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Parties renaming public places after their own
Published On: July 31, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: DEVENDRA BASNET AND DINESH SUBEDI
DANG / ROLPA, July 31: Dang district's Babai Rural Municipality-4 used to have a village named 'Maskidar'. The small settlement managed to retain its name for many generations.
Politicians only milking Sikta Irrigation Project: Locals
Published On: July 31, 2018 06:15 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
KATHMANDU, July 31: Ahead of every election, the Sikta Irrigation Project dominates the electioneering. But all the poll contestants conveniently sideline the project once the election is over.
Environmental issues dog Nijgadh airport now
Published On: July 31, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 31: The Ministry of Forest and Environment had invited feedback and opinions for a week from April 27 on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) prepared for building the second international airport but very few feedback and comments were received.
Rampant increase in accidents in valley
Published On: July 31, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Biken K Dawadi
KATHMANDU, JULY 31: Records maintained by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) show an increase of more than 15 percent in road accidents in the valley in fiscal year 2017/18 from the previous fiscal year.
Kamalamai locals under tusker terror for past seven months
Published On: July 31, 2018 05:00 AM NPT By: Anil Bhandari
SINDHULI, July 31: Wild elephants have continued terrorizing the residents of various wards of Kamalamai Municipality for the past seven months. The elephants enter human settlements mostly at night, destroy crops and pull down houses.
Zero student in masters' programs after semester system introduced
Published On: July 31, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Bhim Chapagain
ILAM, July 31: Introduction of the semester system in masters' level programs by Tribhuvan University has affected student enrollment in campuses affiliated to it in the hilly districts of the eastern region. In some campuses, the number of enrollment in the masters programs has gone down to zero.
976 classrooms await reconstruction in Gorkha
Published On: July 31, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota
GORKHA, July 31: The reconstruction of school buildings ravaged by the devastating earthquakes of 2015 has slowed down again in Gorkha, compelling thousands of students to study under tents since the last few years.
Drug smuggling network from border to Kathmandu
Published On: July 31, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav
LAHAN, July 31: In the last week of June, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Nepal Police arrested Mahesh Basnet with a huge cache of drugs from Kathmandu. Police recovered different types of injections, liquid and tablets from Basnet.
Japan envoy pledges additional aid
Published On: July 31, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 31: Newly-appointed Japanese ambassador to Nepal Masamichi Saigo said Japan will provide additional support to Nepal for post-earthquake reconstruction and infrastructural development.
Dolpa locals refuse to buy subsidized rice due to high price
Published On: July 31, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: BISHNU PRASAD DEVKOTA
DOLPA, July 31: The government has been distributing subsidized rice to the people living in the remote and mountain districts since long. However, the locals of the mountain district Dolpa have stopped buying the rice distributed by the government stating that it is expensive in comparison to the locally available rice.
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