SOCIETY
Did Sikta’s consultants do a proper job?
Did Sikta’s consultants do a proper job?
NEPALGUNJ, Aug 25: After spending millions of rupees and forcing dozens of villages on the verge of inundation, investigation was launched into the irregularities done at Sikta Irrigation Project. Recently is has come to the fore that some fo the consultants hired by the government for the project,...
Aug 25, 2018
WORLD
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's cabinet bans top officials from flying first-class
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's cabinet bans top officials from fly...
PAKISTAN, Aug 25: Newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet enforced a ban on first-class air travel for top officials.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
High-level committee begins work
High-level committee begins work
KANCHANPUR, Aug 25: The high-level task force formed to investigate the rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant has begun its work since Friday.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Landslides obstructs Pasang Lhamu highway
Landslides obstructs Pasang Lhamu highway
NUWAKOT, Aug 25: Traffic on the Ranipauwa-Paitiskilo road section along the Pasang Lhamu highway has been obstructed due to a landslide along the road at ward no.4 of Kakani rural municipality.
Aug 25, 2018
WORLD
Powerful Hawaii hurricane downgraded to tropical storm
Powerful Hawaii hurricane downgraded to tropical storm
HONOLULU, Aug 25: Hurricane Lane weakened to a tropical storm on Friday as it headed toward the Hawaiian islands. But it still brought torrential rains that immersed a city in waist-deep water and forced people to flee flooding homes, while others jumped off seawalls with boogie boards into the turb...
Aug 25, 2018
WORLD
Hotel fire in Chinese city of Harbin kills 18
Hotel fire in Chinese city of Harbin kills 18
BEIJING, Aug 25: A fire early on Saturday morning at a hot springs hotel in the far northeastern Chinese city of Harbin killed 18 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
First landline telephone service in municipality
First landline telephone service in municipality
PARBAT, Aug 25: Falebas, the second municipality of the district will soon be getting its first ever landline telephone service.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
FLOOD ALERT: Water level to increase in main rivers
FLOOD ALERT: Water level to increase in main rivers
KATHMANDU,Aug 2 5: The water flow on the main rivers seems increasing however, probability of crossing the limit is below according to flood warning shared by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Bus and Truck collision injures 28 passengers
Bus and Truck collision injures 28 passengers
CHITWAN, Aug 25: Twenty-eight passengers were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a truck on the Narayagadh-Muglin road section this morning.
Aug 25, 2018
SOCIETY
TIA immigration bars ex-child soldier from flying abroad
TIA immigration bars ex-child soldier from flying abroad
KATHMANDU, Aug 25: Former Maoist child soldier Lenin Bista has been barred from leaving the country. Immigration officials on Friday morning stopped him from going to Thailand, where he was to attend a five-day event titled “Youth in Conflict Areas: Healing and Peace Building through Social Engageme...
Aug 25, 2018