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Lack of bridge makes road 'useless' for locals

Published On: September 8, 2018 07:27 AM NPT By: BHAGISHWAR LIMBU

TEHRATHUM, Sept 8: There are roads, but no bridges. Locals of Tehrathum district lament that they have not been able to enjoy transportation facility due to 'insensible' development. Even though there are dozens of rivers from Chiyobhanjyang of Panchthar district in the east to Jhulaghat of Baitadi district in the west, the mid-hills highway that links the two points lack adequate number of motorable bridges. The road which is a national pride project has hence failed to give relief to people.

Nirmala’s mom urges IGP to probe cop

Published On: September 8, 2018 07:18 AM NPT By: Republica

KANCHANPUR, Sept 8: When IGP Sarbendra Khanal suddenly turned up at Nirmala Panta’s house on Thursday evening, her father was not at home. Durga Devi, the mother, and the other two daughters were very surprised and did not know what to say. Durga Devi had grown used to narrating Nirmala’s rape and murder to everyone who visited the family, and she did the same thing again in front of the police chief, she said.

Jha manages to get reappointed as NTA head

Published On: September 8, 2018 07:05 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The government has reappointed the controversial Digambar Jha as chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), 64 days after he was removed from the post.

6,550 quake victims yet to start building houses in Sindhupalchowk

Published On: September 8, 2018 03:09 AM NPT By: Dhruba Dangal

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Sept 8: Over 6,500 earthquake victims have yet to start rebuilding their quake-destroyed houses in Sindhupalchwok district due to procedural delays by the government.

Seti Zonal Hospital overcrowded due to seasonal diseases

Published On: September 8, 2018 02:10 AM NPT By: PUSHPA RAJ JOSHI

KAILALI, Sept 8: With flu, diarrhea and dysentery taking toll on people's health, the number of patients visiting Seti Zonal Hospital in Dhangadhi has increased in this rainy season. According to Krishna Bohora, in-charge of the emergency ward of the hospital, the 'seasonal illness' has made it hard for the hospital to cope with the large number of patients.

Locals demand their land back from army

Published On: September 8, 2018 02:05 AM NPT By: PUSKAR BHANDARI

DADELDHURA, Sept 8: A dispute relating to encroachment of land of the locals of Amargadi Municipality-1 by the then Royal Nepalese Army is yet to settle in five decades. The locals have demanded that the army return back 2,436 ropanis of land which belong to them.

Computer course in Khotang school woos students

Published On: September 8, 2018 01:07 AM NPT By: Daman Rai

KHOTANG, Sept 8: Until three years ago, Pratima Sapkota of Jentedhunga Rural Municipality did not even know how a computer looks like. She would hear that kids in Kathmandu read and write on computer and that would make her feel dumbfounded. Now the 10th grader is a student of computer engineering at her school and she terms the technology as a ‘game changer’ in her life.

High level probe panel on Kanchanpur case to submit report soon

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