WORLD
FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited
FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage A...
August 13: FBI agents in this week's search of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the Justice Department said on Friday, while also disclosing it had probable cause to conduct the search based on possible Esp...
Aug 13, 2022
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Nepal: Press freedom under threat as 'disinformation' and 'fake news' erode media credibil...
Nepal: Press freedom under threat as 'disinformation' and 'f...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Media freedom was what Nepali journalists and civil society activists fought for decades in Nepal until democracy was restored in the country in 1990. The Nepali media fraternity celebrated the abolition of the Panchayat system, which put harsh restrictions on civil liberties i...
Aug 12, 2022
ECONOMY
Government forms Task Force to contain loan-sharking
Government forms Task Force to contain loan-sharking
KATHMANDU, August 12: The government has formed a Task Force to take steps for the containment of loan-sharking.
Aug 12, 2022
The Week
A chronicle of struggle for survival
A chronicle of struggle for survival
The mystic Shangrila, Bhutan, changed its political course evicting over 20 percent of its population in 1990 hoping to fare well with Gross National Happiness mantra but the action will continue to hunt it back unless it adequately addresses the grievances of the Lhotsampa population.
Aug 12, 2022
POLITICS
PM Deuba calls for developing youth entrepreneurship to reduce educated unemployment
PM Deuba calls for developing youth entrepreneurship to redu...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed the need for developing youth entrepreneurship to reduce educated unemployment.
Aug 12, 2022
POLITICS
KP Oli meets Rekha Thapa, Kunti Shahi as UML eyes electoral alliance with RPP in the upcom...
KP Oli meets Rekha Thapa, Kunti Shahi as UML eyes electoral...
KATHMANDU, August 12: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and actress and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) central member Rekha Thapa had a meeting on Wednesday where they discussed contemporary politics and elections.
Aug 12, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal records 781 cases, 511 recoveries and two deaths on Friday
Nepal records 781 cases, 511 recoveries and two deaths on Fr...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Nepal recorded 781 new cases of COVID-19 along with 511 recoveries and two deaths from the deadly virus on Friday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Aug 12, 2022
SOCIETY
Police detain single mother Niharika Rajput who attempted self-immolation at the President...
Police detain single mother Niharika Rajput who attempted se...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Niharika Rajput, a single mother who is on a hunger strike demanding justice, attempted self-immolation at the President’s Office (Shital Niwas) on Friday.
Aug 12, 2022
PHOTO FEATURE/Video
In Pictures: LGBTI people color streets of Kathmandu
In Pictures: LGBTI people color streets of Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, August 12: Since 2001, on the day of Gaijatra, the Blue Diamond Society (BDS) has been organizing LGBTI Nepal Pride Parade. And this year too, in collaboration with the US Embassy Nepal and Right Here Right Now, the 19th Gaijatral Pride Parade was organized in Kathmandu on Friday.
Aug 12, 2022
SOCIETY
Smugglers have a ball in Madhesh Province
Smugglers have a ball in Madhesh Province
JANAKPURDHAM/ BARA, August 12: Last Wednesday at 8:30PM, a car with Indian registration number BR 01 BN 47 loaded with sacks of clothes that had been smuggled through the Madar customs checkpoint area hit a cyclist on the Siraha-Choharwa road section. The driver left the car on the road and ran away...
Aug 12, 2022