Ginger export to India affected yet again
- by Raju Adhikari
JHAPA, Nov 30: Export of Nepali ginger to India has been affected after the Indian government started levying 8 percent duty on the Nepali farm product.
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First CA was murdered not dissolved: Spokesperson BK
KALIKOT, Nov 30: CPN Maoist Spokesperson and former minister, Khadka Bahadur BK, said the first Constituent Assembly (CA) was murdered as it was in the interest of the Nepali people.
Pancheshwar DPR to be finalized by mid-February
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Nepal and India have agreed to finalize the detailed project report (DPR) of Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project by February 15, 2017.
Hewa 'A' starting generation of 10 MW by this week
- by Giriraj Baskota
PANCHTHAR, Nov 29: Construction work of Hewa 'A' Hydropower Project (15 MW) has been completed.
Premier Organics launches Royal Reserve Deluxe Whisky
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Premier Organics Pvt Ltd has launched Royal Reserve Deluxe Whisky in the Nepali market.
Janata Bank Nepal opens branch office at Surkhet
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Janata Bank Nepal Ltd has opened its 37th branch office and 30th ATM outlet at Birendranagar of Surkhet.
More than 85 per cent HIV infection through unprotected sex: NCASC
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: More than 85 per cent of the total HIV infection in the country has been found transmitted from unprotected sex, a study by the National Centre or AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) revealed.
Two killed in separate road accidents
- by Republica
RAJBIRAJ, Nov 30: A pedestrian was killed on Tuesday at Shambunath Municipality – 3, Saptari along the East-West Highway after getting rammed by a bus.
Locals regret donating land to Nepal Sanskrit University
- by Devendra Basnet
DANG, Nov 29: As Nepal Sanskrit University in Dang district prepares to lease its 200 bigha of land to Swami Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, locals who had donated their land to the university in hopes of contributing to the development of education sector have expressed serious objection regarding the decision.
Govt registers 7-point constitution amendment bill
- by Ashok Dahal and Sangeet Sangroula
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The government on Tuesday evening registered a seven-point constitution amendment bill at the parliament secretariat, proposing, among other things, to take all the hill districts out from Province 5.
All the parties want local elections to test the water
- by Republica
As we went to press, the ruling coalition had reportedly reached an understanding with the protesting Madheshi parties on the proposed amendments of the new constitution. How did this become possible? What are the points of agreements? And what happens now? Republica team of Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal talked to former finance minister Barsha Man Pun, the Maoist leader who has been a key interlocutor in current negotiations on constitution amendment.
Road department not in hurry to fix accident-prone highway section
- by Raju Adhikari
JHAPA, Nov 30: An accident prone section of the east west highway has not been repaired even though it has claimed many lives. Locals lament that the road section in Birtamod, Jhapa has been triggering accidents on a regular basis and yet has failed to draw attention of the road department.
Third day of talks on Dr KC's demands get nowhere
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The third day of talks held between the government and a team representing Dr Govinda KC on Tuesday ended after two hours without reaching any agreement due to the stances taken by the two sides regarding the sacking of the Tribhuvan University (TU) vice-chancellor and the dean of the Institute of Medicine(IOM)
House may forward impeachment motion to panel Thursday
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Forty-two days after the registration of an impeachment motion in parliament against the now suspended CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, the parliament is likely to forward the motion to the Impeachment Recommendation Committee for further action on Thursday.
Resident docs to boycott all services except emergency at TUTH from today
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: After the talks between the government and Dr Govinda KC's team ended inconclusively Tuesday, various medical organizations have threatened to launch stringent protests from Wednesday.
Something amiss
- by Republica
Twenty-year-old Amrita Kumari of Murtiya, Saptari, epitomizes the kind of indirect, structural violence on women that is common in Tarai-Madhesh. Last year, her parents had arranged for her to get married to the family of Sagar Mahato of Lalbandi of the same district.
Local body commission extends deadline to mid-December
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The commission formed to restructure local governments in line with the new federal structure has decided to extend its deadline to mid-December after it was unable to finalize the local structure in Province 2 due to 'non-cooperation' of the political parties at the local level.
Six Nepalis arrested for transporting explosives from India
- by Kamal Pariyar
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Nepal Police and Indian police have separately arrested six Nepali nationals accusing them of being involved in transporting huge quantity of explosives from Siliguri, a city in West Bengal of India, to Nepal.
Protests in districts as govt moves to split Province 5
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Protesting locals in the hill districts of Province 5 as well as local supporters of the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center) have upped the ante in their respective areas while pressing their demand for keeping the province intact.