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Don’t award projects without competitive bidding: TIN asks g...

Don’t award projects without competitive bidding: TIN asks govt
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Transparency International Nepal (TIN) has urged the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) not to award contracts for smart license and printing of passports to any firms without inviting competitive bids.
Dec 19, 2018
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Cyclone Phethai weakens, cloudy weather to clear up

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KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Cyclone Phethai that recently caused frigid weather across Nepal has now weakened into a ‘depression’ state and is dissipating rapidly. With this, the Meteorological Forecasting Division expects the cloudy skies to clear on Wednesday in most parts of the country.
Dec 19, 2018
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Nirmala’s mother files complaint against 8 cops for ‘destroy...

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KANCHANPUR, Dec 19: Durgadevi Panta, mother of the 13-year-old rape and murder victim Nirmala Panta of Bhimdatta Municipality, has filed a complaint against eight police personnel on Tuesday accusing them of destroying evidences.
Dec 19, 2018
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Safer migration: Effective implementation of existing laws

Safer migration: Effective implementation of existing laws
KATHMANDU, Dec. 18: Experts and stakeholders have laid emphasis on effective implementation of the existing laws and thorough monitoring in order to ensure safe, secured and regular labor migration.
Dec 18, 2018
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Dec 18: 6 things to know by 6 PM today

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Dec 18, 2018
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Property worth over Rs 1.2 million gutted in fire

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DANG, Dec 18: Property worth over Rs 1.2 million was destroyed when fire broke out at RK Electronics Service at Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-15. It is stated that the fire started due to a short circuit.
Dec 18, 2018
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Forced seasonal migration causes gender role transformations

Forced seasonal migration causes gender role transformations
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: There were high expectations from women regarding their empowerment when the constitution promulgated in 2015 made it mandatory to have women as either speaker or deputy speaker in the federal parliament and provincial assemblies. But in reality, this has only given false impressi...
Dec 18, 2018
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TRC still clueless about Rolpa house massacre

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ROLPA, Dec 18: They were mere peasants. They would work at landlord’s fields for meager payment and always had a tough time meeting their ends. During the then bloody armed conflict between the Maoists and the government, a few innocents from such families of a single village were burnt alive. Accor...
Dec 18, 2018
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Koshi Tappu witnesses further decline in the arrival of migr...

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ITAHARI, Dec 18: Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), which has earned itself the reputation of “birds’ paradise”, has welcomed a disappointingly low number of migratory birds this year.
Dec 18, 2018
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‘Sanskrit dying in its own land’

‘Sanskrit dying in its own land’
DOLAKHA, Dec 18: Until a few years ago, chanting hymns in Sanskrit language was a regular activity at the Sanskrit Secondary School of Hilepani in Kalinchowk Rural Municipality-4. Since Sanskrit was a compulsory subject here, the only Sanskrit school in the district used to boast of its contribution...
Dec 18, 2018