SOCIETY
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
GORKHA, Dec 17: Thirty-two months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015, only 5,565 of the 60, 815 houses damaged by the quake in the district have been completely reconstructed while around 10,000 are under construction. Reconstruction of more than half the quake-damaged houses is yet to start.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
GORKHA, Dec 17: Thirty-two months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015, only 5,565 of the 60, 815 houses damaged by the quake in the district have been completely reconstructed while around 10,000 are under construction. Reconstruction of more than half the quake-damaged houses is yet to start.
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
Maoist Center leaders tell Dahal to sort out leadership issue before merger
Maoist Center leaders tell Dahal to sort out leadership issu...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Concerned over the overall standing of the party and their portfolio in the merged entity, second-rung leaders of CPN (Maoist Center) have cautioned against rushing for unification with CPN-UML until there is a clear agreement on power sharing.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
A man who has conducted over 2,000 postmortems
A man who has conducted over 2,000 postmortems
PARBAT, Dec 18: Dissecting human bodies is not an easy job. In fact, it takes a strong-hearted and daring person to conduct a postmortem. In the beginning, Ram Bahadur Damai of Kushma, Parbat, found it disgusting to chop the organs of human bodies as directed by the doctors. But later, he got used t...
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Paddy production surges by 13 percent in Khotang
Paddy production surges by 13 percent in Khotang
KATHAMANDU, Dec 18: Vegetable Development Directorate (VDD) under the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) is sending teams to eight different districts for selecting recipients of its agri tourism grant.
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
Germany announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath transmission line
Germany announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath tran...
KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Germany has agreed to provide Nepal with an additional development grant of 15 million euros to build Damauli-Lekhnath Electricity Transmission Line. Issuing a statement on Monday, the German embassy in Kathmandu said that the grant is an additional support to the 43-kilometer...
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Drinking water crisis hits rural Bajhang
Drinking water crisis hits rural Bajhang
BAJHANG, Dec 18: As the sources of drinking water have started drying up, dozens of villages in Bajhang are suffering from an acute shortage of drinking water.
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
3 big aspirants from FSFN for Province-2 chief minister
3 big aspirants from FSFN for Province-2 chief minister
BARA, Dec 18: With the Upendra Yadav-led Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) winning the most provincial assembly seats in Province-2 and becoming the obvious contender to lead the provincial government, multiple aspirants for chief minister have emerged in the party.
Dec 19, 2017
ECONOMY
Budhi Gandaki can be built by utilizing internal resources, study finds
Budhi Gandaki can be built by utilizing internal resources,...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A study commissioned by the Ministry of Energy has concluded that Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project can be built by utilizing internal resources.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Quake-resistant school building handed over to community in Kavre
Quake-resistant school building handed over to community in...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The newly reconstructed, earthquake-resistant building of Shree Kali Devi Primary School in Kavre District was handed over to the community on Monday. The project was jointly completed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Nepal.
Dec 19, 2017