Nurses threaten stringent protests

Published On: January 17, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The Nursing Association of Nepal (NAN), the umbrella organization of nurses across the country, has threatened of a nationwide protest presenting a 11-point demand including a demand for salary hike for nurses and reinstatement of three nurses who were sacked by the government from the Human Organ Transplant Centre (HOTC), Bhaktapur.

Fish die due to severe cold

Published On: January 17, 2018 01:45 AM NPT By: Republica

SARLAHI, Jan 16: Farmers of Sarlahi have suffered a huge loss as fish are dying in the pond due to severe cold.

Fire guts five houses in Udayapur

Published On: January 17, 2018 12:30 AM NPT By: Maheshwor Chamling Rai

UDAYAPUR, Jan 17: As many as five houses of Rautamai Rural Municipality of Udayapur were gutted after a massive fire broke out on Monday.

Rahul Goyal of Shalimar Jewelers arrested

Published On: January 16, 2018 07:35 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested the owner of Shalimar Jewelers Rahul Goyal claiming his involvement in the gold smuggling racket.

Quake victims slam delays in receiving housing grants

Published On: January 16, 2018 05:40 PM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, Jan 16: Mangal Bahadur Gurung of Siranchowk Rural Municipality-6 has been waiting for second installment of the housing grant since several months. Every time he visits the office of District Coordination Committee (DCC) for it, he is told to wait a bit longer. “I am tired of this now,” Gurung laments. “They always say I still need to wait.”

NA to prepare new DPR of fast track on its own

Published On: January 16, 2018 04:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 14:  The Nepali Army (NA) is to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) of the Kathmandu- Terai Madhes fast track on its own.

JHAPA, Jan 16: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has allocated money for the survivors of the April 2015 earthquake in Jhapa district to purchase warm clothes and repair their houses.

Child dies after being hit by tractor

Published On: January 16, 2018 04:05 PM NPT By: Republica

MORANG: A three-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a tractor at an inner road of Sundar Haraincha-6 in Morang.

Maghi also celebrated as Tharus’ freedom movement

Published On: January 16, 2018 08:25 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet

DANG, Jan 16: The people of the indigenous Tharu community have come a long way from a modest history of farm slaves. They wanted to be freed from the cruel slavery. “We could not even speak,” said Ram Prasad Chaudhary, a Tharu leader of Dang, referring to the condition of his people about two decades ago.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The government's failure to take a timely decision has thrown the task of distribution of the second tranche of the housing grant to the earthquake victims into uncertainty. Over 80 percent of the earthquake victims eligible for the second tranche is being deprived of it due to the government's indecision now.