Dinesh Subedi

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Child marriage rampant in Rolpa but rarely reported to police

Published On: May 12, 2019 08:17 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, May 12: Even though the number of child marriages is extensively high in Rolpa, very few cases of this ill-practice are reported to police. The government has criminalized child marriage, yet those practicing and encouraging child marriage are neither punished nor ostracized by the law enforcing agencies.

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Road asphalt wears off within a year of construction

Published On: May 8, 2019 03:30 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, May 8: The asphalt layer of the 31-kilometer road stretch connecting Ghorahi of Dang to Holeri of Rolpa has worn off even before a year since the construction of the road.

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Rolpa schools struggling in lack of funds

Published On: May 8, 2019 02:30 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, May 8: Even though the government has pledged free education up to the secondary level as child's fundamental right in the constitution, it does not provide financial resources to all community schools to pay teachers' salary and other resources a school needs.

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Rural municipality shifts focus from roads to education

Published On: May 4, 2019 02:05 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, May 4: In the last one decade, road networks across the country have remarkably expanded including in the high hills of Rolpa. Poor engineering or haphazard opening of tracks has been blamed for environmental hazards as well. Amid this, a local unit here in eastern Rolpa has decided to shift its focus from roads to education.

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Boy presumed dead comes home 17 years later

Published On: May 1, 2019 08:12 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, May 1: Pratap Singh Gharti, a seven-year-old in Rolpa, lost his way 17 years ago during the Maoist armed insurgency. He finally made it back home Saturday.

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Bomb goes off in Rolpa targeting Province 5 Chief Minister

Published On: April 30, 2019 04:17 PM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, April 30: An unidentified group detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Province 5 Chief Minister Shankhar Pokhrel in Rolpa on Tuesday.

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Civil Servant adjustment leads to manpower crunch in Rolpa

Published On: April 23, 2019 04:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, April 23: The auxiliary health workers (AHWs) of three wards of Madi Rural Municipality of Rolpa are handling the responsibility of ward secretaries due to the lack of sufficient workforce.

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Once underdeveloped, Rolpa on the path to prosperity

Published On: April 14, 2019 07:38 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, April 14: Until a decade ago, access to the road network was a dream for Rolpa residents. The district has one municipality and nine rural municipalities.

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Most roads in Rolpa constructed without DPR and IEA report

Published On: April 14, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, April 14: With the formation of the local governments, road connectivity became the first preference for all.

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'Private health centers in Rolpa prescribing wrong medicines'

Published On: March 27, 2019 04:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 27: Doctors in Rolpa are facing a self induced medical crisis that has risked countless lives.

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Holeri gears up for tourism promotion through literary festival

Published On: March 16, 2019 10:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 16: Runtighadi Development Conference was organized in Rolpa just a few days ago. As a result, another such function is on the way for the promotion of tourism and literature in the area. Local bodies of Rolpa with the support of other stakeholders are organizing the ‘Rashtriya Akshar Mahotsav’ this month. The two-day function will start on March 22.

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Not even 'goat sacrifice' could stop students from fainting at school

Published On: March 11, 2019 11:25 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 11: The ailing health of the students studying at Pitaraj Basic School (PBS) of Liwang, the district headquarters of Rolpa, has left their parents worried for the past two months.

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Development activities picking up Rolpa

Published On: March 11, 2019 10:41 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 11: Thabang of Rolpa has a special relationship with the former Maoist guerrillas and the armed insurgency. It was here, where the Maoist guerrilla prepared strategies, planned attacks, trained their armies, among others during the insurgency.

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Vehicles torched in Rolpa following complaint against Chand

Published On: March 7, 2019 09:47 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 7: An unidentified group on Tuesday evening torched a private vehicle in Gangadev Rural Municipality of Rolpa district.

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Rolpa rural municipality chief has two citizenship certificates

Published On: March 6, 2019 08:28 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 6: Bir Bahadur Khatri, chairman of Gangadev Rural Municipality of Rolpa has been found to have acquired two citizenships on different dates by providing fake details.

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Child marriage threatens health of young girls in Rolpa

Published On: March 5, 2019 05:57 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 4: The details provided by the District Hospital, Rolpa, has raised concerns regarding the state of child marriage and women's reproductive health in the district. It has been found that the number of teenagers reaching the district hospital and other health organizations for delivery is significantly high.

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Conflict victims say they received neither justice nor reparations

Published On: March 3, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, March 3: Even though it has been more than 12 years since the decade-long Maoist conflict ended, the conflict-era victims are yet to know why their family members and relatives were abducted and killed.

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School management committee intervenes to tackle tardiness issue

Published On: February 22, 2019 05:30 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Feb 22:It is a regular occurrence at Balkalyan Model High School, one of the schools in Liwang, the district headquarters of Rolpa.

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Parents mull goat sacrifice as children keep fainting at school

Published On: February 20, 2019 08:30 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Feb 20: After more children started falling ill, parents have deployed shamans at their school since the past two months.

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Thabang losing its traditional beauty to 'modernization'

Published On: February 16, 2019 02:08 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Feb 15: With concrete houses fast displacing the traditional ones having thatched roof, Thabang of Rolpa is losing its original look. The locals are building houses with new technology. This, however, has disappointed the locals who want to preserve their identity.

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