SOCIETY
Children compelled to cross raging monsoon river to get to school
Children compelled to cross raging monsoon river to get to s...
GORKHA, Aug 19: Samir Miya, a ninth grader at Krishnajyoti Secondary School, Gankhu, is unable to go to school for the past three days, as he cannot dare to cross the swollen Jarang River. It had been just two weeks since his school resumed after the monsoon vacation. Despite his will to go to schoo...
Aug 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Panauti Municipality provides buffalo pregnancy allowance
Panauti Municipality provides buffalo pregnancy allowance
BANEPA, Aug 19: In order to support buffalo farming, the third municipal assembly of Panauti Municipality has prioritized birth registration and distribution of pregnancy allowance programs for buffaloes. This has raised many eyebrows and created enough buzz.
Aug 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Rafting boat capsizes in Babai
Rafting boat capsizes in Babai
BARDIYA, Aug 19: A raft manned by security personnel deployed for the protection of Bardiya National Park capsized in the Babai River on Saturday.
Aug 19, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Annan’s initiative for peace process in Nepal remembered
Annan’s initiative for peace process in Nepal remembered
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of the United Nations who passed away on Saturday, is remembered in Nepal for his initiatives at resolving the Maoist conflict here, in his capacity as the head of the global body.
Aug 19, 2018
POLITICS
Oli assures Madhesis of constitutional amendment
Oli assures Madhesis of constitutional amendment
JANAKPUR, Aug 19: Prime Minister KP Oli has assured the Madhesi people of amending the constitution if any discriminatory elements still existed in that document.
Aug 19, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal's first e-bus to be operated in the valley within three months
Nepal's first e-bus to be operated in the valley within thre...
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: For the first time in Nepal, a battery-run e-bus is set to come into operation on the roads of the Kathmandu Valley. The public would get to commute in the bus within the next three months.
Aug 19, 2018
POLITICS
Elected representatives sideline public welfare to fulfill personal needs
Elected representatives sideline public welfare to fulfill p...
DHANGADHI, Aug 19: Instead of prioritizing the needs and requirements of the poor and the needy, the elected representatives of Province 7 have been accused of giving more preference to fulfilling their personal needs and desires.
Aug 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Flood wreaks havoc in Nuwakot
Flood wreaks havoc in Nuwakot
NUWAKOT, Aug 19: Ravaging flood triggered by continuous rainfall since Friday has displaced some households in Nuwakot and created risk of landslides.
Aug 19, 2018
ECONOMY
Rasuwagadhi trade route remains shut due to bridge damage
Rasuwagadhi trade route remains shut due to bridge damage
RASUWA, Aug 19: Delay in repair of a flood-damaged bridge in Rasuwa has cut off the country’s linkage with China’s Tibet, halting bilateral trade for the past three weeks.
Aug 19, 2018
ECONOMY
India says work on two quarantine posts started
India says work on two quarantine posts started
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: At the 7th meeting of Joint Agricultural Working Group of Nepal and India, the Indian side informed Nepal that it has started building quarantine check posts at Bhittamod near Janakpur and Gauriphanta of Dhangadhi.
Aug 19, 2018