SOCIETY
A school with just four students
A school with just four students
RUKUM, May 11: Janasudhar Basic School located at Sisne village of eastern Rukum has three teachers and an office assistant while it has only four students. The school has permission to run classes up to the fifth grade.
May 11, 2019
SOCIETY
1,309.4 hectares of forest land encroached in Sunsari
1,309.4 hectares of forest land encroached in Sunsari
ITAHARI, May 11: A decision taken by the government has increased the risk of encroachment of forest land in Sunsari.
May 11, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
That woman (in an old house)
That woman (in an old house)
Look at that woman she is sitting there
its already dawn and she is all alone
I zoomed her to look
and felt tears stuck in my throat
May 11, 2019
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Vegetable farming getting popular in Jumla
Vegetable farming getting popular in Jumla
JUMLA, May 11: It has not been very long since Samjhana Devkota of Talichaur village started vegetable farming. Just like other village folks, she was accustomed to growing only crops in her field before.
May 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Italian trekker succumbs to altitude sickness
Italian trekker succumbs to altitude sickness
POKHARA, May 11: A 68-year-old Italian trekker has died from high altitude sickness at 6,346 meter Saribung peak. Two guides in the team have fallen sick.
May 11, 2019
ECONOMY
Agreement signed with Indian firm to buy 2 train sets
Agreement signed with Indian firm to buy 2 train sets
KATHMANDU, May 11: Department of Railways of Nepal has signed a contract agreement with Konkan Railway Corporation Limited of India for the supply of trains to Nepal Railways.
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Dahal's big bash at ex-Ncell owner's house raises eyebrows
Dahal's big bash at ex-Ncell owner's house raises eyebrows
KATHMANDU, May 11: In what smacks of crony capitalism at work, ruling Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has hosted a grand reception at the house of Niraj Gobinda Shrestha, one of the former owners of the Ncell telecommunications company. The party was organized on the occasion of Da...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Outlawed CPN politburo member, ANNISU-R prez arrested
Outlawed CPN politburo member, ANNISU-R prez arrested
KATHMANDU, May 11: Police arrested Chiranjivi Dhakal, the president of All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary), the student wing of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), from the capital on Friday. Dhakal, an influential leader of the outlawed Chand outfit,...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Top leaders mulling direct intervention over Melamchi: Dahal
Top leaders mulling direct intervention over Melamchi: Dahal
KATHMANDU, May 11: Arguing that some “invisible forces” within the country were involved in delaying completion of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the top leadership of the party is mulling a intervention from a high l...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Speaker orders removal of PM's controversial words from record
Speaker orders removal of PM's controversial words from reco...
KATHMANDU, May 11: Probably for the first time in Nepali parliamentary history, the the speaker on Friday ordered removal of the prime minister's controversial words from the House record.
May 11, 2019