KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The High High-Level Education Commission has proposed to gradually shut down the schools run by diplomatic missions and by taking foreign affiliations adding that there lacks a clear policy to regulate such academic institutions.

Multicultural Maghi

Published On: January 15, 2018 07:49 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Maghe Sankranti or Maghi is being celebrated across the country on Monday. Different communities mark this day according to their culture and traditions.

President Bhandari hosts tea reception on Maghi

Published On: January 15, 2018 06:34 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: President Bidhya Devi Bhandari hosted a tea reception program on the occasion of Makar Sankranti also known as Maghi.

Battle of horns (Photo feature)

Published On: January 15, 2018 06:25 PM NPT By: BHAGWATI  LAMA

NUWAKOT, Jan 15: Bullfighting is an integral part of the celebration in Maghe Sankranti in Nuwakot.

TU burns plastic wastes out in the open

Published On: January 15, 2018 02:43 PM NPT By: Bishnu Prasad Aryal

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Burning waste materials, which is restricted by national and international laws, is a normal phenomena in Tribhuvan University (TU), the oldest and biggest university of the country. Plastics are openly burned on the premises of TU in Kirtipur.

Abducted boy rescued

Published On: January 15, 2018 11:49 AM NPT By: Republica

NAWALPARASI, Jan 15 : A seven-year-old boy from India who was abducted from the Nepal-India border has been rescued safely.

Migratory birds' census begins at Chitwan National Park

Published On: January 15, 2018 09:09 AM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel

SAURAHA, Jan 15: The census of waterbirds that migrate to rivers, ponds and wetlands of Nepal during winter has begun in the eastern region of Chitwan National Park from Saturday.

Voluntary retirement scheme a burden: Experts

Published On: January 15, 2018 08:35 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: In what has been described as the first serious attempt to overhaul the ailing bureaucracy, the government has issued a decree urging public servants on the brink of retirement to seek voluntary departure if they wish not to be integrated in the new federal setup.  In a notice published in Nepal Gazette on January 12, the Ministry of General Administration (MoGA) has asked public servants of above fifty years to decide whether they want to continue the service or retire with a handsome incentive.

Woman succumbs to cold in Saptari

Published On: January 15, 2018 07:50 AM NPT By: Republica

RAJBIRAJ, Jan 15: One more woman succumbed to excessive cold at Kanchanrup Municipality-3 of Saptari district on Sunday due to the prevalent cold wave over the last some days.

Maghe Sankranti being observed today

Published On: January 15, 2018 07:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Hindu devotees across the nation today are observing Maghe Sankranti festival with different rituals and programs.