Significant improvement in PM Oli's health

Published On: December 2, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Significant improvement has been seen in Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's health. The Prime Minister is recuperating at the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre at Maharajgunj after undergoing surgery for appendicitis and lately an eighth dialysis on Sunday.

Five laborers die as soil mound caves in

Published On: December 2, 2019 08:51 AM NPT By: Republica

POKHARA, Dec 2: At least five laborers died when a mound of soil caved in at Pokhara Metropolitan City-20 on Sunday. The laborers were constructing a retaining wall when the mound of soil caved in, according to the District Police Office, Kaski.

GORKHA, Dec 2: Locals of Doyal and Payau villages in Gorkha have demanded resettlement in safer zone following high risk of landslides in the hills. Recurring landslides since the devastating earthquake of 2015 have already displaced a dozen families in those villages. And the fear not only persists, it has actually aggravated as the hills look more fragile and landslides have been more frequent.

Man arrested for 'raping' distant granddaughter

Published On: December 2, 2019 08:24 AM NPT By: Republica

OKHALDUNGA, Dec 2: Police have arrested a 58-year-old man from Morang Rural Municipality of Okhaldunga district on the charge of raping a minor. The accused happens to be a distant grandfather of the victim.

Westerly wind clears Kathmandu air

Published On: December 2, 2019 08:03 AM NPT By: SHREE RAM SUBEDI

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Kathmanduites can take a respite from the winter pollution, at least for a few days. And the credit goes to the westerly wind that has blown away the dust particles eastward.

By-polls in Pictures

Published On: December 1, 2019 10:50 AM NPT By: Republica

The by-elections for the 52 vacant positions of different political representatives including one for the House of Representatives, three for provincial assemblies and 48 at local units were held in the country on Saturday. The by-polls were largely peaceful. Voter turnout, too was enthusiastic. Republica photojournalists captured the by-polls moments at different places through their lenses.

Six killed in road accident

Published On: December 1, 2019 10:16 AM NPT By: RSS

SUNSARI, Dec 1: Six people were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck on the East-West highway at Haripur of Sunsari district at 1am today. Five of the dead are from the same family from Bokse, Triyuga Municipality-10 of Udayapur district.

Army's medical college to readjust extra fees it charged students

Published On: December 1, 2019 09:26 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Nepal Army Institute of Health Science (NAIHS) has decided to "readjust" the extra fees it charged MBBS students as per an agreement reached between the government and representatives of various private medical colleges.

DOLAKHA, Dec 1: Fifty five kilometers long Khadichaur-Charikot road section, which is under renovation since the last five years, still looks dilapidated. Although the project deadline has been extended time and again, the renovation is not yet complete, according to the enraged locals of Khadichaur, who organized a protest on Saturday.

Concerned over PM Oli’s health, Modi offers medical help

Published On: December 1, 2019 09:04 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished for the speedy and full recovery of ailing Prime Minister K P Oli, in a letter to his Nepali counterpart on Saturday.