Three proposed for NAMS vice-chancellor post

Published On: September 18, 2018 01:54 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 18 : Three people have been recommended for appointment to the post of vice chancellor of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS).

Nexus between officials, smugglers abetting deforestation

Published On: September 18, 2018 12:15 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 18: Locals allege that there has been massive deforestation in the Kohalpur area due to the nexus between timber smugglers and forest department officials.

School guardians set up fund to run school

Published On: September 18, 2018 11:45 AM NPT By: Republica

ROLPA, Sept 18: Guardians of Saraswati basic school in Ghuswang of Sunachahari rural municipality-1 have set up a fund of Rs. 5.1 million in order to upgrade the standard of the school. The school is presently running in temporary huts on a river bank.

CIAA begins quizzing Sikta officials

Published On: September 18, 2018 11:10 AM NPT By: RUDRA KHADKA

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has begun interrogating project chiefs, engineers and employees who worked for the Sikta Irrigation Project, a project of national pride, since its inception.

PABSON threatens protest against new education law

Published On: September 18, 2018 09:41 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Demanding that the government amend the recently endorsed Compulsory and Free Education Act, the Private and Boarding Schools Organization Nepal (PABSON) has threatened to stage stringent protests from October 18 if the demand is not met.

Convict arrested after four decades

Published On: September 18, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Mohan Gurung

SYANGJA, Sept 18: District Police Office (DPO), Syangja on Monday arrested Devi Bahadur Gharti, 65, of Chapakot-8 who was convicted of murdering Jit Bahadur Rana of Palpa, 42 years ago.

Highest plants on Earth discovered near Nepal glacier

Published On: September 18, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Jade Payne

High above the sub-tropical forests and lush grasslands of Nepal, nestled between the scree and moraine from the glaciers of Mount Everest, plants are found braving the elements and surviving in some of the harshest conditions on the planet.

In Dang, rape victims are paid to keep quiet

Published On: September 18, 2018 05:00 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet

DANG, Sept 18: On April 16, six years old Reshma (name changed) of Tulsipar-11 was raped by a 13 years old boy. The victim was raped when she had gone to her neighbor's home to play.

Women in Khotang rally for Nirmala

Published On: September 18, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KHOTANG, Sept 18: With the authorities so far failing to book those guilty in the rape and murder of Kanchanpur's 13-year-old Nirmala Panta, Nepal Women's Association Khotang led a demonstration against the government. Nirmala had gone missing on July 26 and her body was found on July 27.

Demolition of illegal structures along BP Highway begins

Published On: September 18, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Madhu Sudan Guragain

BANEPA, Sept 18: Illegal structures built along Dhulikhel-Nepalthok section of BP Highway are being demolished by the road project starting from Monday.