Farmers not getting right price for vegetables

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:23 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

CHITWAN, Jan 29: Dealers of vegetables and fruits in Khairhani of eastern Chitwan on Monday collected cabbages from farmers at just Rs 3 to Rs 5 per kg. But when the same cabbages reach Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market in Kathmandu, their wholesale and retail prices become Rs 12 and Rs 25 per kg respectively.

Passengers worried over reckless driving

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:21 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

DHADING, Jan 29: Sunmaya Shrestha of Nilkantha Municipality-3 who recently reached Kathmandu taking a bus from Dhadingbesi says throughout the journey she thought she would not reach her destination safely. She was horrified by the reckless driving and over speeding.

Reconstruction in Barkpak encouraging

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:11 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Jan 29: Reconstruction in Barpak, the epicenter of the Gorkha Earthquake is encouraging as compared to other parts of the district, officials involved in the efforts claimed.  According to Ram Sharan Acharya, chief of the reconstruction unit in Gorkha, reconstruction in Barpak is ahead of all areas in the district.

Some Dhading villages still deprived of electricity

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:08 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

DHADING, Jan 29: Locals in some of the villages in Dhading have been seeing electricity poles scattered along the roadsides for a long time. However, these villagers are bound to live in darkness as there is no power in many of the villages.

Raped minor struggles with cancer

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:06 AM NPT By: Sher Bahadur Jero

OKHALDHUNGA, Jan 29: A 13-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her own father and abandoned by her mother has been suffering from cancer. After conducting tests in Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, it was revealed that the girl had symptoms of cancer in her right leg.

Soil excavation starts for Fewa conservation

Published On: January 29, 2019 07:19 AM NPT By: BISHAN CHHETRI

POKHARA, Jan 29: Pokhara Metropolitan City has started excavating soil from the Fewa Lake as an effort to step up the conservation of the lake. The metropolis has started excavating soil from Monday near Hallan Chowk where the Bangladi River meets the lake. The lake area had been shrinking with various seasonal streams dumping silt and soil into the lake.

Rural Parbat women becoming financially independent

Published On: January 29, 2019 03:30 AM NPT By: CHAVI LAL TIWARI

PARBAT, Jan 29: As women were limited to doing household chores, they had to depend on their husbands even for buying matchsticks.

UPDATE: Ex-Crown Prince Shah's condition 'critical but stable'

Published On: January 28, 2019 07:20 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The health condition of the former Crown Prince Paras Shah is critical, according to Norvic Hospital.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The government is to provide Rs 500,000 each to the family of those who died in a bus accident in Dhanusha. Six persons were electrocuted on Friday when the bus carrying members of a marriage party came in contact with live wire of 11,000 voltage at Sabaila municipality-4.

Bom sisters deny their involvement in Nirmala Panta's murder

Published On: January 28, 2019 06:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Sisters Babita and Roshani Bom, suspects in the widely known murder case of Nirmala Pant of Kanchanpur, have said they are innocent.