Home minister Thapa vows action against assailants

Published On: February 23, 2019 11:48 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Home Minister Ram Bahadur has visited Medi CitiHospital in Lalitpur to take the stock of those injured in Friday’s bomb explosion at Nakhu.

Nirmala Panta's parents call off sit-in

Published On: February 23, 2019 10:36 AM NPT By: Republica

BHIMDATTANAGAR, Feb 23: The parents of Nirmala Panta of Bhimdattanagar municipality-2, who had been staging a sit-in for long, demanding action against the culprits behind the rape and murder of their daughter, have called off the sit-in.

Arson attack at Ncell tower

Published On: February 23, 2019 10:34 AM NPT By: Republica

KANCHANPUR, Feb 23: Ncell Company's mobile tower at Asaina of Shuklaphanta municipality-4 in Kanchanpur district came under arson attack last night.

One killed in bomb blast at Nakhkhu Ncell tower

Published On: February 23, 2019 10:26 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: One among the three people who were critically injured when an unidentified group detonated a bomb with the intention of blowing off the Ncell mobile tower at Nakhkhu, Lalitpur on Friday night, has died.

Secretary 'lied about' make of electric buses, documents show

Published On: February 23, 2019 10:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Though some senior officials of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) earlier claimed that the BYD buses imported by the government were produced in India, multiple documents obtained by Republica including a letter from the ministry show that the country of origin of the vehicles is China.

Protesting govt docs boycott work

Published On: February 23, 2019 09:33 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The doctors working at government health facilities across the country boycotted all services except emergency on Friday on the last day of their latest phase of protest against the government’s civil servants adjustment plan.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The United Kingdom has conveyed to the Nepali side that it was not immediately possible to fulfill  demands to provide compensation for the disparity that Gurkha servicemen in the British army between 1948 to 2006 faced in their pay, pension and other perks as compared to their British counterparts.

Ski training in Mustang to attract tourists

Published On: February 23, 2019 06:30 AM NPT By: SUSHIL BABU THAKALI

MUSTANG, Feb 23: With the objective of attracting adventure sports lovers from around the world, Himalyan Ski Trek is starting skiing training course on the slopes of the Himalayas in Mustang district from Saturday.

Four arrested with illegal drugs in Udayapur

Published On: February 23, 2019 05:30 AM NPT By: Maheshwor Chamling Rai

UDAYAPUR, Feb 23: Police on Friday arrested four youths from Triyuga Municipality-11 of Udayapur for possessing illegal drugs.

Three juvenile home escapees caught

Published On: February 23, 2019 04:30 AM NPT By: MOHAMMAD HABIB

BHAIRAHAWA, Feb 22: The District Police Office (DPO), Rupandehi, on Friday, arrested three out of the six inmates of the Bhairahawa based Juvenile Correction Home who broke out of the juvenile home at midnight on February 11.