SOCIETY
Shortage of trained teachers for children with disability
Shortage of trained teachers for children with disability
DHANKUTA, Jan 3: Despite enrolling students with disability, most of the schools established for disabled children have been accused of neglecting such students when it comes to imparting education. Margeshwari Boarding School of Dhankuta Municipality-4 is a special school for students who cannot he...
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
116 cases of leprosy in Karnali Province
116 cases of leprosy in Karnali Province
SURKHET, Jan 3: Cases of leprosy are on the rise in Karnali Province despite numerous campaigns to eradicate leprosy since a long time.
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Fire disrupts power generation in Nuwakot
Fire disrupts power generation in Nuwakot
BETRAWATI, Jan. 3: Power generation from Trishuli Hydropower Centre in Nuwakot district has disrupted following a fire in the powerhouse occurred last evening.
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
The strange case of a school with only one teacher and a student
The strange case of a school with only one teacher and a stu...
OKHALDHUNGA, Jan 3: Khusi Rai is the only student at Sanojure Basic School of Manebhanjyang Rural Municipality in Okhaldhunga district who attends the school regularly. She is a second grader. Though the school had enrolled three students in the beginning of the current academic year, two other stud...
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Modi Rural Municipality launches ‘one home, one tap’ campaign
Modi Rural Municipality launches ‘one home, one tap’ campaig...
PARBAT, Jan 3: Modi Rural Municipality of Parbat district has launched 'one home, one tap' program for more than 300 households of wards 6 and 8.
Jan 03, 2019
Editorial
What’s the intention of Education Minister?
What’s the intention of Education Minister?
Even as Dr Govinda KC, crusader against corruption, is planning for his 16th fast unto death against the government for not fulfilling his demands, the government seems reluctant to pass the Medical Education Bill from the parliament or pass it by altering it in a way that leaves many of agreements...
Jan 03, 2019
POLITICS
Govt stalls bill after strong PSC objection
Govt stalls bill after strong PSC objection
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The government has stalled the registration of a Public Service Commission (PSC) Amendment Bill at the parliament at the eleventh hour following serious objections from the constitutional body. The PSC said the proposed amendment will seriously undermine its autonomy.
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Police rescue 7 homeless from Kathmandu streets
Police rescue 7 homeless from Kathmandu streets
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: With Kathmandu’s temperatures dipping to lowest levels in recent days, the Metropolitan Police Range Office (MPRO), Kathmandu has started rescuing and rehabilitating homeless children and elderly from the city’s streets. The police move comes after homeless persons started dying on...
Jan 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Bhojpur on alert after two kala-azar cases confirmed
Bhojpur on alert after two kala-azar cases confirmed
BHOJPUR, Jan 3: After two kala-azar cases were confirmed in Bhojpur, the district has geared up to conduct awareness campaigns urging people to take precautions to prevent the life-threatening disease from spreading.
Jan 03, 2019
POLITICS
New CJ Rana announces not to assign Justice Joshee any cases
New CJ Rana announces not to assign Justice Joshee any cases
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Newly-appointed Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, who assumed office as the head of the judiciary on Wednesday, has announced he will not assign any cases to senior-most justice Deepak Raj Joshee.
Jan 03, 2019