ECONOMY
Construction sector denigrated due to low bidding: FCAN president
Construction sector denigrated due to low bidding: FCAN pres...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, March 24: The construction sector has been denigrated because of a rising trend of working at low bidding, according to Rabi Singh, president of Federation of Contractors’ Association Nepal (FCAN).
Mar 24, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Abhay Deol's "The Odds" to feature at the closing gala of Los Angeles film fest
Abhay Deol's "The Odds" to feature at the closing gala of Lo...
Actor-producer Abhay Deol's coming-of-age episodic series "The Odds" will have its world premiere at the closing gala of 17th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on April 14.
Mar 24, 2019
ECONOMY
A year after PM’s direction, Upper Tamakoshi project still uncertain
A year after PM’s direction, Upper Tamakoshi project still u...
KATHMANDU, March 24: On April 11 last year, Prime Minister KP Oli had toured the project site of Upper Tamakoshi in Dolakha and ordered the project administration to complete the project on time.
Mar 24, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
House panel’s report on Chhaupadi deaths without reaching incident site
House panel’s report on Chhaupadi deaths without reaching in...
KATHMANDU, March 24: A parliamentary committee has been found to be preparing a field report on Chhaupadi deaths without any of its members visiting the incident site in the district of Bajura despite spending two days in the district headquarters, Martadi.
Mar 24, 2019
POLITICS
Chand outfit cadres go underground
Chand outfit cadres go underground
NEPALGUNJ, March 24: Leaders and cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Nepal Communist Party, who has been campaigning for ‘unified people’s revolution’, have gone underground following the government’s instruction to arrest them on sight or shoot below the knees.
Mar 24, 2019
POLITICS
FSFN not to quit govt anytime soon
FSFN not to quit govt anytime soon
KATHMANDU, March 24: Chairman of the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN), Upendra Yadav, has said that the party has no immediate plans to quit the government. However, he clarified that there are possibilities of quitting the government after the party’s merger with Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJ...
Mar 24, 2019
ECONOMY
Govt proposes attractive incentives to lure private investments
Govt proposes attractive incentives to lure private investme...
KATHMANDU, March 24: The government has proposed various incentives, subsidies, facilities, and tax waivers for industries in the new bill to integrate and amend the existing Industrial Enterprises Act.
Mar 24, 2019
WORLD
At least 134 Fulani herders killed in central Mali's worst violence yet
At least 134 Fulani herders killed in central Mali's worst v...
BAMAKO, March 24: Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.
Mar 24, 2019
POLITICS
Bar candidates vow to fight against parliamentary hearings for SC justices
Bar candidates vow to fight against parliamentary hearings f...
KATHMANDU, March 24: As different panels of lawyers launch their election campaigns to reach the leadership of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) through the upcoming elections, a candidate of NBA president has vowed to fight for an alternative to the current parliamentary hearing system for judges prior t...
Mar 24, 2019
SOCIETY
Local unit honors inter-caste couples
Local unit honors inter-caste couples
PYUTHAN, March 24: Caste-based discrimination is still widely prevalent in the remote areas of Nepal. The so-called 'high caste' people still refuse to consume anything touched by the Dalits. A large number of people in our society are discriminated, suppressed and ostracized by society for belongin...
Mar 24, 2019