SOCIETY
Jeep accident accuse Budhiganga Hydropower Project of snatching land and kin
Jeep accident accuse Budhiganga Hydropower Project of snatch...
DOTI, Aug 6: Six months ago residents of Simchaur Chapartola, Bogataan Rural Municipality - 1 came to know the government is going to construct a power substation in their vicinity. They took it as an arrival of a new era- ‘the age of light’. However, the excitement was soon dashed by another announ...
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Yet another House panel to probe NOC land scam
Yet another House panel to probe NOC land scam
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Commerce and Consumer Welfare has decided to conduct an on-site visit of the land purchased by Nepal Oil Corporation for petroleum storage in four districts.
Aug 07, 2017
POLITICS
UML's conflict of interest in Manmohan Bill
UML's conflict of interest in Manmohan Bill
KATHMANDU, August 6: Lawmakers with their investment in the medical sector have filed amendments to kill or weaken Manmohan provisions of the National Medicine Education Bill currently under considerations in the parliamentary committee. This has made experts worried that the medical sector could ge...
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY
Don’t panic, stay alert
Don’t panic, stay alert
“Swine flu” (officially called Influenza A H1N1) is back in the news again this season. Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has reported cases and deaths related to this flu, which at this point is not categorized as ‘national outbreak’. An outbreak refers to the situation when a large...
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY
Man found dead in toilet of his in-laws
Man found dead in toilet of his in-laws
ITAHARI, August 6: A man of Gadhi Rural Municipality, Sunsari was found dead in a toilet of his in-laws house on Sunday.
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Four deceased children cremated together
Four deceased children cremated together
RAUTAHAT, August 6: The four children, who died after drowning in water-filled ditch in Rautahat on Saturday, have been cremated en mass a day later. Locals, school children and parents mourned their death and paid them a final homage before the cremation.
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY
Fewa will 'disappear' in 287 years
Fewa will 'disappear' in 287 years
KATHMANDU, August 6: Experts believe the famous Fewa Lake of Pokhara will face existential crisis in the near future if the ever increasing human encroachment around the iconic lake continues unabated. Not just due to the human act, they believe the future of the lake is at stake also because of nat...
Aug 07, 2017
ECONOMY
Foul play suspected in Army's Rs 97m generators deal
Foul play suspected in Army's Rs 97m generators deal
KATHMANDU, August 6 :Nepal Army (NA) is found to have skewed the Letter of Intent (LoI) and flouted standard procurement procedures before awarding the contract to supply generators worth millions of rupees to one of the least qualified bidders, documents obtained by Republica show.
Aug 07, 2017
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Sajha staffers seize textbooks printed in 'GM Sharma's press'
Sajha staffers seize textbooks printed in 'GM Sharma's press...
KATHMANDU, August 6: Sajha Prakashan General Manager Dolindra Prasad Sharma was caught transporting about 5,000 copies of Sabaiko Nepali, the textbook of Grade XI and XII, from Alpine Offset Press to Sajha Prakashan on Sunday.
Aug 07, 2017
SOCIETY
Swine flu rumors affect pig farming in Syangja
Swine flu rumors affect pig farming in Syangja
SYANGJA, August 6: Swine flu rumors have affected pig farming in Waling of Syangja.
Many shops selling pork have shut down, while trade of pigs and piglets has come to a halt.
Aug 07, 2017