SOCIETY
One killed, two injured after bus rams bike
One killed, two injured after bus rams bike
RATNANAGAR (Chitwan), March 27: A person was killed and two injured after being struck by a bus near Baba Gas at Khaireni in eastern Chitwan Sunday night.
Mar 27, 2017
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
No safety rules yet against pollution near schools
No safety rules yet against pollution near schools
A majority of the 2,000 schools in Kathmandu Valley are running alongside the roads, without any consideration of the harmful effects of the pollution on the thousands of school children. The existing rules include provisions for a healthy atmosphere and greenery at schools as well as on restrictio...
Mar 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Rhinos fighting for survival in new location
Rhinos fighting for survival in new location
CHITWAN, March 27: The government is all set to translocate five rhinos from Chitwan National Park (CNP) to Shuklaphanta National Park amid concerns from the locals regarding the safety of the endangered species in the new location.
Mar 27, 2017
ECONOMY
Work begins on Kabeli 'A', Nyadi projects
Work begins on Kabeli 'A', Nyadi projects
KATHMANDU, March 27: Butwal Power Company (BPC) Limited has formally started work of two hydropower projects -- Kabeli 'A' Hydroelectric Project (37.6) located on the Kabeli River and Nyadi Hydropower Project (30 MW) located on the Nyadi River.
Mar 27, 2017
Editorial
Some work now
Some work now
Speaking at the annual Boao Forum in China’s Hainan province on Saturday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal invited the Asian business community “to invest in various profitable sectors including hydropower, infrastructure development and tourism in Nepal”
Mar 27, 2017
POLITICS
House panel endorses Reforms in Social Conduct bill
House panel endorses Reforms in Social Conduct bill
KATHMANDU, March 27: Setting limits to ostentation during social functions such as weddings, a parliamentary panel has endorsed the Bill Related to Reforms in Social Conduct to replace a 40-year-old law which had become irrelevant.
Mar 27, 2017
POLITICS
Embassy urges illegal workers to make use of amnesty
Embassy urges illegal workers to make use of amnesty
KATHMANDU, March 27: The Nepali embassy in Riyadh has urged Nepalis working illegally in Saudi Arabia to make use of the amnesty announced by the Saudi government, pledging to do the needful for their hassle-free home return.
Mar 27, 2017
OPINION
A jangled relationship
A jangled relationship
The number one priority of the South Block in South Asia is Bhutan. Nepal has to compete with the Maldives for attention
Mar 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Who to nominate? Parties in a fix
Who to nominate? Parties in a fix
GULMI, March 27: With local-level elections on the horizon, discussions within political parties are under way on who to nominate for various posts of two municipalities and 10 rural municipalities in the district.
Mar 27, 2017
OPINION
No small concern
No small concern
Some Chinese scholars openly claim that Nepal’s strategic location provides an advantage to China
Mar 27, 2017