'Chairpersons using office vehicle as their own'

Published On: January 30, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet

DANG, Jan 30: Shanti Chaudhary, the vice-chairperson of Gadhwa Rural Municipality, is the coordinator of the judicial committee of the rural municipality. As she has been entrusted with the responsibility of settling and resolving all the legal issues, she often has to travel to remote areas for doing her job.

UDAYAPUR, Jan 30: Local level representatives have said that they have been facing difficulties to operate the local bodies in a full-fledged manner due to the lack of the necessary laws and directives required for the operation of the local bodies.

20 Nepali workers rescued from Kuwait

Published On: January 30, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The Nepal Embassy in Kuwait has rescued as many as 20 workers from Sulebiya Project of Kharif National Company and repatriated them.

Delay in Sunkoshi Bridge construction

Published On: January 30, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KHOTANG, Jan 30: The construction of a bridge over Sunkoshi River at Phoksingtar, which links Khotang and Udayapur districts, has remained stalled for the past five years. The only visible progress made during the period is the construction of a foundation pillar.

Reconstruction works gather pace in Sindhupalchowk

Published On: January 30, 2018 01:45 AM NPT By: DHRUBA DANGAL

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Jan 30: The sluggish reconstruction works in Sindhupalchowk, one of the worst-hit districts by the devastating earthquakes of 2015, is gaining pace of late.

Students protest against additional fee for MBBS admission

Published On: January 29, 2018 07:36 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU Jan 29: Students pursuing MBBS degree in different private medical colleges took out a rally in protest against the alleged charging of high fee under various headings.

Foreign doctors without NMC permission arrested

Published On: January 29, 2018 07:01 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Monday arrested as many as 17 foreign doctors and three hospital entrepreneurs from various hospitals in the capital on charge of working without permission.

Man shot at in Rautahat

Published On: January 29, 2018 06:06 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Jan 30: In yet another spate of attack in Rajpur Municipality-9, Bairiya, a local has been injured after being shot at by a 'fellow villager' on Monday.

Property worth Rs 300,000 destroyed as fire guts house

Published On: January 29, 2018 04:23 PM NPT By: Daman Rai

KHOTANG, Jan 29: A family has been rendered homeless after a fire gutted their house at Rawabensi Rural Municipality-6 of the district.

Upper Tamakoshi's Chinese side engineer killed by falling rock

Published On: January 29, 2018 03:23 PM NPT By: Republica

CHARIKOT, Jan 29: A Chinese engineer hired from the under-construction Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project died after being hit by a falling rock at around 11:00 am on Monday.