Minor electrocuted to death

Published On: May 27, 2017 08:25 PM NPT By: Republica

MYAGDI, May 27: A minor has died after being electrocuted at Babiyachaur in Mangala Rural Municipality-2 in the district on Saturday.

Dr KC to stage 11th hunger strike in Dang from Sunday

Published On: May 27, 2017 07:21 PM NPT By: Republica

DANG, May 27: Senior Orthopedic Surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging hunger strikes time and again demanding reforms in the medical education, is to stage his 11th hunger strike in the Dang district.  KC has arrived in Dang to stage the hunger strike with three-point demands.

SOLUKHUMBU, May 27: A Summit Cargo Air (Goma Air) plane has crashed at Tenzing Hillary Airport on Saturday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 27: A total of 35 metric tonnes of garbage was extracted from Kathmandu valley-based major rivers and Ring Road area.

Murder-accused lands in police after 12 days

Published On: May 27, 2017 02:40 PM NPT By: Republica

DHADING, May 27: Police have arrested a murder-accused 12 days after he allegedly committed a crime on the day of the local level elections in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-9.

Women fill in for men in quake reconstruction

Published On: May 27, 2017 08:03 AM NPT By: Ashok Sujan Shrestha

HETAUDA, May 26: Bimala Majhi is already 40. Learning to build house at this age was not something she ever imagined of. If it was about contributing labor, it would still be a normal thing, she said. “But we are now working as trained masons. It is very a tedious job but it feels great doing it,” she added.

Cremated ‘dead’ man turns up alive from Gulf

Published On: May 27, 2017 07:41 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: How would a family feel when a loved one they had cremated two years ago returns alive from the Gulf ?  Moreover, they had already received compensation from the state for accidental death. This may sound like something from  a movie, but it actually happened in Morang district.

Is Dr KC starting another fast-unto-death today?

Published On: May 27, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 27: With the country still busy with local elections, ordinary people and experts from different sectors have suggested to Dr Govinda KC, professor at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), not to stage another fast-unto-death Saturday. However, Dr KC is determined to do just that.

10 held with narcotic drugs

Published On: May 26, 2017 07:47 PM NPT By: Krishna Kisi

BHAKTAPUR, May 26: Police have arrested 10 people with narcotic drugs from Byasi of Bhaktapur Municipality-2 on Friday.

One killed, other goes missing in rain-fed river

Published On: May 26, 2017 07:39 PM NPT By: Khagendra Adhikari

TAPLEJUNG, May 26: A man died while his wife went missing after being swept away by a rain-fed stream in Sirijanga Municipality-7 in the district.