POLITICS
Parliamentary panel head Ranju Jha hid health ministry letter for eight months!
Parliamentary panel head Ranju Jha hid health ministry lette...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Chairperson of the Women Children and Social Welfare Committee (WCSWC) of parliament, Ranju Jha, has been found to have been hiding a health ministry letter requesting the withdrawal of the Manmohan Adhikari Institute of Health Sciences (MAIHS) bill from parliament.
Aug 04, 2017
WORLD
Hacker who helped stop global cyberattack arrested in US
Hacker who helped stop global cyberattack arrested in US
LAS VEGAS, August 4: Marcus Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, was arrested for allegedly creating and distributing malicious software designed to collect bank-account passwords, U.S. authorities said Thursday.
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
PAC summons meeting to discuss Sajha irregularities
PAC summons meeting to discuss Sajha irregularities
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Legislature-Parliament has started investigating the alleged irregularities in Sajha Prakashan.
Following a series of news reports on the irregularities taking place in Sajha Prakashan in Republica and Nagarik dailies, the parliamentary p...
Aug 04, 2017
POLITICS
Young economist Wagle to lead NPC
Young economist Wagle to lead NPC
KATHMANDU, August 3: The government has appointed young economist Dr Swarnim Wagle as the Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC).
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY
Probe panel summons 20 ex NMC officials for investigation
Probe panel summons 20 ex NMC officials for investigation
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Medical Education Probe Commission 2017 has summoned the former Nepal Medical Council (NMC) officials, who were involved in increasing the enrolment quota at medical colleges, for further investigation.
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY
Fewa land registered in individuals' names
Fewa land registered in individuals' names
POKHARA, August 3: It may surprise many that land at famous Fewa Lake in Pokhara has been registered for years in the names of private individuals . It has been learnt that land around the lake, which is listed as a Ramsar wetland conservation area, has been registered as private property and the a...
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY
Road to Mustang road being blacktopped
Road to Mustang road being blacktopped
POKHARA, August 3: The narrow and perilous Beni-Jomsom-Korala road, which connects Nepal with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is finally upgraded.
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY
Narayanghat-Mugling road becoming 'deathtrap'
Narayanghat-Mugling road becoming 'deathtrap'
CHITWAN, August 3: Kiran Pandey, 25, was returning home to Aam Chowk of Ilam district after three years of foreign employment in Dubai. He had brought clothes and chocolates for kids and some home necessities with the hard-earned money that he earned by sweating in a foreign land. On the way home on...
Aug 04, 2017
POLITICS
CDC urged to refrain from political influence
CDC urged to refrain from political influence
KATHMANDU, August 4: Experts on election affairs and election constituency delineation affaris have suggested the Constituency Delineation Commission (CDC) to refrain from political influence while federating the election constituencies for provincial and parliamentary elections.
Aug 04, 2017
SOCIETY
No irregularities in land purchase deal: NOC
No irregularities in land purchase deal: NOC
KATHMANDU, August 3: The Nepal Oil Corporation has expressed its concern over the news disseminated by various media, claiming irregularities in the land purchase deal.
Aug 03, 2017