Chief wants rural municipality named after his dead wife

Published On: December 23, 2017 02:50 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Dec 22: Ganga Oli, the wife of Bir Bahadur Khatri, the chairperson of Sukidaha Rural Municipality, died during the Maoist insurgency. His relative Dev Bahadur Oli also met the same fate. Now, when the renaming of the rural municipality is under consideration, Khatri wants it to be named after his dead wife and relative. He has proposed to rename the rural municipality as 'Ganga Dev Rural Municipality'.

Provision to be made to register cases online

Published On: December 22, 2017 07:59 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Chief Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli has urged the legal practitioners, who implement the rule of law, to follow the constitution and law.

Temporary police shot dead in Kalikot

Published On: December 22, 2017 05:07 PM NPT By: Pabitra Kumar Shahi

KALIKOT, Dec 22:  A temporary (myadi)  police died after a security personnel opened fire on him in the district.

Gas bottling plant's negligence blamed for fire

Published On: December 22, 2017 07:50 AM NPT By: Ritesh Tripathi

BIRGUNJ, Dec 22: Preliminary investigation has blamed negligence on the part of the Super Gas Industry for the massive fire in the Birgunj-based gas bottling plant on Wednesday in which two people were killed.

Initiative launched to fly injured firefighter to India

Published On: December 22, 2017 07:34 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: An initiative has been launched to take a firefighter who was critically injured in Wednesday’s Birgunj gas factory fire to New Delhi, India by air ambulance for treatment.

No power cut for household consumers this winter: NEA

Published On: December 22, 2017 06:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has made clear that it does not have any plan of enforcing load-shedding in this winter season.

NAC makes mockery of currency law for pilots

Published On: December 22, 2017 05:45 AM NPT By: Susheel Bhattarai

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Anecdote 1- Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) fired Captain Ramesh Upadhyaya after he was found carrying a few wrist watches while landing at Tribhuvan International Airport four decades ago. He was accused of smuggling the watches.

UNMISS lauds Nepali peacekeepers

Published On: December 22, 2017 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Nepali peacekeepers have been deployed in the Torit area in South Sudan to strengthen UN presence to better protect civilians.

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.