SOCIETY
US envoy hands over three new primary schools to locals in Kavre
US envoy hands over three new primary schools to locals in K...
KATHMANDU, May 1: US ambassador Randy Berry on Tuesday handed over three new primary schools to the people of Kavrepalanchowk district. The schools were constructed with support from the American people through the USAID, according to the US embassy.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Schools shut in Bajhang as teachers, students head to highlands
Schools shut in Bajhang as teachers, students head to highla...
BAJHANG, May 1: These days, Kalpana Bohora, a ninth grader at Kanda Secondary School in Bajhang, is found worrying about how much herbs she will collect in a particular day. She says she never cared so much about her school lessons as much she does about Yarsa, a Himalayan herb with purported aphrod...
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Boy presumed dead comes home 17 years later
Boy presumed dead comes home 17 years later
ROLPA, May 1: Pratap Singh Gharti, a seven-year-old in Rolpa, lost his way 17 years ago during the Maoist armed insurgency. He finally made it back home Saturday.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Lumbini Construction to resume construction of bridge
Lumbini Construction to resume construction of bridge
SINDHULI, May 1: Lumbini Construction has taken the sole responsibility to construct a bridge left incomplete for eight years. The concrete bridge across the Kamala River, which will connect Sindhuli's Dudhauli Municipality-3, Jhuga and Dudhauli Municipality-2, Hatpate, was originally assigned to th...
May 01, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
My Dear Valentine!
My Dear Valentine!
You are my Choline, my Lifeline
Thy subsequent entrance in the soul of mine
Accorded it endearing yellow lupine
My dear Valentine, My dear valentine
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
SC releases man held for waving black flag at PM
SC releases man held for waving black flag at PM
KATHMANDU, May 1: The Supreme Court on Tuesday released a man who was arrested ten days ago on the charge of waving a black flag at Prime Minister KP Oli.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Party proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses seeking citizenship
Party proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses seeking c...
KATHMANDU, May 1: Sajha Bibeksheel Party has proposed that foreign nationals marrying Nepali citizens should be given Nepali citizenship only after residing in Nepal for seven years.
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Jhapa’s B&C Hospital detains teenager for not paying his medical bills
Jhapa’s B&C Hospital detains teenager for not paying his med...
TAPLEJUNG, May 1: A seventeen-year-old boy in Taplejung has been detained by a hospital after he was unable to pay the expenses of his treatment.
May 01, 2019
WORLD
North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
CHARLOTTE, May 1: A man armed with a pistol opened fire on students in a classroom building at a North Carolina university during the last day of classes Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four others, police said. Officers who had gathered ahead of a campus concert raced over and disarmed the...
May 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Oli weighs in for Paudel over Lalita Niwas land scam
Oli weighs in for Paudel over Lalita Niwas land scam
KATHMANDU, May 1: Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said NCP General Secretary Bishnu Poudel had no role in registering public land as private property. Oli, who also heads the ruling party, said attempts to drag Poudel into controversy were nothing but a ploy to tarnish the party's image.
May 01, 2019