KATHMANDU, April 5: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' has said that the government was serious to lessen the loss of lives and physical property in disasters.

Rape cases increasing in Bhaktapur

Published On: April 5, 2018 03:35 PM NPT By: Republica

BHAKTAPUR, April 5: Rape cases are rampant in Bhaktapur district. Data published by the Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur, shows that 58 rape and 25 attempted rape cases occurred in the past three years in the district.

Woman strangled to death in Mahottari

Published On: April 5, 2018 11:41 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das

MAHOTTARI, April 5: Punam Devi Das, 25, of Matihani municipality-2 of Mahottari district has been strangled to death.

Fire damages 2,300 hectares forest, claims one

Published On: April 5, 2018 09:54 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 5: Fire has broken out in 2,303 hectares of forest area across the country with the onset of summer season.

Five injured in a house collapse

Published On: April 5, 2018 09:18 AM NPT By: Republica

BHAKTAPUR, April 5: At least five persons were injured when a house collapsed due to incessant rain at Suryabinayak municipality-10, Chittapole Khulal village on Wednesday evening.

Two stolen idols returned to Nepal

Published On: April 5, 2018 07:45 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 5: Two idols, which were stolen from Nepal during the 1980s and were kept on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, were finally returned to the Department of Archeology (DoA) on Wednesday.

KHOTANG, April 5: It's hard to imagine the pain of a woman whose uterus protrudes out of the vagina following a third degree prolapse. A Dalit woman of Rakhabandel, Aiselukharka Rural Municipality-1 in the district has been bearing with this pain for the last 33 years.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The cabinet meeting on Tuesday cancelled a foreign visit by two judges on the ground that the trip was not necessary.

KOHALPUR, April 5: Scarcity of water in Banke National Park (BNP) has compelled the tigers to venture into human settlements, increasing the risk of human-wildlife conflict.

KATHMANDU, April 5: A surprise inspection carried out by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found that police offices in Kathmandu Valley are in a shabby state when it comes to handling cases of sexual violence.