ECONOMY
Chandragiri safe for tourists: Tourism Minister
Chandragiri safe for tourists: Tourism Minister
KATHMANDU, Mar 22: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, has stated that Chandragiri hill station in the southwestern part of Kathmandu Valley is safe for visitors.
Mar 22, 2018
POLITICS
Province 1 ward members demand salaries
Province 1 ward members demand salaries
BIRATNAGAR, March 22: Ward members of various local units of Province 1 on Wednesday encircled the Provincial Assembly building demanding their salaries. Ward members staged the protest just before the meeting of the provincial government.
Mar 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Rampur mayor functioning like a 'contractor'
Rampur mayor functioning like a 'contractor'
RAMPUR, PALPA, March 22: After less than a year in the post, Mayor of Rampur Municipality Raman Bahadur Thapa has been widely criticized for carrying out development and other activities of the municipality in an arbitrary fashion and against the norms of elected office.
Mar 22, 2018
POLITICS
EU poll mission’s call to drop Khas/Arya quota under flak
EU poll mission’s call to drop Khas/Arya quota under flak
KATHMANDU, March 22: The suggestion made by the European Union Election Observation Mission to exclude Khas/Arya from the "quota system" has drawn criticism from various quarters, including from top political leaders, former bureaucrats and ordinary people.
Mar 22, 2018
POLITICS
Over 500 officials yet to report to their provincial offices
Over 500 officials yet to report to their provincial offices
KATHMANDU, March 22: Despite government's warning of legal action, over 500 government employees deputed by the federal government to the offices in the provinces are yet to reach their new offices.
Mar 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Illegal sand extractions threaten Karnali embankment
Illegal sand extractions threaten Karnali embankment
TIKAPUR, March 22: Since the past two months dozens of tractor trailers have been transporting loads of stones and sand illegally extracted from the Karnali River toward Bardiya.
Mar 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Another minor raped in Parsa
Another minor raped in Parsa
BIRGUNJ, March 22: The case of a ten-year-old girl being gang-raped was still creating a stir when yet another minor was raped in Parsa on Tuesday.
Mar 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Water shortage halts reconstruction in Sindhuli
Water shortage halts reconstruction in Sindhuli
SINDHULI, March 22: After assembling workers and managing construction materials, survivors of the catastrophic earthquake of 2015 had just started rebuilding their houses in the district when scarcity of water stalled their dream to move to their new houses again.
Mar 22, 2018
POLITICS
NNRFC devising formula to share royalty collected from natural resources
NNRFC devising formula to share royalty collected from natur...
KATHMANDU, March 22: National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission (NNRFC) has started homework for devising formulas for distributing royalties of five different types of natural resources among all three tiers of the government.
Mar 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Two injured in Sundhara hotel fire
Two injured in Sundhara hotel fire
KATHMANDU, March 22: Two persons were injured after a building which housed a hotel and a sweetshop at Sundhara caught fire on Wednesday evening.
Mar 22, 2018