KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The way Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Banskota responded to a crowd of reporters desperately waiting to learn about the decisions of a Cabinet meeting the other day has saddened and angered Nepal’s media fraternity.

Chhath concludes

Published On: November 14, 2018 09:25 AM NPT By: Republica

BARDIBAS/MAHOTTARI, Nov 14: Chhath, the festival wherein rising and setting Sun God is worshipped, has concluded today morning.

Devotees make offerings to Sun God during Chhath

Published On: November 14, 2018 08:28 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 14: Devotees observed the Chhath festival by making offerings to the setting sun on Tuesday. The festival of goodwill and faith will come to an end after they make the final offering on Wednesday morning.

Salary as well as pension for some ‘lucky’ ex-bureaucrats

Published On: November 14, 2018 07:52 AM NPT By: Dipesh KC

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Former Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Deep Basnyat, a retired government secretary picked for the job, stopped claiming his pension following his appointment as a CIAA Commissioner in March 2015. He did so until he retired once again - this time from the anti-graft body - in February 2018 on age ground. But soon after his term at the CIAA ended, Basnet went to the Pension Management Office and claimed and received the accrued pension amount - a sum of Rs 800,000.

Theft cases double during Tihar, suicides down by 40 percent

Published On: November 14, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Data maintained by Nepal Police shows that theft cases across the country doubled during Tihar this year, compared to those during the festival last year.

Noted S Asian personalities demand Alam's release

Published On: November 14, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Former chief justice Sushila Karki is among 34 eminent South Asian personalities who have demanded the release of Bangladeshi photographer and cultural activist Shahidul Alam .

Residents not happy with substandard roads

Published On: November 14, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Bhim Chapagain

ILAM, Nov 14: Despite spending, what locals claim to be massive budget, on repairing and upgrading roads, they remain in a dilapidated condition in Ilam.

BARA, Nov 14: A border dispute has ensued between two municipalities after both the local units assign contract for extracting construction materials from the same area of Lalbakaiya River.

Khalanga all set to be load shedding free

Published On: November 14, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: DB BUDHA

JUMLA, Nov 14: Khalanga of Jumla district, which was once the headquarters of Karnali Zone, is set to illuminate with electricity lights round the clock within this fiscal year.

CIAA files case against senior govt attorney Thapa

Published On: November 14, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a bribery case on Tuesday against Surendra Thapa, joint attorney at Kaski High Court Government Attorney's Office, who was arrested by the anti-graft body on October 11 on the charge of taking bribe.