POLITICS
RJPN agrees to partake in the third-phase local level elections
RJPN agrees to partake in the third-phase local level electi...
KATHMANDU, August 11: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal(RJPN) has agreed to partake in the third-phase local level elections at the meeting with the two major ruling parties-Nepali Congress and CPN(Maoist Center) held today at the capital city.
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Of smiles and laughter
Of smiles and laughter
Hari Bansha Acharya is a name every household is familiar with, but if you mistook this versatile man as just a comedian then you must get reacquainted with the man once more. As an actor, comedian, singer, writer, and an inseparable part of the MaHa Jodi, Acharya’s works are gems that we just can’...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
The daughter of God
The daughter of God
Horse-carts with people squashed like sardines are hurtling along the village track, billowing dust everywhere. The mercury is rising. Little children in uniform are hurrying to school, clutching their schoolbooks.
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
On the battleground
On the battleground
Commuting in Kathmandu is the stuff of nightmares. I don’t drive regularly but when I do, I yell, I shout, I throw mean glances at other drivers, and I refuse to let other vehicles overtake me when there is a jam, and traffic in Kathmandu almost always feels like a jam. When I’m driving, I’m grippin...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Nepal’s healer
Nepal’s healer
I struggle to come up the name of another person who even remotely resembles Dr Govinda KC. He has repeatedly put his life on the line for the betterment of his society. But haven’t there been others before him who too wagered their lives for similar causes? Yes there have been some. Yet these peopl...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Selling dreams
Selling dreams
Safal Niraula, caught up in stories spun by a consultancy and college recruiters, applied to Southern Illinois University, where he will attend this fall. Instead of excitement though, when he realized the school wasn’t as it was marketed to be, he felt cheated. “I feel like a victim,” he said.
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, Republica Watch
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures around Fewa Lake without delay’
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures aroun...
Various studies show that locals have encroached upon Fewa Lake, but the government has not taken any measure to save the lake. Physical structures have already been built on the encroached area of the lake. Republica’s Pokhara correspondent Santosh Pokharel interviewed key stakeholders in Pokhara a...
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY
Smugglers abandon wood - laden pickup truck in a hail of fire
Smugglers abandon wood - laden pickup truck in a hail of fir...
GAUR (RAUTAHAT), August 11: The wood smugglers in Rautahat have been found to be using vehicles with Indian registration plates for illegal transportation of wood.
Aug 11, 2017
POLITICS
House endorses bill on open jail
House endorses bill on open jail
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Parliament on Thursday endorsed a third bill related to the replacement of the Muluki Ain, introducing parole and open jail systems for the first time in the country, and paving the way for authorities to put inmates to public labor and social work.
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY
Govt body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort
Govt body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: It has come to light that the Waterfront Resort being run on the banks of Fewa Lake in Pokhara by tourism entrepreneur Karna Shakya was built and operated without permission from the government bodies concerned.
Aug 11, 2017