Foreign employment: Good for some, bad for others

Published On: August 21, 2018 07:36 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

DHADING, Aug 21: Rajendra Pyakurel of Galchhi Rural Municipality-4 dreamed of earning a lot of money and get rid of poverty forever. To materialize this dream, he planned to go abroad and working hard. He thought hard work would certainly pay off. Leaving his small family behind, Pyakurel left his home for Malaysia in 2014. It cost him Rs 400,000, which he had arranged with a great difficulty. No sooner had he landed in the country than he realized that his agents had fooled him. Nothing was as per the agreement. Instead of the promised job, he got to work at a godown. Last year, he returned home.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Press Council Nepal has informed that it summoned Editor-in-Chief of Nagarik Daily, Guna Raj Luitel, to seek clarifications after the name of Chief Minister of Province 5 Shankar Pokharel appeared otherwise in a news item published in the paper.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Former Nepali ambassador to France Keshav Jha has been found ‘murdered’ at his residence at Babarmahal, Kathmandu on Monday morning. He was found dead at around 6 am.

RASUWA, Aug 21: ​Naukunda Rural Municipality of Rasuwa district has decided to buy an ambulance instead of a vehicle for the municipality office.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Press Council, an autonomous and independent media regulatory body, has courted controversy for grilling Guna Raj Luitel, Editor-in-Chief of Nagarik National Daily over minor technical mistakes.

Aug 20: 6 things to know by 6 PM

Published On: August 20, 2018 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

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KANCHANPUR, Aug 20: Murder-after-rape-accused Dilip Singh Bista has landed in a police net on the 25th day of the incident on Monday.

Nepal’s ‘Rhino-diplomacy’ (video report)

Published On: August 20, 2018 05:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Nepal has handed over the second and final pair of the endangered one-horn rhino named Soltini and Mitini to China on August 17 and has been flown to Shanghai on a cargo plane.

JUMLA, Aug 20: Citing financial irregularities on development activities, locals of Dhachugaun and Kudu village have padlocked the office of Hima rural municipality for the past five days.

Embankments constructed along two rivers in Kanchanpur

Published On: August 20, 2018 12:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KANCHANPUR, Aug 20: The Shuklaphanta Municipality-4 in Kanchanpur district has constructed two embankments along two local rivers.