SOCIETY
KOICA volunteers support to improve clinical environment
KOICA volunteers support to improve clinical environment
KATHMANDU, April 27: Volunteers from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have completed a project on improving the clinical environment and skill advancement at the School of Health Sciences, Chitwan.
Apr 27, 2017
POLITICS
EC to ask PCN to monitor media during polls
EC to ask PCN to monitor media during polls
KATHMANDU, April 27: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to ask the Press Council Nepal (PCN) to monitor the media coverage during the local elections.
Apr 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Gorkha youths find poultry farming better than foreign jobs
Gorkha youths find poultry farming better than foreign jobs
GORKHA, April 27: Poultry farmers in Gorkha district have proven that Nepalis can earn over twice the income working in our own country than those who go abroad for employment opportunities, especially in the Gulf and the Middle East countries.
Apr 27, 2017
POLITICS
Padlock slapped at local level offices lifted
Padlock slapped at local level offices lifted
RAJBIRAJ, April 27: The padlocks slapped at the offices of municipalities and rural municipalities in Saptari by United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) for indefinite period have been lifted on Wednesday.
Apr 27, 2017
ELECTION
UML’s mayoral and ward committee candidates for capital short-listed
UML’s mayoral and ward committee candidates for capital shor...
KATHMANDU, April 26: With just six days left for filing the candidacy for the local level elections, the main opposition CPN-UML has short-listed its mayoral and ward committee candidates for various local units in Kathmandu district.
Apr 27, 2017
POLITICS
UML warns EC against two-phase polls, budget timing
UML warns EC against two-phase polls, budget timing
KATHMANDU, April 27: Riled by the ongoing preparations to conduct the elections in two phases and introduce the annual budget between two elections, the main opposition CPN-UML on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to abide by what it called “the fundamental principles of elections” while...
Apr 27, 2017
SPECIAL
A school where learning is fun
A school where learning is fun
KHOTANG, April 27: Tek Bahadur Khati was passionately polishing a wooden table last week at a foundation which oversees his education. The boy from Likhu-2 was brought to the Jan Jagriti School, which is one of the schools run by Shubham Foundation, five years ago.
Apr 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Missing Taiwanese man found, girlfriend dead
Missing Taiwanese man found, girlfriend dead
KATHMANDU, April 27: Of the Taiwanese couple which had gone missing 40 days ago during trekking in Dhading's Ruby Valley - the base camp area of Ganesh Himal - the man has been found alive on Wednesday while his girlfriend's dead body has been recovered.
Apr 27, 2017
SOCIETY
NRA CEO visits quake reconstruction in Dolakha
NRA CEO visits quake reconstruction in Dolakha
DOLAKHA, April 27: National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Chief Executive Officer Govind Raj Pokharel visited Dolakha Monday to inspect some earthquake reconstruction work. CEO Pokharel chose Dolakha because this was where the first tranche of reconstruction grants was distributed. The big earthqua...
Apr 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Colleges exacting '4 times higher' fees than ceiling for MD/MS
Colleges exacting '4 times higher' fees than ceiling for MD/...
KATHMANDU, April 27: Medical colleges have reportedly been asking fees four times higher than the ceiling for the postgraduate MD/MS programs.
Apr 27, 2017