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NRA to mobilize 550 engineers to survey 'left out' quake-hit...

NRA to mobilize 550 engineers to survey 'left out' quake-hit houses
KATHMANDU, March 31: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has started deploying engineers - a total of 550 of them- for the inspection and resurvey of the houses whose owners have filed complaints of being affected by the 2015 mega earthquakes but who were not listed as beneficiaries of the p...
Mar 31, 2019
SOCIETY, SPECIAL

THE WEEK IN PICTURES

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The Week in Pictures for the week March 24-March 30
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

March 30: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

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Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

When a VIP security van hits scooter along highway (with vid...

When a VIP security van hits scooter along highway (with video)
KATHMANDU, March 30: A video, which has gone viral since Saturday morning, shows a speedy van belonging to the Armed Police Force abruptly rear-ended a scooter along the Nayabaneshwar-Maitighar road section.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

Five police personnel injured during clashes with students i...

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JANAKPURDHAM/KALAIYA, March 30: Five police personnel including Deputy Superintendent of Police Hem Shahi were injured in Bara on Saturday when a clash erupted between the students and police during the demonstration staged by the students in protest of leakage of the Secondary Education Examination...
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

Brief rain forecast in most of places

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KATHMANDU, March 30: The Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted brief rainfall with thunders in most of places across the country including the Kathmandu Valley due to the impact of low-pressure westerly wind.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

Rhinos swept away to India yet to return

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CHITWAN, March 30: Three Rhinos that reached India from Nepal after being swept by monsoon floods are yet to be returned home. Thirteen Rhinos have swept away from Nepal to India in the incident that took place two years ago.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

Banke reports 60 road accidents, 37 deaths in eight months a...

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RANJHA, March 30: Thirty-seven people lost their lives in multiple road accidents in the past eight months in Banke. Among the dead, two are minors and nine are women.
Mar 30, 2019
NEPAL, SOCIETY

TOURISM:Centre of possibilities and opportunities

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KATHMANDU, March 30: Tourism experts and tourism sector leaders have stressed on the need to promote tourism in Nepal with a focus on its neighbours-China and India. Investments should be made in the tourism sector of Nepal in order to take maximum benefit of the tourism market in the two countries.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY

Child marriage ruining young lives in Jumla

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JUMLA, March 30: District Police Office, Jumla last week received a complaint about forceful child marriage. According to the district police chief, DSP Sitaram Rijal, this is the first ever such complaint the office has received. Though child marriage is not uncommon in this region, never before ha...
Mar 30, 2019