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Nepali movie halls to miss ‘Dear Maya’

Published On: June 1, 2017 05:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Bollywood movie ‘Dear Maya’ will not be released in Nepal. The movie, seen as comeback of Manisha Koirala in Bollywood, will not be featured in Nepali cinema hall from Friday due to the uncertainty among the film distributors.

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RJP puts condition to vote in PM election

Published On: June 1, 2017 04:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal's leader Laxman Lal Karna has said the party would take part in the election of a new Prime Minister until the Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) fully implemented agreement reached with the Madhes-centric parties during the formation of the incumbent government.

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DOLIDAR says rope bridge replacing tasks at final phase

Published On: June 1, 2017 03:27 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: The task of replacing the rope bridges locally known as tuin by suspension bridges has reached the final stage.

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Committee proposes 18 ministries in Center

Published On: June 1, 2017 01:19 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: The high-level Federal Administrative Restructuring Committee has proposed 18 ministries including the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at the Center (federal level).

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Two cadres of Chand-led party arrested

Published On: June 1, 2017 12:36 PM NPT By: Republica

BHOJPUR, June 1: Two cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal were arrested from Bhojpur for carrying out activities against the elections. The arrestees are the Party's members Jiban Rai and Man Bahadur Rai.

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NSU ex-general secretary Bhurtel passes away

Published On: June 1, 2017 12:03 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Former General Secretary of Nepal Student Union (NSU), Shiva Bhurtel has passed away.

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Valley Pollution Levels

Published On: June 1, 2017 11:50 AM NPT By: Republica

The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day.

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Chitwan shutdown called off

Published On: June 1, 2017 11:35 AM NPT By: Republica

RATNANAGAR, June 1: CPN-UML has withdrawn its Chitwan shutdown program after mounting public pressure.

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Souls of My City

Published On: June 1, 2017 09:23 AM NPT By: Republica

Shakuntala, 53, has been selling three sacks of corn every day for 20-years now. Her daily routine involves visiting the Kalimati vegetable market early in the morning in order to buy raw corn for cheap. After collecting corn, she settles down at her corner at Baber Mahal Height in the afternoon and treats her customers. She still has the enthusiasm to get up early in the morning to support her business.

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‘Crossing Borders’ unites artists beyond borders

Published On: June 1, 2017 09:17 AM NPT By: Republica

‘Crossing Borders’ an art exhibition with a focus on prints and drawings is taking place from Sunday at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited. The exhibition consists of 85 artworks by 20 artists who participated in a two-week long workshop conducted by international printmakers Damon Kowarsky and Hyun Ju Kim.

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Polls rescheduled for June 28

Published On: June 1, 2017 07:33 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 31: The government on Wednesday again re-scheduled the second round of local elections in the 461 local units of 41 districts for June 28, with a view to facilitating poll participation by members of the Muslim community.

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EC seeks ‘actual status’ of torn ballots before drawing conclusion

Published On: June 1, 2017 07:22 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 31: Failing to decide whether or not to resume vote counting in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, the Election Commission (EC) has asked the chief returning officer to report the ‘actual status’ of damaged ballot papers without further delay.

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Election code should be suspended for some time

Published On: June 1, 2017 04:30 AM NPT By: Republica

The government has deferred the second phase election in a bid to make Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) take part. Yet the RJPN, formed with the unity of six small Madhesi parties, has not softened its anti-election stand. Why is RJPN so adamant on boycotting and disrupting the second phase? Can there be no meeting point now? Manish Suman, a General Secretary of RJPN, shared his views with Mahabir Paudyal on Wednesday afternoon.

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Slow deposit growth even in Q4 worries bankers

Published On: June 1, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Lower than expected growth in deposits over the past two weeks has shattered hopes of bankers who were expecting that the local level polls and surge in capital expenditure at the end of the fiscal year would pump more money into the banking sector that is grappling with shortage of lendable funds.

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Local units cannot spend grant on social security allowance: MoFALD

Published On: June 1, 2017 01:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Officials at the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) have said that the local units cannot increase social security allowances on their own.

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Mayor’s ‘Clean the City’ campaign starts today

Published On: June 1, 2017 01:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Newly-elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Bidya Sunder Shakya has announced that  city garbage will be collected before dawn from Thursday as part of a 'Clean the City' campaign. This is the mayor's first major initiative “to improve things” in the capital.

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Govt upgrades Birgunj, Biratnagar to metropolitan cities

Published On: June 1, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: In a controversial move, the government has upgraded Birgunj and Biratnagar into metropolitan city.

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Nepal lobbying with UN for doubling UN peacekeeper numbers

Published On: June 1, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: Defense Minister Bal Krishna Khand said on Wednesday that government has been lobbying with the United Nations for doubling the number of Nepal Army personnel in UN peace keeping mission.

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Above the law

Published On: June 1, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Republica

In principle, ceremonial heads of state should keep themselves away from all controversies, by strictly sticking to the role prescribed to them by the constitution.

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RJPN calls off protest after change in poll schedule

Published On: June 1, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 1: The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) on Wednesday called off its protest program which the party had announced last week to disrupt the second phase of the local elections.

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