The Week
On the battleground
On the battleground
Commuting in Kathmandu is the stuff of nightmares. I don’t drive regularly but when I do, I yell, I shout, I throw mean glances at other drivers, and I refuse to let other vehicles overtake me when there is a jam, and traffic in Kathmandu almost always feels like a jam. When I’m driving, I’m grippin...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Nepal’s healer
Nepal’s healer
I struggle to come up the name of another person who even remotely resembles Dr Govinda KC. He has repeatedly put his life on the line for the betterment of his society. But haven’t there been others before him who too wagered their lives for similar causes? Yes there have been some. Yet these peopl...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Selling dreams
Selling dreams
Safal Niraula, caught up in stories spun by a consultancy and college recruiters, applied to Southern Illinois University, where he will attend this fall. Instead of excitement though, when he realized the school wasn’t as it was marketed to be, he felt cheated. “I feel like a victim,” he said.
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, Republica Watch
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures around Fewa Lake without delay’
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures aroun...
Various studies show that locals have encroached upon Fewa Lake, but the government has not taken any measure to save the lake. Physical structures have already been built on the encroached area of the lake. Republica’s Pokhara correspondent Santosh Pokharel interviewed key stakeholders in Pokhara a...
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY
Smugglers abandon wood - laden pickup truck in a hail of fire
Smugglers abandon wood - laden pickup truck in a hail of fir...
GAUR (RAUTAHAT), August 11: The wood smugglers in Rautahat have been found to be using vehicles with Indian registration plates for illegal transportation of wood.
Aug 11, 2017
POLITICS
House endorses bill on open jail
House endorses bill on open jail
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Parliament on Thursday endorsed a third bill related to the replacement of the Muluki Ain, introducing parole and open jail systems for the first time in the country, and paving the way for authorities to put inmates to public labor and social work.
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY
Govt body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort
Govt body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: It has come to light that the Waterfront Resort being run on the banks of Fewa Lake in Pokhara by tourism entrepreneur Karna Shakya was built and operated without permission from the government bodies concerned.
Aug 11, 2017
POLITICS
PM at BIMSTEC meet stresses collaboration
PM at BIMSTEC meet stresses collaboration
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The 18th session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting kicked off in Kathmandu on Thursday setting up the agenda for the BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting scheduled for Friday.
Aug 11, 2017
Interview
"Today's need is a big project for the conservation of Fewa Lake"
"Today's need is a big project for the conservation of Fewa...
Republica's Prashant Lamichhane talked to Rabindra Adhikari, the president of the Parliament's Development Committee about Fewa Lake encroachment:
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Time to tell
Time to tell
Five symptoms you should not hide from your gynecologist
Aug 11, 2017