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Govt hands over leaking houses to the poor, many did not take it
Published On: July 7, 2020 07:15 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, July 7: Uma Oli had a small cottage on a piece of public land in Bangalachuli Rural Municipality-5. This was where she had been living for decades. Owning a house on her own land was her biggest dream. The local government in 2018 promised her a new house. Under the ‘model village development project’, the government was building 30 two-room houses in the rural municipality. Oli, a laborer, felt on cloud nine. The government then told her that she needs to dismantle her old house as the new one would be erected on the same land and she did not hesitate to follow the suggestion.
Young couple gets married at a quarantine facility in Dang!
Published On: June 16, 2020 02:18 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, June 16: A couple has tied their marital knot at a quarantine facility here in the district. A young man from Ghorahi-18, Dang with the surname of Oli and a young lady from Tulsipur-5, Dang with the surname of Chaudhary established a conjugal relationship at the Ghorahi-18-based quarantine facility.
10 more discharged from Dang COVID-19 hospital
Published On: June 7, 2020 10:50 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, June 7: A total of 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged from the COVID-19 hospital set up in Belabhlundi, Dang on Sunday morning.
House owner arrested after he forces nurse to evacuate
Published On: March 31, 2020 05:45 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, March 31: A ward official at Ghorahi sub-metropolitan city-2 in Dang has been arrested after he forced a nurse to leave a rented room in his house suspecting that she could transmit the coronavirus to his family.
'The society made me infected, I was not'
Published On: March 31, 2020 05:25 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, March 31: After a girl who returned from France to Nepal recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the government sought the whereabouts and conditions of others who came in the same flight. This included a young woman from Dang, Laxmi Oli. As the name was also revealed, she soon became a target in her own town in Dang. According to her, everything has changed for her since then. And this continues, even when she has already tested negative for COVID-19.
Mahara is garlanded every day, but he looks sad and in pain
Published On: March 4, 2020 08:04 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Mar 4: Former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who got a clean chit form the district court of Kathmandu in a case of attempted rape on February 17, is apparently having a great time in Dang these days. His remains busy every day in meetings with his supporters and voters. They garland and try to cheer him up in every way possible. However, Mahara wears a sad look on his face. While addressing the crowd, he often chokes up. He had reached his constituency in Dang as soon as he was released from jail. He is in Dang since February 24.
Nepal Army man dies in Salyan road accident
Published On: February 12, 2020 06:33 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Feb 12: A Nepal Army man died and six others sustained injuries in a road accident in Salyan district on Wednesday afternoon.
21 leaders, cadres of Chand-led outfit sent to jail
Published On: December 23, 2019 06:59 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Dec 23: Twenty-one leaders and cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led underground outfit, who were apprehended from Rajpur rural municipality of Dang district in the third week of October, were sent to jail on Monday.
Mahara should face action as per laws if he is proven guilty, says Dahal
Published On: November 6, 2019 11:59 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Nov 6: Chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara should face action in accordance with the prevailing laws.
‘Finally, we are now the people’s representatives!’
Published On: October 20, 2019 08:15 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Oct 20: Suresh Shrestha of ward 5 of Tulsipur Muncipality is a Ward Committee member. As a person directly linked with the local people, Shrestha did not have any feeling of being the people's representative. The reason: the general public saw him as a civil servant rather than a people's representative because he received salary for his work.
21 Chand’s men charged with sedition
Published On: October 19, 2019 08:14 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Oct 19: Police on Friday filed a case of sedition against 21 Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) leaders and cadres who were arrested on Thursday from the Mungretakhola area of Rajpur Rural Municipality, Dang district. They were arrested while they were gathering near the border with India for a meeting of the outlawed party’s Rapti bureau. Police have filed a case of sedition against them at the Dang District Court, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Janak Bhattarai, chief of District Police Office, Dang.
Police arrest 21 Chand outfit leaders, cadres in major swoop
Published On: October 18, 2019 07:58 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Oct 18: In a major crackdown against the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand, police on Thursday arrested 21 of its central level leaders and cadres from the Mungretakhola area of Rajpur Rural Municipality, Dang district.
Within a decade, first Tharu museum in ruins
Published On: September 9, 2019 08:07 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Sept 9: There was a huge excitement among the members of the Tharu community of Dang when they came up with an idea to establish a Tharu museum in Panaura of Ghorahi over a decade ago. The museum was supposed to exhibit and conserve Tharu culture and tradition and preserve them for the future generations. The plan got traction and even people even from a very humble background donated for building the Gumraha Tharu Cultural Museum.
Three die after drowning in Dang
Published On: September 7, 2019 06:55 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Sept 7: Three persons died in two separate incidents in Dang.
RAHS accepts group resignations of 21 doctors
Published On: August 26, 2019 12:21 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Aug 26: Rapti Academy of Health Sciences (RAHS) approved the resignations of nine doctors appointed under contract basis and forwarded the resignations of other 12 doctors for further action to the Health Ministry after the doctors recently tendered their resignation en masse.
25 doctors resign en masse in Rapti Academy of Health Sciences
Published On: August 23, 2019 02:52 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Aug 23: 25 doctors affiliated with Rapti Academy of Health Sciences resigned en masse on Friday citing undue pressure from the academy administration.
Bank manager arrested on charge of embezzlement in Dang
Published On: August 21, 2019 01:07 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, August 21: A bank manager has been arrested on the charge of embezzling bank funds in Dang district.
From grazing-land to potential international-standard cricket venue
Published On: August 14, 2019 07:40 PM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Aug 14: Lamahi Cricket Ground is seen as one of the potential venues for hosting international cricket matches with the local authorities expediting the under-construction infrastructures which meet the required standards of International Cricket Council (ICC).
Unidentified group torches government vehicle in Dang
Published On: August 11, 2019 11:36 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Aug 11: An unidentified group torched a government vehicle belonging to ward chair of Bangalachuli rural municipality, Dang on early Sunday.
Provincial capital, a challenge for leaders
Published On: August 1, 2019 05:30 AM NPT By: Devendra Basnet
DANG, Aug 1: When Krishna Chaudhary of Bardiya got elected to the post of Provincial Assembly member, one of her major agenda was to fix the provincial capital in a place convenient for majority of people.
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