KATHMANDU, Mar 3: At a time when contentious posts in social media platforms have drawn concerns across countries, Facebook, which also owns Instagram and Whatapps, has started holding consultative meetings to form an External Oversight Board to regulate such contents.

BAITADI, March 3: Five local levels in the district have launched mobile apps to ease the day to day activities and build informed citizenry.

KATHMANDU, March 3: Late Bharat Mohan Adhikari, the former deputy prime minister and four-time finance minister, was cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat in the capital with state honors on Sunday afternoon.

Godan pulls out protest programs

Published On: March 3, 2019 02:09 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: The Government Doctors' Association of Nepal (GODAN) has withdrawn its all protest programmes, following an assurance from the government to address the demands.

Romanian citizen killed in Pokhara paragliding crash

Published On: March 3, 2019 12:26 PM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, March 3: A Romanian citizen died after a glider met with an accident in Pokhara on Sunday afternoon.

Community shelter to save from flooding

Published On: March 3, 2019 10:45 AM NPT By: Republica

RANJHA, March 3: A safe community shelter has been constructed in Baijapur of Raptisonari rural municipality-3 in order to minimize damage caused by monsoon floods in the Rapti river.

Youth shot dead

Published On: March 3, 2019 10:33 AM NPT By: Republica

SARLAHI, March 3: A youth was shot dead by an unidentified group in Sarlahi district headquarters Malangawa last night. Manoj Yadav,31, of Malangawa municipality-8 died in the incident, according to District Police Office, Sarlahi.

Adhikari's body being kept at Dhumbarahi for condolence

Published On: March 3, 2019 09:07 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: Former Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and senior communist leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari’s body is kept at the central party office of Nepal Communist Party in Dhumbarahi from 9 am to 12 pm for condolence who passed away on Saturday evening. He was 82.

Demand for 'Rabindra international airport'

Published On: March 3, 2019 09:00 AM NPT By: Republica

CHIPLEDHUNGA, March 3: Tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara have demanded that the under-construction Pokhara International Airport be named after late Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari.

KAILALI/DARCHULA, March 3: People who have been to Ratakatha of Duhu Rural Municipality often get goosebumps when they hear this name. Usually, vehicles do not ply through this cliff, which lies 7 km north from Khalanga, district headquarters of Darchula. It falls along the Darchula-Tinker road section.