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One dies in Jumla bus accident

Published On: September 17, 2019 08:49 PM NPT By: DB Buda

JUMLA, Sept 17: One person has died and five others have sustained injuries when a bus (Na 3 Kha 7664) en route to Khalaga of Jumla from Tila Gufa municipality Nagma of Kalikot met with an accident on Tuesday.

A Kenyan dies of suspected high altitude sickness, seven Kenyans airlifted to Kathmandu

Published On: September 17, 2019 08:00 PM NPT By: Bipana Thapa

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: An India-origin man from Kenya has passed away due to suspected high altitude sickness in Solukhumbu district.

Ward chairman comes under fire for misusing public solar set in Okhaldhunga

Published On: September 17, 2019 07:25 PM NPT By: Sher Bahadur Jero

OKHALDHUNGA, Sept 17: A ward chairperson has come under fire for taking a solar set to his home from a health post in Sunkoshi rural municipality in the district.

Two arrested with contraband drugs in Kathmandu

Published On: September 17, 2019 06:35 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: A team of police today arrested two persons from Kathmandu Valley in possession of narcotic drugs.

Sept 17: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

Published On: September 17, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

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Earthquake in Tanahu

Published On: September 17, 2019 01:10 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Lamjung.

BREAKING NEWS: 4 helicopters in Kavre and 3 in Nepalthok, Sindhuli make emergency landing

Published On: September 17, 2019 09:37 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Four helicopters in Kavre and three in Nepalthok, Sindhuli have made an emergency landing due to poor weather.

Court dismisses Khadka’s claim against Nagarik daily

Published On: September 17, 2019 08:01 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: The Kathmandu District Court on Monday dismissed the claim of former managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), Gopal Khadka, against Nagarik daily, the sister publication of Republica daily.

Marginalized Sunaha community ‘now endangered’

Published On: September 17, 2019 07:35 AM NPT By: RAJENDRA BHATTA

MAHENDRANAGAR, Sept 17: Anita Sunaha has vivid memories of being able to catch bucketful of fishes within hours from the Mahakali River when she was a kid. And that was so when she was not even considered ‘an expert’ in fishing. “My friends would collect even more fishes within minutes. There were plenty of fishes in the river back then,” she reminisces.

CFUGs launch protests against overlapping taxes

Published On: September 17, 2019 07:29 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: In the wake of separate taxes imposed on community forest user’s groups (CFUGs) by all three tiers of government, the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (Fecofun) has announced a nationwide protest starting Tuesday demanding withdrawal of ‘overlapping’ taxes.