Body of woman attacked by tiger recovered

Published On: June 16, 2022 06:10 PM NPT By: Republica

CHITWAN, June 16:  Police have recovered the dead body of Rakhi Basnet, 23, of Bharatpur, Chitwan, who was attacked by a tiger earlier today.

Case filed against Manoj Pandey at Kathmandu District Court

Published On: June 16, 2022 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 16: A case has been filed against Manoj Pandey, director of ‘Model Global Visa Consultancy’ in Kathmandu District Court. He has been accused of raping young girls. The District Attorney Office, Kathmandu, on Wednesday filed two cases, ‘Human Trafficking’ and ‘Child Sexual Abuse’ against Pandey.

Student found dead in front of passport department

Published On: June 16, 2022 12:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 16: The body of a student has been found in front of the Department of Passports in Tripureshwar. The body of 22-year-old Abhishek Jaiswal, a resident of Sanepa, Lalitpur, and a student of Thapathali Engineering College, was found near an under construction building of Chaudhary Group on Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 16: Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has said that the implementation of the health insurance program would not be entrusted to private companies.

KATHMANDU, June 15: JICA Nepal and the Ministry of Forest and Environment (MOFE) signed an agreement on the Technical Cooperation Project on Climate Change Adaptation through Sustainable Forest Management in Nepal on Tuesday.

BUTWAL, June 15: Lumbini Province’s State Minister for Health Bimala Wali has been admitted to a hospital after ‘suddenly falling ill’. According to the Chief Whip of the CPN (Maoist Center), Bashant Gharti Magar, Minister Wali has been brought to Butwal and admitted to Lumbini Provincial Hospital since last night ‘due to health problems’.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The government’s decision to provide holiday two days a week has been revoked from today. As the decision taken on May 15 has been scrapped, the old system of office hours and weekend has been implemented, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Report on violence of IPs at parks

Published On: June 15, 2022 05:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 15: Project Expedite Justice has published a report on indigenous people (IP) and protected areas (PAs) to highlight and amplify the claims, research, and documentation that IPs and other stakeholders have embraced for years.

Landslide blocks Prithvi Highway in Chitwan

Published On: June 15, 2022 05:06 PM NPT By: Basanta Dhungana

Chitwan, June 15: A section of the Prithvi Highway along the Ichhya Kamana Rural Municipality of Chitwan has been blocked. A landslide that occurred at the Ichhya Kamana-4 Ghoptebhir today (Wednesday) at 2PM has left two-way traffic disrupted.

HoR session: Justice demanded for Niharika

Published On: June 15, 2022 04:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 15: Justice has been demanded for Niharika Rajput who is said to be a rape survivor.