Maghe Sankranti being observed today

Published On: January 15, 2019 09:28 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Maghe or Makar Sankranti is being observed throughout the country today.

President extends good wishes on occasion of Makar Sankranti

Published On: January 15, 2019 08:56 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepali sisters and brother at home and abroad on the occasion of the Maghe Sankranti or Makar Sankranti.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Differences between political leaders and bureaucrats over policy matters were common in the past also. But such differences leading to physical assault on bureaucrats by their political masters has become typical following the political change in the country in 2006.

Prabhu replacing jhankri among folks in Rolpa village

Published On: January 15, 2019 08:08 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Jan 15: Tek Bahadur Gharti became a Christian ‘after his family members got eaten by witches a few years ago’. If he had not converted, he wouldn’t be alive today, according to the locals of Rangsi village in Rolpa district.

PM instructs NRA to expedite reconstruction work

Published On: January 15, 2019 08:01 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Prime Minister KP Oli, on Monday, instructed the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) to expedite its work to ensure that the reconstruction work is completed within the next two years.

DDA mulls recalling or banning Valsartan drugs

Published On: January 15, 2019 07:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA), the apex drugs regulating body, has started discussing how to control the controversial Valsartan drugs, which are used by hypertension and heart patients. The authority is discussing whether to recall the drugs or ban them altogether.

Fulching sharecroppers rue ‘landlessness’

Published On: January 15, 2019 03:30 AM NPT By: BISHNU PRASAD DEVKOTA

DOLPA, Jan 15: Chandra Lal Chalaune, 69, feels deeply connected to Fulching village. This is where he was born and raised. During childhood, he always thought that the land where he played and the fields where he worked belong to his family.

India commences training for 62 Finance Ministry's officials

Published On: January 14, 2019 07:17 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has announced a special tailor-made training course on ‘Global Perspectives on Public Financial Management’ for 62 officials of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of the Government of Nepal under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program of the Government of India.

Two persons held with five kgs hashish

Published On: January 14, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica

BANKE, Jan 14: Police on Monday arrested two persons for possessing five kilograms of hashish from Kohalpur in Banke district.

ILAM, Jan 14: Senior orthopedic surgeon and professor at the Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Dr Govinda KC has been prescribed a better-equipped hospital after his condition deteriorated.