ECONOMY
Flood inundates over 3,000 hectares in Saptari
Flood inundates over 3,000 hectares in Saptari
RAJBIRAJ, Aug 3: Farmers are worried after the floods of July 13 and July 24, which inundated more than 3,000 hectares of arable land in the district.
Aug 03, 2019
ECONOMY
Ceiling for interest rate of credits of cooperatives fixed at 16%
Ceiling for interest rate of credits of cooperatives fixed a...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The government has capped the lending rate for cooperatives at 16%.
Aug 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Alarming rise in crimes in Province 3
Alarming rise in crimes in Province 3
MAKWANPUR, Aug 3: According to the three-year data of Provincial Police Office, Hetauda, rape cases have increased by 63 per cent in the 10 districts of Province 3.
Aug 03, 2019
SOCIETY
Inmate dies after nasty brawl in Nakkhu jail
Inmate dies after nasty brawl in Nakkhu jail
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: A prisoner at Nakkhu Jail in Lalitpur died in a violent fight that erupted inside the prison on Friday.
Aug 03, 2019
SOCIETY
More men committed suicide in Gorkha than women in past three years
More men committed suicide in Gorkha than women in past thre...
GORKHA, Aug 3: Recent data on suicide unveiled by Gorkha police shows that more men committed suicide than women in the district in the past three years.
Aug 03, 2019
SOCIETY
‘Labor rooms’ set up in Dhading villages for safe motherhood
‘Labor rooms’ set up in Dhading villages for safe motherhood
DHADING, Aug 3: Emergency service for pregnant women is essential for safe motherhood. However, expecting mothers in most of the rural areas of the country continue to suffer in lack of medical interventions. In a bid to address this problem, Ganga Jamuna Rural Municipality in Dhading has started ru...
Aug 03, 2019
SOCIETY
CIAA arrests 5 cops with bribes
CIAA arrests 5 cops with bribes
BANEPA, Aug 3: A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested five policemen from police stations at Hinguwapati and Banepa in Kavrepalanchowk district as they were caught red-handed while taking bribes from tipper truck drivers on Thursday evening.
Aug 03, 2019
POLITICS
SAARC with Pakistan is a difficult proposition: BJP leader
SAARC with Pakistan is a difficult proposition: BJP leader
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: As Nepal in its capacity as the current chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) wishes to see its summit meeting being held at the earliest, a senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has ruled out the possibility of holding th...
Aug 03, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
NHRC investigation challenges govt claim on Kumar Paudel ‘encounter’
NHRC investigation challenges govt claim on Kumar Paudel ‘en...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Preliminary investigations by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the killing of Kumar Paudel, the Sarlahi district in-charge of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), show a different picture from the government’s claim, said officials involved in...
Aug 03, 2019
POLITICS
Nov 30 fixed for all by-polls
Nov 30 fixed for all by-polls
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: A day after holding discussion with major political parties, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday fixed November 30 for holding by-elections to fill the vacant positions of local, provincial and federal governments.
Aug 03, 2019