SOCIETY
Visually-impaired students take to streets against agitating teachers
Visually-impaired students take to streets against agitating...
DHARAN, Aug 11: Visually-impaired students of Purvanchal Gyan Chakshu Vidyalaya (PGCV) have staged a protest against six agitating teachers of the school, accusing them of playing with their future.
Aug 12, 2017
POLITICS
BIMSTEC Meet concludes
BIMSTEC Meet concludes
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded Friday with agreement to conclude BIMSTEC Free Trade Area Agreement and BIMSTEC Grid Ineterconnection at the earliest.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
1500 houses inundated, 350 families displaced in Sapotari
1500 houses inundated, 350 families displaced in Sapotari
RAJBIRAJ, Aug 11: Floods have wreaked havoc in Saptari district once again, inundating around 1,500 houses and displacing over 350 families. According to the local level officers, the entire southern part of the district has been submerged in water. They say that Kobsain, Banarjhula, Tilathi, Belhi,...
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC on 20th day of hunger strike as talks founder
Dr KC on 20th day of hunger strike as talks founder
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Although Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba directed that the problems regarding Dr Govinda KC’s demands be resolved, the talks teams could not reach an agreement even on the 19th day of Dr KC’s hunger strike.
Aug 12, 2017
POLITICS
SC orders release of suspended DG Sharma
SC orders release of suspended DG Sharma
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Supreme Court (EC) on Friday ordered the police administration to release suspended Director General of the Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma, who was taken into judicial custody for alleged involvement in a multi-billion rupee tax scam.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Vehicles worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors
Vehicles worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Irrespective of the government’s directives not to buy new vehicles for local body representatives, many newly-elected mayors and deputy mayors have purchased expensive vehicles or are set to do so.
Aug 12, 2017
ECONOMY
Shree Airlines begins fixed-wing passenger service
Shree Airlines begins fixed-wing passenger service
KATHMANDU, August 11: Chopper operator Shree Airlines launched its commercial passenger service using fixed-wing aircraft from Friday.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Fewa encroachment raised in parliament
Fewa encroachment raised in parliament
KATHMANDU, August 11: The issue of Fewa Lake encroachment has entered the parliament on Friday.
Aug 12, 2017
OPINION
Beggars on multicultural streets
Beggars on multicultural streets
Some people were turning into beggars despite having their own homes and making as much as £500 a day
Aug 12, 2017
OPINION
Conversing with a departed king
Conversing with a departed king
I am reminded of the time when we invited the soul of the Late King Mahendra of Nepal and the things he revealed to me
Aug 12, 2017