BANKE, March 19:  The police have arrested eight government employees on the charge of assisting the land mafia in transferring the public land to individual's ownership.

Three killed in separate incidents

Published On: March 19, 2019 11:27 AM NPT By: Republica

Bharatpur, March 19: Three persons have lost their lives in separate incidents in Chitwan last night.  Pillion rider Kumar Adhikari, 34, of Khaireni municipality-13, died in a motorbike accident in Bharatpur

Bird flu detected in poultry farm in Kaski

Published On: March 19, 2019 11:01 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Bird flu has been detected in a poultry farm at Madi rural municipality of Kaski district.

80% of accused rapists were acquaintances of the victims

Published On: March 19, 2019 06:00 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, March 19: It is a general belief in the Nepali society that the rapists are generally people who are stranger to the victims. But the data maintained by Nepal Police shows otherwise.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Only 48 percent of the targeted groups of the population use family planning measures despite the government spending about Rs 500 million annually, according to the Family Welfare Division (FWD) under the Department of Health Services.

MAKAWANPUR, March 19: Makawanpur Police on Monday made public five individuals including three Indian nationals arrested in possession of guns and drugs, amidst a press conference.

ARUGHAT, March 19: Stakeholders took to the streets and obstructed the Kathmandu-Benighat-Gorkha road on Monday to protest against the delays done by the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project in determining rates of land that the project will be acquiring in Arughat, Khahare, and Arkhet area.

Betrayed by activists

Published On: March 19, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Rights activists, her husband and media have made life difficult for Durga Devi Panta, Nirmala’s mother

Family planning government's top priority: DPM Yadav

Published On: March 18, 2019 09:59 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, on Monday said that the government has attached a high priority to family planning programs.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Ruling Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, his wife Sita along with their daughter Ganga and son-in-law left for the USA on Sunday evening for Sita’s treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.