in Dading district on Sunday.

Police rescue youth, arrest kidnappers

Published On: July 4, 2016 07:39 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRATNAGAR, July 3: Police have set free an abducted youth and arrested two kidnappers.

Govt released Rs 990 million so far for solar street lamps

Published On: July 4, 2016 03:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) has so far released Rs 990 million of the total Rs 1 billion allocated for installing solar street lamps in municipalities under the ministry's Solar Power Stree Lamps installation program.

Skill trainings may elude students with below 1.6 GPA

Published On: July 4, 2016 03:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: The government has not planned any specific programs for students who obtain below 1.6 GPA in the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations. The available quota under the Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training (CTEVT) is quite inadequate to make them productive.

EPG's first meeting begins today in Kathmandu

Published On: July 4, 2016 03:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Eminent Persons' Group (EPG) from Nepal and India is holding its first meeting in Kathmandu on Monday and Tuesday. It is for the first time in the 69 years of their bilateral relations that the two countries have formally started discussing necessary measures to replace, update, or scrap bilateral treaties, including the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950.

Airlines cut domestic fare

Published On: July 4, 2016 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Following reduction in price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), domestic airlines have slashed airfare for different routes. The new fare will coming into effect from Monday.

Maoist Center to push for toppling govt, claim leadership

Published On: July 4, 2016 02:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Expressing strong dissatisfaction over the performance of the present government, major ruling coalition partner CPN (Maoist Center) has again intensified lobbying to form new government under its own leadership.

'We have been made scapegoats'

Published On: July 4, 2016 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Former national football team captain Sagar Thapa, banned for life on charge of fixing Nepal's international matches by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), says he and four other footballers charged for the same offence are waiting for grounds for the decision from the AFC before filing their appeal against the punishment.

Pay Rs 15,000, get passport same day

Published On: July 4, 2016 01:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: With the Department of Passport on Sunday launching pre-live enrolment system to provide passport, any Nepali citizen can get a machine-readable passport (MRP) within a day of submitting an application at the department. All that the service-seeker needs to do is fill an online-form and pay some extra to the department.

CIAA interference breaches varsities' independence: Ex-VCs

Published On: July 4, 2016 01:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Former Vice Chancellors of various universities have demanded parliamentary probe into the alleged interference of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in the MBBS entrance exam of the Kathmandu University.

Boxers leaving for Russia today

Published On: July 4, 2016 01:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Boxer duo Kushum Lama and Bishal Shrestha along with coach Nima Tamang are set to leave for Russia on Monday to take part in the Sixth Children of Asia International Sports Games to be held in Yakutsk city from July 5 to 17.

Time has come

Published On: July 4, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Republica

But even after the unveiling of the budget, Oli refused to step down. This is why Dahal has of late once again tried to woo Congress leadership.

Pacific Hospitality and Culinary Academy inaugurated

Published On: July 4, 2016 12:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Australian envoy to Nepal Glenn White inaugurated Pacific Hospitality and Culinary Academy amid a function in Kathmandu on Sunday.