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Speaker Mahara urges govt to execute projects under China's BRI

Published On: November 20, 2018 03:35 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20 : Speaker of the Federal Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Tuesday urged the Nepal government to identify and execute projects to be developed under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative by overcoming some ‘geopolitical challenges’.

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Three rare species of birds spotted in Gorkha's community forest

Published On: November 20, 2018 02:56 PM NPT By: Republica

GORKHA Nov 20 : Three rare species of birds belonging to the family of Accipitridae have been reportedly found in a community forest in Gorkha.

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French Envoy Leger calls on Home Minister Thapa

Published On: November 20, 2018 02:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: French Ambassador to Nepal Francois-Xavier Leger has held a meeting with Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Tuesday.

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Its winter fashion time

Published On: November 20, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica

Winter is hovering around the valley and it can clearly be felt. With the arrival of November, temperatures have gradually dipped, squeezing the day light. Not just an increase in temperature but the increase in the thickness of people’s outfit indicates the advent of winter. People have started wrapping themselves up in heavier and thicker clothes in order to stay warm. But wrapping in more layers of clothes does not mean that winter cannot be stylish like other seasons. You might have noticed celebrities flaunting warm winter outfits.

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Beni-Jomsom road closes for eight hours a day

Published On: November 20, 2018 10:51 AM NPT By: Republica

MYAGDI, Nov 20: The Beni-Jomsom road stretch linking Mustang via northern belt of Myagdi district is closing eight hours a day.

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Public toilets in 42 points of Valley soon

Published On: November 20, 2018 10:37 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The Nepal Transport Workers Association has demanded construction of public toilets in bus stops of the Kathmandu Valley.

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Hult Prize at TU’s School of Management

Published On: November 20, 2018 09:55 AM NPT By: Republica

Hult Prize Foundation will be organizing ‘Hult Prize on Campus Final’ on December 10, 2018. The event will be organized at Tribhuvan University, School of Management (SOMTU) premises Kirtipur.

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‘Sayakada Das’ launches its first song

Published On: November 20, 2018 09:53 AM NPT By: Republica

‘Sayakada Das’, a new movie premiered its first song entitled ‘Dailai Kura Laidine’. The song is a duet between Trishala Gurung and Sandesh Pathak. Actors Amrit Dhungana, Karuna Shrestha, Utsab Neupane, Soniya Rai, Amit Pokhrel, and Rabi Dangol are featured in the five-minute-long video.

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Nepse extends losses for three straight days

Published On: November 20, 2018 09:18 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The benchmark equity index witnessed a continuous decline throughout Monday's session. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index which fell below the 1,200 points mark in the previous session added to its previous losses shedding 5.90 points. At the close, the index settled at 1,189.56 points.

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Female crew of Yeti Airlines honors female UN team

Published On: November 20, 2018 09:13 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Female crew members of Yeti Airlines honored the female team of the UN on Sunday as part of their commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) no. 5: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls."

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Plan envisions developing Nawalpur as model district

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:39 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: In an encouraging district-level initiative, local politicians and stakeholders have put forward a comprehensive plan to develop the country’s youngest district Nawalpur into a model district in all aspects including economic prosperity in the next five years.

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CII hosting mega construction equipment expo from Nov 22

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:36 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing ‘CII ConMac 2018’, an exhibition of construction equipment, in Nepal beginning Thursday.

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Agriculture minister assures increasing customs duty on banana import

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Chakrapani Khanal has said that the ministry was doing its homework for revising custom duty on banana import.

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Finance Ministry overwhelmed with off-budgetary funding demands

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:26 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Despite failure to boost spending of allocated budget, most of the ministries have been demanding billions of rupees in off-budget funding from the Ministry for Finance (MoF).

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Bad weather affects domestic flights at TIA

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:19 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: All domestic flights have been halted at Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) due to bad weather since Tuesday morning.

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Dr KC hospitalized with chest problems

Published On: November 20, 2018 07:57 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20:  Medical sector reforms crusader Dr Govinda KC was hospitalized on Monday after developing chest problems. He is being treated at the critical care unit (CCU) of the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center in Maharajgunj.

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Uma Devi among BBC 100 Women

Published On: November 20, 2018 07:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Badi movement leader and Provincial Assembly Member of Sudur Paschim Province Uma Devi Badi has made it to the list of BBC 100 Women 2018.

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Reserved cluster in NC proposed for lateral entry of distinguished personalities

Published On: November 20, 2018 07:33 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: A group of youth leaders of Nepali Congress (NC), as well as professionals with allegiance to the NC have begun lobbying with the top leaders of the opposition party to introduce a separate cluster in the party’s organizational structure to ensure lateral entry of distinguished personalities.

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Experts emphasize fair and ethical foreign employment process

Published On: November 20, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Experts, representatives of the Government of Nepal, the private sector, civil society, and development organizations have all emphasized fair and ethical foreign employment process at a function organized in Kathmandu on Monday.

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Child declaration seeks effective counter-measures against child marriage

Published On: November 20, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Among all forms of violence prevalent against children, child marriage is considered to be the most serious offence and is also highly difficult to tackle.

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