Four die, 21 injured in Dharan bus accident

Published On: April 8, 2019 03:05 PM NPT By: Rohit Rai

DHARAN, April 8: At least four persons died and 21 sustained injuries when a passenger bus met with an accident in Dharan on Monday afternoon.

Two Nepali migrant workers die in Malaysia road accident

Published On: April 8, 2019 01:09 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 8: Two Nepali migrant workers have died when a bus they were travelling in met with an accident in Malaysia.

CIAA team seizes files for investigation

Published On: April 8, 2019 12:33 PM NPT By: Republica

NAWALPARASI, April 8: A team deputed from the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday held two files related to the bidding of Sunawal municipality in west-Nawalparasi.

Wildlife rampage compels locals to abandon farming

Published On: April 8, 2019 12:31 PM NPT By: Republica

BANEPA, April 8: Nawaraj Sapkota, a local farmer of Panauti municipality-3, Telmale, Kushadevi was forced to quit his occupation after growing wild rampage lately.

One dies in accident; another critically injured

Published On: April 8, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Republica

BHAKTAPUR, April 8: A person died and another sustained critical injury in a road accident occurred in Chitwan last night.

KATHMANDU, April 8: Kuwait is planning a massive crackdown on undocumented workers in a move which is likely to affect thousands of expat workers in what has been seen as the beginning of a series of efforts to reduce migrant workers.

Villagers in Bara still terrified

Published On: April 8, 2019 06:05 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

BARA, April 8: Krishna Sah, 35, of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan city lost his home to the first ever tornado recorded in Nepal that struck the central part of the southern plains of the nation on March 31. Since then, he has been reduced to spending his nights in the meager segment of the shed originally built for his livestock. With him, his livestock and the relief materials he has received from various agencies cover a majority of the shed.

TANAHUN, April 8: The locals of Shuklagandaki Municipality-2, Haledi, obstructed the Gachhepani-Kotre road section of Prithvi Highway for an hour on Sunday demanding that the road section be immediately upgraded. Commuters, in heavy number, were affected for an hour due to the shut down.

Jailbird's child to pursue education

Published On: April 8, 2019 03:25 AM NPT By: GANESH BK AND LOKENDRA KHANAL

NEPALGUNJ/RUKUM, April 8: Four-year-old Ravin Khatri, living in Rukum (west) jail with his mother, has been granted a birth certificate giving him opportunity to pursue education which they had been longing for.

BARA, April 8: Ijhar Miya of Puranaiya village laments his inability to build a strong house like that of his neighbor. He says that he was destitute in the past and is still so. “I was never capable of building a strong house. As such my neighbor’s home resisted the storm, mine did not,” he said.