CARE Ratings Nepal starts operation

Published On: December 22, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: CARE Ratings Nepal has started providing credit rating services in Nepal. Chairman of Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) Rewat Bahadur Karki inaugurated the company amid a ceremony held in Kathmandu on Thursday.

80 % complaints redressed at 'Hello Sarkar'

Published On: December 21, 2017 06:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: The 'Hello Sarkar' – a complaint redressal government mechanism – has so far addressed 80.77 percent of the total complaints registered during the past six years.

Dec 21: 6 things to know by 6 PM

Published On: December 21, 2017 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has clarified that there would be no load-shedding except the technical problem. The NEA made this clarification after news indicating that NEA starts load-shedding disseminated in different media and social networking sites for the past few days.

Malaysian court acquits Nepali migrant on drug trafficking charges

Published On: December 21, 2017 05:29 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: A Malaysian court has acquitted a Nepali migrant worker on drug trafficking charges. Bhim Bahadur Nepali of Siraha district, who worked as a security guard in Malaysia, was charged with trafficking drugs a year ago. The Malaysian laws deem drug smuggling illegal and slap a capital punishment.

No load-shedding except when there's technical problem: NEA

Published On: December 21, 2017 04:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has clarified that there would be no load-shedding except the technical problem.

Unsafe zebra crossing

Published On: December 21, 2017 04:48 PM NPT By: Shalik Bhatta

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: When Radha Devi Bhandari was crossing the road through zebra crossing, at Min Bhawan, a speedy motorbike was just likely to hit her.  She is merely the representative for such incidents. Zebra crossings are designed for safety of pedestrians to cross the roads. But they are turning into risky zones of death and injury. Pedestrians are always in fear of accident while crossing the roads due to distracted or reckless driving.

Littrature Prema Shah no more

Published On: December 21, 2017 01:53 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Nepali actress Jal Shah's mother Prema Shah, a littrature passed away on Thursday morning.

BIRGUNJ, Dec 21: A massive fire erupted at Super Gas Industry in the outskirts of Birgunj on Wednesday, killing two firefighters who had reached the incident site early in the morning. Two others were severely injured in the incident.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has targeted to complete construction of 450,000 houses by the end of the Fiscal Year 2017/18.

In despair, quake victims living on flood-prone riverbank

Published On: December 21, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Shivahari Ghimire

RASUWA, Dec 21: When the devastating earthquake of April 2015 rendered them homeless, dozens of Uttargaya rural municipality residents fled to safer locations. In the immediate aftermath, they erected makeshift house in rented property and started living there. Months passed by, but life did not change.