Indian arrested with 160.5 kg hashish

Published On: April 6, 2018 11:42 AM NPT By: Republica

DHADING, April 6: Police arrested a person today morning with a large cache of hashish when he was on the verge of transferring it to Birgunj from Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet has urged the Australian government to make arrangements for providing visa to Nepali students going to Australia from Nepal itself.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Former prime minister and coordinator of Naya Shakti Party Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai has asked Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to raise the issue of the illegally set up ‘field office’ in Biratnagar by the Indian side.

Student unions submit memo to education minister

Published On: April 6, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 6: The student unions affiliated to the three major political parties submitted a memorandum to Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokharel on Thursday, demanding that the government scrap the ninth amendment to the Education Act and cancel the fee hike by private schools.

UDAYAPUR, April 5: Since the last few days, there has been random chopping down of trees in two community forests and a national forest area of Udayapur.

Koshi Tappu to take census of wild buffaloes

Published On: April 6, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Amar Khadka

ITAHARI, April 6: Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), which is the only natural habitat of the endangered wild buffaloes in Nepal, will begin the census of this rare species from mid-April.

KATHMANDU, April 6: As part of its efforts to expedite post-earthquake reconstruction, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to bring all central project implementation units formed at various ministries and district coordination committees under its direct supervision.

Concrete materials to be removed from Ranipokhari

Published On: April 5, 2018 08:03 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 5: The concrete materials used in the re-construction of Ranipokhari are to be removed from the site aimed at carrying out the work as per the archaeological requirement.

Trade union protest government's adjustment of employees

Published On: April 5, 2018 07:07 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 5: The trade union joint coordination committee has protested central government's plan to adjust the employees in the local levels.

Two held with narcotics

Published On: April 5, 2018 07:05 PM NPT By: Republica

ITAHARI, April 5: Two people were arrested in possession of narcotic drugs from separate places of Sunsari district on Thursday. According to police, those arrested are 31-year-old Dipak Raya and Sujan Khadka, 21.