SOCIETY
Monsoon to become more active from Sunday, risk of floods likely
Monsoon to become more active from Sunday, risk of floods li...
KATHMANDU, July 8: The Flood Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has warned of potential floods in major rivers of the central and eastern regions of the country from Sunday night. Water levels are expected to rise in Kankai, Koshi, Kamala, Bagmati and Naraya...
Jul 08, 2018
POLITICS
State Affairs Committee tops choice of NCP bigwigs
State Affairs Committee tops choice of NCP bigwigs
KATHMANDU, July 8: Parliament’s State Affairs Committee (SAC) has become the top choice of lawmakers, with the new regulations expanding the purview of the committee.
Jul 08, 2018
ECONOMY
Cooperatives’ contribution in achieving SDGs underlined
Cooperatives’ contribution in achieving SDGs underlined
KATHMANDU, July 8: Minister for Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives Chakrapani Khanal has said that land fragmentation has become a big challenge to the government's efforts of increasing agro production.
Jul 08, 2018
SOCIETY
No quarantine unit at Rasuwagadhi to check food products
No quarantine unit at Rasuwagadhi to check food products
KATHMANDU, July 8: It has been three years since the transit point for trade with Tibet shifted to Rasuwagadhi from Tatopani following the big earthquake. But the food quarantine post still remains at Tatopani.
Jul 08, 2018
SOCIETY
Civil servants with disabilities object to proposal to decrease reservation quota
Civil servants with disabilities object to proposal to decre...
KATHMANDU, July 8: The government has proposed decreasing the reservation quota for disabled persons from the current five per cent to four per cent in the draft of the Federal Civil Service Act, a new bill to make the recruitment, promotion, and transfer of civil servants and fixing their salaries...
Jul 08, 2018
ECONOMY
Govt will work with pvt sector to bring prosperity: PM
Govt will work with pvt sector to bring prosperity: PM
KATHMANDU, July 8: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has reaffirmed his commitment to work with the private sector for bringing economic prosperity to the country.
Jul 08, 2018
SOCIETY
Girl gang-raped and murdered for refusing sex proposal
Girl gang-raped and murdered for refusing sex proposal
DHANGADHI, July 7: Maya BK, 21, a girl from the underprivileged Dalit community, grew up fighting with social discrimination and injustice. Despite battling with social barriers and financial strain, she always had her head held high.
Jul 08, 2018
ECONOMY
Decision to upgrade Satti small customs into main customs elates locals
Decision to upgrade Satti small customs into main customs el...
TIKAPUR, July 8: Locals and Tikapur and surrounding areas have welcomed the government's decision to upgrade Satti Small Customs Office along into a full-fledged customs office. On the call of Tikapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI), they celebrated the decision by lighting up their homes...
Jul 08, 2018
SOCIETY
Rampur Agriculture Campus re-opens
Rampur Agriculture Campus re-opens
CHITWAN, July 8: Rampur Campus run by Tribhuvan University Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (TUIAAS) has been re-opened. The institute which started running the campus in 1972 stopped taking admissions after Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) was established in Rampur.
Jul 08, 2018
SOCIETY
Slow rescue work blamed for high death toll
Slow rescue work blamed for high death toll
POKHARA/ROLPA, July 8: Preliminary investigation by security authorities has blamed accident-prone area and sluggish rescue work for the death of construction workers in the tragic tipper accident in upper Mustang on Friday.
Jul 08, 2018