- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The Bill for the Amendment of the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act (third amendment), 2022 has been presented to the National Assembly (NA) with a message from the House of Representatives (HoR).
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The parliamentary special committee formed to investigate embezzlement of cooperative funds has taken a statement from Bipin Kumar Acharya, the joint general secretary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) allegedly involved in the embezzlement of cooperative funds.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The Kathmandu District Court (KDC) has issued an order to remand Bechan Jha, who has been arrested on charge of being involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, to judicial custody for investigation.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Nepal has received over Rs 1.4 trillion in remittances in the last fiscal year 2023/24.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Electricity from the national transmission line has reached Gosainkunda, the famous holy site in Rasuwa district of Bagmati Province, for the first time. This will make it easier for the pilgrims to reach Gosaikunda.
- by Republica
MAHOTTARI, Aug 18: Police have arrested two people for illegally demanding money from Gaffar Rain of Jaleswar Municipality-5.
- by Basanta Dhungana
CHITWAN, Aug 18: In the academic year 2012/13, as many as 1,276,000 students were enrolled in Grade 1. These students were supposed to take their SEE (Secondary Education Examination) in the academic year 2022/23.
- by AFP/RSS
KATHMANDU, Aug 17: A devastating flood that hit a village in Nepal's Everest region was caused by a glacial lake outburst, local government officials and experts said Saturday. Climate change experts said it was a clear example of the "catastrophic impacts" increasing global temperatures were having on people who had done the least to contribute to the greenhouse gases driving it.
- by Santosh Pokharel
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Three people have died of dengue in Gandaki Province within three weeks. Among the deceased, two were the residents of Tanahun and one was of Kaski. The provincial Ministry of Social Development and Health said that dengue infection has increased rapidly in various districts of Gandaki. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes mosquito. In the last year, dengue claimed the lives of seven people in the province- five in Tanahun and two in Syangja.
- by Republica
NEPALGUNJ, Aug 18: Two young men have been attacked with sharp weapons in Raptisonari of Banke district.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Monsoon is currently affecting the country. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD,) the monsoon-low pressure line is also around the average place.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Foreign Minister Dr Arju Rana Deuba has left for an official visit to India.
- by Bhuwan Sharma
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The government has decided to spend Rs 30 million to provide housing facilities for all Supreme Court (SC) justices at Pulchowk in Lalitpur. Currently, only the Chief Justice gets the privilege to live in government-provided quarters. However, now this privilege will be available to all SC justices, who will be housed in the Ministers’ Quarters at Pulchowk.
- by Republica
BAGLUNG, Aug 18: The Baglung-East Rukum road along the Mid-Hill highway has been blocked due to landslides triggered by incessant rain which occurred in Nisikhola Rural Municipality-6.
- by Republica
SURKHET, Aug 18: The Chhinchu-Jajarkot road section along the Bheri corridor has been blocked due to landslides. According to the Jajarkot District Police Office, roads have been blocked after landslides occurred in places under Chedagad Municipality and Bheri Municipality due to rain on Friday evening.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The price of gold has reached an all-time high in the domestic market on Sunday.
- by Republica
MAHOTTARI, AUG 18: In Sonukhada village, Mahottari Municipality-1, a man has killed his wife by assaulting her. According to Superintendent of Police Nakul Pokhrel from the District Police Office, 45-year-old Habib Naddafer assaulted his 36-year-old wife, Roshan Khatoon, leading to her death.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: One person died and two others were injured when a landslide struck a church under construction in Rolpa. Among the injured, one is in critical condition.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: A Bangladeshi national has gone missing after falling into the Bagmati River in the Sundarijal area in Kathmandu on Saturday. Police said he accidentally fell into the river while taking photographs.
- by Reuters
Israel’s Security Agency and Defence Forces identify fighters as Ahmed Abu Ara and Rafet Dawasi