POLITICS, Latest Updates
Tumbahangphe fights back against patriarchy in party
Tumbahangphe fights back against patriarchy in party
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Top leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) had barely expected that deputy speaker Shivamaya Tumbahangphe would fight back against her party’s decision to force her to resign.
Jan 13, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Gemstone processing centre to be set up in Surkhet
Gemstone processing centre to be set up in Surkhet
SURKHET, Jan 13: A province-level gemstone processing centre is to be set up in Surkhet. The federal government has made preparations for establishing such a centre for mining and processing of precious and semi-precious gemstones found in Karnali.
Jan 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rain, snowfall forecast in western high-hilly and mountainous region
Rain, snowfall forecast in western high-hilly and mountainou...
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Light to moderate snowfall and rain is likely to occur in the high-hilly and mountainous areas in most of the places of the western region of the country with cloudy conditions from Monday afternoon due to the influence of the westerly low-pressure system.
Jan 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
954 households of Jaljala to get water from Kali Gandaki in their taps
954 households of Jaljala to get water from Kali Gandaki in...
MYAGDI, Jan 13: Mana Kumari Subedi is already 78. However, this local of Bagarfaat village of Jaljala Rural Municipality – 3 in Parbat district has no option but to fetch water from the Kali Gandaki River which flows nearby her home. If she does not do this, she won't have water at home to drink and...
Jan 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Locals demand probe after getting rotten rice in Humla
Locals demand probe after getting rotten rice in Humla
JUMLA, Jan 13: The distribution of rotten rice by a Shreenagar-based government depot in Adanchuli Rural Municipality has enraged the locals. They have demanded a fair investigation into the matter and punishment for the culprits.
Jan 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Chief Justice says govt must implement SC directives
Chief Justice says govt must implement SC directives
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana has said that the Supreme Court's directives to the government authorities on various issues should be properly enforced.
Jan 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Chinese language training to Nepali journalists begins in Kathmandu
Chinese language training to Nepali journalists begins in Ka...
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: A three-month-long training on Chinese language and culture for Nepali journalists has kicked off in Lalitpur today. Nepal-China Media Forum and Confucius Institute of the Kathmandu University (KU) jointly organized the training.
Jan 13, 2020
WORLD
'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand that leaders quit after plane downed
'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand that leaders qui...
DUBAI, Jan 13: Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic’s leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident, despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame.
Jan 13, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
UAE giving $10m in subsidized loans to generate energy from waste
UAE giving $10m in subsidized loans to generate energy from...
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to provide Nepal with US$ 10 million (approximately Rs 1.13 billion) subsidized loan for the generation of electricity from urban waste.
Jan 13, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Ensure fair compensation to landowners, say local leaders
Ensure fair compensation to landowners, say local leaders
POKHARA, Jan 13: Local representatives and leaders of different political parties of Kaski have expressed their solidarity with the locals who have been demanding that compensation for additional land to be acquired for Pokhara Regional Airport should be distributed as per the existing market rate.
Jan 13, 2020