ECONOMY
Deposits swell, but interest rates unlikely to fall anytime soon
Deposits swell, but interest rates unlikely to fall anytime...
KATHMANDU, July 14: Banks have added Rs 19 billion in new deposits in the first week of July while their lending increased by only Rs 1 billion.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Engineers extorting commission from quake victims in Dhading
Engineers extorting commission from quake victims in Dhading
DHADING, July 14: More than a year and a half after the devastating earthquake of April 2015, the government distributed Rs 50,000 as the first installment of the reconstruction grant to the quake victims in the district.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Postgraduates in medicine approach power centers to get license after failing NMC test
Postgraduates in medicine approach power centers to get lice...
KATHMANDU, July 14: Dozens of post-graduate (PG) degree holders in medicine have been accused of visiting power centers including influential political leaders, former ministers and their aides to get license from Nepal Medical Council (NMC) after they failed the tests taken by the NMC.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Finland giving 20 million euros to support Nepal's education sector
Finland giving 20 million euros to support Nepal's education...
KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Finland has agreed to provide 20 million eruos to Nepal to support the implementation of the school sector development plan (SSDP).
Jul 15, 2017
POLITICS
Few complaints at hearings committee as public trust wanes
Few complaints at hearings committee as public trust wanes
KATHMANDU, July 14: Lawmakers were surprised at the meeting of the Parliamentary Hearings Special Committee (PHSC) on Friday morning when officials informed them that not a single complaint had been registered at the committee secretariat against Chief Justice-designate Gopal Parajuli.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Locals accuse land mafias of encroaching public land on river banks
Locals accuse land mafias of encroaching public land on rive...
JANAKPUR, July 14: Land mafias have illegally erected a wall by encroaching the banks of Basai River in Mithila Municipality in Dhanusha district.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
396 candidates of Rasuwa yet to submit election expenditure
396 candidates of Rasuwa yet to submit election expenditure
RASUWA, July 14: Even after so many days since the completion of the first phase of local elections, as many as 396 candidates of Rasuwa are yet to submit the election expenditure.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Elected representatives yet to submit their expenditure detail
Elected representatives yet to submit their expenditure deta...
SURKHET, July 14: Newly-elected local representatives will not be able to contest for the position of District Coordination Committee if they do not furnish their election expenditure details to the district election office.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Quake victims paying up to Rs 10,000 for 'free' house blueprints
Quake victims paying up to Rs 10,000 for 'free' house bluepr...
DHADING, July 14: More than a year and a half after the devastating earthquake of April 2015, the government distributed Rs 50,000 as the first installment of the reconstruction grant to the quake victims in the district.
Jul 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Officers at Hello Sarkar in risk of hearing impairment
Officers at Hello Sarkar in risk of hearing impairment
KATHMANDU, July 14 : Continuous exposure to sound has led to various kinds of hearing and psychological problems among the officials of Hello Sarkar, a government hotline initiated by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai with the objective of resolving public grievances.
Currently, there are al...
Jul 15, 2017