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Nepal to host climate change conference in April next year as part of Sagarmatha Dialogue

Published On: September 13, 2019 09:49 AM NPT By: Santosh Ghimire

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: As part of the newly-launched initiative called Sagarmatha Dialogue, the government will host a conference titled "Climate Change, Mountains and Future of Humanity" in April next year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

Rescuers save a dog swept by Dhobikhoka

Published On: September 13, 2019 09:44 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: A dog which was swept four kilometers downstream by the swollen Dhobikhola river on Wednesday afternoon was rescued alive by a youth. The hapless dog was paddling in the river with rescuers on motorbikes alongside the Dhobikhola corridor following it in an attempt to save the poor canine from drowning.

Dengue spreads to all but one district of Gandaki province

Published On: September 13, 2019 08:26 AM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, Sept 13: Dengue patients have been found in all districts of the Gandaki Province except for the mountain district of Mustang. Although a dengue patient has been found in Mustang's neighboring district Manang, officials at the Western Regional Health Directorate said the patient had reached there from another district.

Driver of district judge caught red-handed with bribe

Published On: September 13, 2019 07:00 AM NPT By: Republica

SIRAHA, Sept 13: A team of police deployed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Thursday arrested Brij Mohan Yadav, the driver of a district judge in Siraha, red-handed while receiving bribe from service seekers.

Ticket pre-booking for Dashain from Sept 22

Published On: September 12, 2019 08:25 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Early ticket bookings for public-vehicles to various places of the country from Kathmandu targeting Dashain festival will open from September 22.

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Published On: September 12, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Bipana Thapa

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One dies in landslide

Published On: September 12, 2019 03:50 PM NPT By: Janak KC

JAJARKOT, Sept 12: One person died and another sustained injuries after being buried in the rain-triggered landslide in Jajarkot on Wednesday night at around midnight.

Protest flares up as CMC administration turns deaf ears to students' demands

Published On: September 12, 2019 01:45 PM NPT By: Bipana Thapa

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Students of Chitwan Medical College (CMC) have been staging a demonstration accusing the college of charging students more fee than the amount fixed by Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine.

Locals elated after road cut through cliff edge

Published On: September 12, 2019 09:22 AM NPT By: Mohan Gurung

SYANGJA, Sept 12: Hima Devi Upadhayay, 77, is happy beyond words. The local of Rapu village of Fedikhola Rural Municipality has got to see something so pleasant that she had never even dreamed of. A road track has been opened through a rocky cliff called Galem and is ready for vehicles to ply.

From public harassment to acid attack, legal loopholes emboldening assailants

Published On: September 12, 2019 08:23 AM NPT By: Priyanka Adhikari

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Acid attack survivor Muskan Khatun had endured months of harassment from her perpetrators before she was attacked with acid last Friday, family members said. Khatun was on her way to her school when three local youths splashed acid on her at Ganeshman Chowk in Birgunj. Police said Khatun had rejected ‘love proposal’ from of one of the attackers before she became their target.