SOCIETY
With embankments destroyed, Tarai more prone to floods
With embankments destroyed, Tarai more prone to floods
RAUTAHAT, August 21: Shiva Dayal Sah, 60, of Dohartol panics whenever clouds gather in the sky. He has withstood flood several times in his life. However, the recent one, the one that swept across most the Tarai region last Saturday, was the most devastating, he says. “As soon as there is a black cl...
Aug 21, 2017
SOCIETY
13,000 Kamalaris to benefit from ID card distribution
13,000 Kamalaris to benefit from ID card distribution
KATHMANDU, August 21: Members of the Kamlari community, who were once bonded laborers, are finally getting their identity cards after four long years of struggles and protests to get their identity.
Aug 21, 2017
POLITICS
Amendment bill hangs in the balance as RPP wavers
Amendment bill hangs in the balance as RPP wavers
KATHMANDU, August 21: The constitution amendment bill registered by the erstwhile Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and supported by most of the parties in the ruling coalition hangs in the balance as the House remains divided along political lines for and against the proposed revision ahead of the...
Aug 21, 2017
POLITICS
PM Deuba set to break jumbo cabinet record
PM Deuba set to break jumbo cabinet record
KATHMANDU, August 21: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had courted controversy for forming the largest-ever cabinet in his second stint as prime minister back in 1996.
Aug 21, 2017
POLITICS
Expanding CIAA’s jurisdiction still remains a Herculean task
Expanding CIAA’s jurisdiction still remains a Herculean task
KATHMANDU, August 21: On January 7 this year, a team from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) caught Shyam Aryal, a non-gazetted official of Lalitpur District Court, red-handed while taking a bribe from a murder-accused.
Aug 21, 2017
SOCIETY
TU decides to issue affiliation to medical college against SC verdict
TU decides to issue affiliation to medical college against S...
KATHMANDU, August 21: Five days after putting off his 11th and longest fast-unto-death, Dr. Govinda KC warned on Sunday to launch his 12th hunger strike, demanding that the Tribhuvan University (TU)’s decision to provide affiliation to Kathmandu National Medical College of Ghattekulo, Kathmandu, be...
Aug 21, 2017
ECONOMY
Tourists flow to flood-hit Sauraha gradually picking up
Tourists flow to flood-hit Sauraha gradually picking up
CHITWAN, Aug 20: Tourism in Sauraha, which was battered by last week's floods, is gradually returning back to normalcy.
Aug 21, 2017
SOCIETY
The pain of mourning the death of six family members
The pain of mourning the death of six family members
RAUTAHAT, Aug 20: Last week, six members of the same family lost their lives when an ambulance they were riding was washed away by flood. While his family members could not escape the mishap, Rajan Yadav was lucky to survive. He along with six other family members was headed for Gaur, the district h...
Aug 21, 2017
SOCIETY
Elderly escapes tusker menace, killed by flood
Elderly escapes tusker menace, killed by flood
CHITWAN, Aug 20: It has been a tough week for Bir Bahadur Chepang of Rapti Rural Municipality ward-6, Pyaridhap, who is currently mourning the loss of his 74-year-old mother Phulmati Praja Chepang. His mother died in the flood of August 13 on Saturday midnight.
Aug 21, 2017
ECONOMY
Japanese emergency assistance to Nepal
Japanese emergency assistance to Nepal
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Japan has decided to provide emergency relief goods such as blankets and plastic sheets to flood-affected people in Nepal.
Aug 20, 2017