BIRGUNJ, Sept 2: The Kolkata port of India is upgrading infrastructure and easing cargo clearance process to prevent Nepali traders to other Indian ports which have started targeting Nepali cargoes.

Paddy transplantation falls due to delayed monsoon

Published On: September 2, 2019 09:04 AM NPT By: Muna Sunuwar

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Paddy transplantation rate fell by 0.5% this year, thanks to delayed monsoon, government data shows.

JUMLA, Sept 2: Laxmi Prasad Devkota, a local of Jumla, had no option but to spend hefty amoung and travel all the way to Surkhet and Nepalgunj for treatment whenever he got sick. He never imagined in the wildest of his dreams that his home district would ever get a good hospital.

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: The Embassy of Nepal in Cairo organized a two-day tourism promotion program in Marsa Alam, Egypt on August 28 and 29.

Son of ward chairman goes missing from school

Published On: September 2, 2019 08:31 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRGUNJ, Sept 2:  A teenager has been missing from the hostel of a private school at Power House Chowk in Birgunj since Thursday.

Education on motherhood improving women’s health

Published On: September 2, 2019 08:17 AM NPT By: HIMNATH DEVKOTA

RASUWA, Sept 2: Deployment of a professional health worker to educate mothers about childcare has seen tangible results in Rasuwa. Earlier Female Health Volunteers (FHV were responsible for organizing mothers’ group, locally known as ‘Ama Samuha,’ and training them on childcare. But they rarely engaged the mothers.

Infighting deepens as RJPN weighs options

Published On: September 2, 2019 08:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Infighting in the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has deepened as the party struggles to reach to a decision on proposed merger with Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN). RJPN presidium members spent much of Sunday afternoon weighing on two available options -- go to a merger or hold the first general convention. But the meeting ended inconclusively after six-member presidium failed to forge a consensus on the issue.

Five Chinese arrested for ATM fraud, Rs 12.62 million recovered

Published On: September 2, 2019 08:01 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Nepal Police has arrested five Chinese nationals on the charge of hacking bank data and stealing millions of rupees from automated teller machines (ATMs) of various banks in Kathmandu.

ATM jackpotting exposes vulnerabilities of Nepali banking system

Published On: September 2, 2019 07:52 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Saturday night’s ATM jackpotting has exposed the cyber-security vulnerabilities of the Nepali banking sector.

7 sent to custody over Surkhet cow deaths

Published On: September 2, 2019 07:45 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya

SURKHET, Sept 2: Seven persons arrested by the police in connection with the deaths of dozens of cows in Surkhet have been presented before the court on Sunday.