MAHENDRANAGAR, Aug 26: On Friday at around 3 pm, Sunny Khuna and his friend Umesh Khuna of Bhimdatta Municipality-18 in Kanchanpur went to meet their building contractor to collect their wages.

KANCHANPUR, Aug 26: The newly-appointed Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kanchanpur, Taranath Adhikari has said that the victim's family would have got justice and there would not have been human causality and other losses had the District Police Office (DPO) initiated investigation into the rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Panta right after the incident.

Snakebite cases on the rise in Itahari

Published On: August 26, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Amar Khadka

ITAHARI, Aug 26: With each passing year, the number of people seeking treatment for snakebite at the Community Snakebite Treatment Center (CSTC) of Itahari has been increasing. In the four months after the beginning of the Nepali New Year, 810 patients have come to the center to get treated for snakebites.

RAUTAHAT, Aug 25: As many as 35 people have gone missing after a boat with 40 people onboard has been swept away by the swollen Lalbakaiya River in the district.

MAHENDRANAGAR, Aug 25: District Administration Office, Kanchanpur has decided to lift curfew for five hours on Sunday morning.

THE WEEK IN PICTURES

Published On: August 25, 2018 06:40 PM NPT By: Republica

Cover Photo: Road maintainance  for BIMSTEC causing traffic jam at Jamal on Tueday. Photo: Pratik Rayamajhi

All-party meet appeals to end protest

Published On: August 25, 2018 05:59 PM NPT By: Republica

BHIMDATTANAGR, Aug25: An appeal has been made to all today to cease ongoing protest and agitation over the murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant, a resident of Bhimdattta municipality-2, Kanchanpur, after rape about a month ago.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: Amnesty International (AI) Nepal, an international human rights watchdog, has urged the Nepal government to exercise maximum restraints while enforcing laws to calm the Kanchanpur unrest.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: The Bill on Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights which is registered in the Federal Parliament Secretariat has made provision which bars one of the spouses from expelling or dislodging or divorcing the other citing reproductive health issue.

Bagmati River rafting event held to raise public awareness

Published On: August 25, 2018 04:36 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: The 18th Bagmati River Festival and River Rafting has been organized in a bid to raise public awareness for conservation of river civilization.