KATHMANDU, March 9: While the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has been emphasizing on fire safety after fire accidents emerged as the prime cause of property damage in the previous fiscal year, fire accidents have kept increasing in the current fiscal year.

Quake-hit remote school gets posh new buildings

Published On: March 9, 2019 05:54 AM NPT By: Dhruba Dangal

SINDHUPALCHOWK, March 8: 'It is mesmerizing'. This is what not just students, but even the principal of Selang Secondary School, Hari Prasad Poudel has to say about the school's new buildings. “We feel that we are at a big resort', Poudel notes.

KATHMANDU, March 8: The cabinet has transferred controversial General Manager (GM) Dolindra Prasad Sharma of the state-owned publishing house, Sajha Prakashan, to the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (MoMCPA). The cabinet has also appointed a new GM at Sajha Prakashan.

Gender-based wage disappoints female workers

Published On: March 9, 2019 04:50 AM NPT By: LOKENDRA KHANAL

RUKUM, March 8: Dhansari Sarki of Banfikot Rural Municipality-6 in Rukum (West) is currently working at an under-construction hydropower project in her village. She reaches the working field as early as 9 am and works until 5 pm along with her co-workers. After working all day long, she earns Rs 500 a day.

Bomb goes off in Basundhara

Published On: March 8, 2019 09:13 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 8: A bomb has gone off at a house belonging to Rohan Gurung, chairman of Nepal Association of  Foreign Employment Agencies, in Basundhara in the capital on Friday evening.

March 8: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

Published On: March 8, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

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Rohingya refugee women raise their voices in Bangladesh

Published On: March 8, 2019 03:25 PM NPT By: Agencies

March 8: “We need more street lights,” says Tansima, 28, who is an elected deputy bloc leader at the world’s largest refugee settlement, which is home to 620,000 people, more than half of them women or girls.

Kathmandu, March 8: International Women's Day is being observed across the country by organizing various events today.

'Proposed new social media law limits freedom of expression'

Published On: March 8, 2019 10:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 8: New proposed laws relating to social media use in Nepal are intended to stifle dissent and silence critical voices, say global and regional human rights groups.

Kanchanpur, March 8: A case has been registered at Kanchanpur District Court against eight police officials for allegedly meting out torture and destroying evidences associated to the rape and subsequent murder of Nirmala Panta – a 13-year-old girl from Bhimdutta municipality-2 of Kanchanpur.