Print media under threat: Communications Minister Baskota

Published On: September 29, 2018 08:13 PM NPT By: Republica

BANEPA, Sept 29: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota on Saturday said print media is under threat from new media.

‘Govt is working for working-class people’

Published On: September 29, 2018 07:57 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has said that this government was always in favor of working-class people.

THE WEEK IN PICTURES

Published On: September 29, 2018 06:40 PM NPT By: Republica

Cover Photo: Group of women worker returning after morning work in vegetable field at Bode in Bhaktapur on Monday. Photo: Dipesh Shrestha

Three including four-year-old die after they get buried under mound of earth

Two killed, 32 injured in road accident

Published On: September 29, 2018 10:45 AM NPT By: Republica

NAWALPARASI, Sept 29: Two people died while 32 others were injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck at Kawasoti-16, Nawalparasi early this morning.

Cultural town Dolakha bazaar rising from rubble

Published On: September 29, 2018 07:41 AM NPT By: Ramesh Khatiwada

DOLAKHA, Sept 29: Ancient temples, stupas and heritage sites were the life of Dolakha bazaar until a few years ago. All those antiquities crumbled into pieces all at once when the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the country on April 25, 2015. Amid the chaos of people, the heritage sites never got proper attention.

Local unit to punish reps promoting Chhaupadi, untocuhability

Published On: September 29, 2018 04:10 AM NPT By: DB BUDHA

JUMLA, Sept 29: Tila Rural Municipality of Jumla has put in place strict rules and policies against the representatives and locals promoting and practicing the ill-traditions of Chhaupadi and untouchability.

'Include disabled people in upcoming census'

Published On: September 29, 2018 03:15 AM NPT By: DEEPANJALI KHADKA

KATHMANDU, Sep 29: Stating that they have been largely excluded by the census, the disabled people of Nepal have demanded the government to enlist the actual number of such people in the upcoming census.

Experts, authorities, victim families discuss disappearances

Published On: September 29, 2018 03:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Experts, concerned governmental authorities, family members of the people who went missing in the conflict era and journalists held an interaction on Friday on the Right to Information (RTI) tools to learn about the whereabouts of the disappeared persons in Nepal. The interaction was organized by the Media Action Nepal (MAN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a celebration of the International day for Universal Access to Information.

Locals being trained to rebuild seven-story palace of Nuwakot

Published On: September 29, 2018 02:10 AM NPT By: BHAGWATI  LAMA

NUWAKOT, Sept 29: Arjun Shahi of Bidur Municipality-2 is taking stone carving training so that he can contribute to the reconstruction of the historical seven-story palace of Nuwakot. Various kinds of training are being provided to the locals residing near the palace following the decision of the Department of Archaeology to mobilize local labor for the reconstruction of the palace.