SPORTS
Minister KC lays foundation for new swimming pool
Minister KC lays foundation for new swimming pool
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Minister for Youth and Sports Rajendra Kumar KC has laid the foundation stone of a 25×25 hitting system swimming pool at the Satdobato Swimming Complex in Lalitpur, on Friday.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Locals facing post-flood health hazards
Locals facing post-flood health hazards
TIKAPUR, Aug 11: The locals of Pahalwapur, Kailali are getting sick due to the rotting carcasses and washed up crops and clothing after floods hit the village on August 4. Around eight wards of Ghodaghodi Municipality were affected by the floods in Kandra river.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Medicine crisis likely following new local level setup
Medicine crisis likely following new local level setup
BAJURA, Aug 11: The new local level offices are for more convenience of the people. However, these offices are still in a mess due to the lack of infrastructures and policies. And this has affected government services in more than one ways. For instance, medicine procurement procedure has been delay...
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Visually-impaired students take to streets against agitating teachers
Visually-impaired students take to streets against agitating...
DHARAN, Aug 11: Visually-impaired students of Purvanchal Gyan Chakshu Vidyalaya (PGCV) have staged a protest against six agitating teachers of the school, accusing them of playing with their future.
Aug 12, 2017
POLITICS
BIMSTEC Meet concludes
BIMSTEC Meet concludes
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded Friday with agreement to conclude BIMSTEC Free Trade Area Agreement and BIMSTEC Grid Ineterconnection at the earliest.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
1500 houses inundated, 350 families displaced in Sapotari
1500 houses inundated, 350 families displaced in Sapotari
RAJBIRAJ, Aug 11: Floods have wreaked havoc in Saptari district once again, inundating around 1,500 houses and displacing over 350 families. According to the local level officers, the entire southern part of the district has been submerged in water. They say that Kobsain, Banarjhula, Tilathi, Belhi,...
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC on 20th day of hunger strike as talks founder
Dr KC on 20th day of hunger strike as talks founder
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Although Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba directed that the problems regarding Dr Govinda KC’s demands be resolved, the talks teams could not reach an agreement even on the 19th day of Dr KC’s hunger strike.
Aug 12, 2017
POLITICS
SC orders release of suspended DG Sharma
SC orders release of suspended DG Sharma
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Supreme Court (EC) on Friday ordered the police administration to release suspended Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma, who was taken into judicial custody for alleged involvement in a multi-billion rupee tax scam.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Vehicles worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors
Vehicles worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Irrespective of the government’s directives not to buy new vehicles for local body representatives, many newly-elected mayors and deputy mayors have purchased expensive vehicles or are set to do so.
Aug 12, 2017
ECONOMY
Shree Airlines begins fixed-wing passenger service
Shree Airlines begins fixed-wing passenger service
KATHMANDU, August 11: Chopper operator Shree Airlines launched its commercial passenger service using fixed-wing aircraft from Friday.
Aug 12, 2017