SOCIETY
NRM felicitates Nagarik Heroes
NRM felicitates Nagarik Heroes
KATHMANDU, April 25: Nepal Republic Media (NRM) has honored three exemplary personalities as Nagarik Nayak (Nagarik Heroes) of the Year 2074 for their selfless and inspiring contribution to society.
Apr 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Plight of many quake victims still unchanged
Plight of many quake victims still unchanged
KATHMANDU, April 25: The devastating Gorkha-centered earthquake was three years ago, but the plight of many of the victims has remained largely unchanged. The government’s rescue, relief and reconstruction work has done little to ease the plight of these victims in various districts.
Apr 25, 2018
SPORTS
Salah shines again as Liverpool beat Roma 5-2
Salah shines again as Liverpool beat Roma 5-2
LIVERPOOL,April 25: Liverpool, inspired by two-goal Egyptian Mohamed Salah, took a big step towards the Champions League final with a 5-2 win over AS Roma in their semi-final, first leg at Anfield on Tuesday.
Apr 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Quake epicenter Barpak on slow road to recovery
Quake epicenter Barpak on slow road to recovery
GORKHA, April 25: Hundreds of houses were reduced to rubble in Barpak, the epicenter of the catastrophic earthquake of 2015. Three years on, only 509 out of the 1,400 houses destroyed have been reconstructed. Another 429 houses are under construction while the inhabitants of the others are still und...
Apr 25, 2018
Editorial
Healing the wounds
Healing the wounds
Three years ago today, we experienced the worst disaster of our lifetime. The April 25, 2015 earthquake killed 8,979 people and destroyed around 900,000 homes leaving people in indescribable miseries. But in the last three years, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) that was established to he...
Apr 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Bureaucratic red tape a major obstacle to reconstruction
Bureaucratic red tape a major obstacle to reconstruction
KATHMANDU, April 25: Top officials at the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) have said that bureaucratic red tape has continued to hinder the overall post-earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts even as the country marks the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake of April...
Apr 25, 2018
POLITICS
NC second-rung leaders demand early general convention
NC second-rung leaders demand early general convention
KATHMANDU, April 25: Presenting a 50-page proposal at the ongoing central working committee meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) on Tuesday, seven youth leaders of the party demanded early general convention for leadership handover to the second generation.
Apr 25, 2018
ECONOMY
FWEAN seeks more funding for women entrepreneurs
FWEAN seeks more funding for women entrepreneurs
KATHMANDU, April 25: Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs' Associations of Nepal (FWEAN), the apex body of women Entrepreneurs in Nepal, has organized a roundtable discussion on the need to increase entrepreneurship development fund loan for SMEs promoted by women.
Apr 25, 2018
ECONOMY
Smuggling flourishing in Bhairahawa
Smuggling flourishing in Bhairahawa
BUTWAL, April 25: A large amount of fake excise duty stickers entered Nepal through Bhairahawa customs point of Rupandehi a month ago clearing several checkpoints.
Police nabbed the vehicle carrying the fake stickers only after it reached Dhakdahi. Fake excise duty stickers worth around Rs 400,000...
Apr 25, 2018
SOCIETY
NA to probe alleged child rapes by its peacekeepers in South Sudan
NA to probe alleged child rapes by its peacekeepers in South...
KATHMANDU, April 25: Nepal Army (NA) has formed a Board of Inquiry to investigate into the alleged involvement of NA peacekeepers serving in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan in child rapes.
Apr 25, 2018