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3,000 new leprosy patients diagnosed every year in Nepal
Published On: February 17, 2019 01:16 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Annually, some 3,000 leprosy patients are found in Nepal despite the completion of a decade since the government announced the elimination of the disease.
Paul and Aanchal in ‘Ghar Baar’
Published On: February 17, 2019 12:21 PM NPT By: Republica
The latest music video of ‘Ghar Baar’ features adorable onscreen couple of K-town—actors Paul Shah and Aanchal Sharma.
Dang temple priests have gone out of their way to stop child marriage
Published On: February 17, 2019 11:58 AM NPT By: Republica
DANG, Feb 17: Temple priests of Dang district have gone out of their way to stop child marriage. They have joined their hands to eradicate under-age marriage after undergoing training on child marriage organised by Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City as part of the aim to make the sub-metropolis child-friendly.
Weeping Banyan on exhibition
Published On: February 17, 2019 11:56 AM NPT By: Republica
American Visual Artist Maureen Drdak, while in Nepal as a Fulbright research fellow in 2011, she passed by an ancient and stately banyan tree nearby Department of Immigration office, Kalikasthan. She noticed that this tree was choked by encroaching development and deprived of room to grow naturally. Its aerial roots had been severely cropped to prevent their descent, resulting in masses of hanging gravid bundles. Drdak experienced these striking shapes as powerful yet poignant metaphors for development’s relentless strangulation of natural forces, she was inspired to explore their forms.
Army’s Rai, Budha win Open Road Race titles
Published On: February 17, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club’s Gajendra Rai and Bishwarupa Budha have won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, of the fifth Open Road Race on Saturday.
Electronic cargo tracking on Nepal-bound cargoes flags off
Published On: February 17, 2019 09:41 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepal-bound cargoes from Kolkata/Haldia port of India have now come under Electric Cargo Tracking Service (ECTS), starting from Friday.
Pashupati Sharma talks about ‘Lootna Sake Loot’
Published On: February 17, 2019 09:33 AM NPT By: Republica
Based on his new endeavor ‘Lootna Sake Loot’ My City team talked with Sharma, following are the edited excerpts:
Sub-inspector arrested on charge of raping woman
Published On: February 17, 2019 08:57 AM NPT By: Republica
MUGU, Feb 17: A sub-inspector of Nepal Police was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, on Friday evening.
Six injured in lightning
Published On: February 17, 2019 08:52 AM NPT By: Republica
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 17: Six people including some students were injured by lightning in Bhaktapur on Saturday afternoon.
Provincial governments blame center for their poor performance
Published On: February 17, 2019 08:17 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Provincial governments have started blaming the center for lack of support after the seven provinces started bearing the brunt of public ire for failing to bring a marked difference in the lives of commoners within the first year of their tenure. All the provincial governments celebrated their first anniversary this month with little to boast in their progress report. Chief ministers have cited formulation of new laws as their major achievements, something they claim have laid the foundation for smooth functioning of the provincial governments.
Indo-Pacific strategy purely driven by strategic considerations: Former Army Chief Rana
Published On: February 17, 2019 08:06 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Former army chief Gaurav SJB Rana has said that the Indo-Pacific strategy floated by the USA is purely driven by strategic considerations.
CIAA, MPs least interested to implicate Pathak in bribery case
Published On: February 17, 2019 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and parliament seem indifferent toward initiating probe into former CIAA commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak's involvement in a bribery case despite promising to investigate into the issue.
PM instructs FinMin Khatiwada to intervene in reducing lending rates
Published On: February 17, 2019 03:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has instructed Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada to make necessary 'intervention' in reducing burgeoning interest rates of bank loans.
Prosecute Raj Narayan Pathak
Published On: February 17, 2019 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica
Raj Narayan Pathak, one of the commissioners at Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), who resigned on Friday, has defamed the country, and our anti-corruption watchdog, the institution people look up to for corruption control, in many ways.
Infographics: Why Vietnam for the second Trump-Kim summit?
Published On: February 17, 2019 12:05 AM NPT By: Republica
Vietnam, communist-run but with capitalist leanings, hosts the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Govt failed to delivery effective results: communist leaders
Published On: February 16, 2019 07:20 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal chairman and former DPM Chitra Bahadur KC, has said that the incumbent government failed to forward the developmental agendas concretely.
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Published On: February 16, 2019 06:40 PM NPT By: Republica
The week in pictures for the week Feb 10-16.
Call back Nepali women enlisted in British Army: Parliamentary committee
Published On: February 16, 2019 06:38 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The House of Representatives, International Relations Committee has directed the government to take initiatives for addressing the demands and the issues raised by the former British Gurkha Army soldiers for justice and equality.
New recruitment after adjustment: Minister Pandit
Published On: February 16, 2019 06:32 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 16 : Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Lalbabu Pandit, has said new recruitment would begin immediately after the completion of the ongoing adjustment of the civil servants.
Feb 16: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
Published On: February 16, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica
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