- by Republica
NEPALGUNJ, Sep 1: Tension flared after a ‘group of nationalist youth force’ put up a monument of late King Birendra Birabikram Shah at Dhamboji Chowk in Banke district on Thursday.
- by Republica
GAUSHALA (Mahottari), Sept 1: A pregnant woman was killed when a private school compound wall collapsed and hit her at Pipara VDC in Mahottari district on Wednesday night.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The National Trauma Centre has started rendering joint replacement service under its orthopedic services.
- by Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Sept 1: Bastian Schweinsteiger captained Germany for the last time in a 2-0 friendly victory over Finland on Wednesday, receiving an emotional send-off to cap a 12-year international career that included the 2014 World Cup title.
- by Bhim Chapagain
ILAM, Aug 31: The demand for cheese, which was in downturn since last year's earthquake, has once again surged in Ilam. Cheese entrepreneurs who were upset by declining demand in the market are now facing hardship in catering to the demands.
- by Kamal Pariyar
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The Nepal Army has drawn the attention of the United Nations to its under-representation in senior command positions in UN peacekeeping missions despite its continuous contribution to peacekeeping over 60 yrs and its record of high credibility and sound performance.
- by Devendra Basnet
DANG, Sept 1: Hindu by birth, Maniram Chaudhari of Karjahi village became Christian few years ago. Like a faithful Christian he attended the Pratapi church in Ghorahi regularly. However, two and half months ago, he stopped showing up at the church.
- by Nabin Khatiwada
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The government has failed to gain any momentum in resolving the major political disputes, even as the Madhes-based parties are expressing dissatisfaction over the slow pace in starting discussions for constitutional amendment. The government, meanwhile, is also feeling the heat from the main opposition CPN-UML, which has been urging it to furnish justification for amending the constitution.
- by Raju Adhikari
PANITANKI (INDIA), Sept 1: India has put a ban on import of gingers from Nepal, arguing that they have high pesticide residue and that Chinese ginger was being exported in the name of Nepali product.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: New laws are needed to overhaul the education system and bring changes in quality of education, says lawmaker Umesh Shrestha, who is also a member of the Education Committee of the Legislature-Parliament.
- by Raju Adhikari
JHAPA, Sept 1: Nepal held its last local elections in 1997. It is almost two decades that the politicians at the local level have been deprived of contesting in elections.
- by Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: With less than three weeks left to mark the first anniversary of the promulgation of the new constitution in the country, the government is failing to expedite several key tasks that must be done by September 19.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: Over a dozen people from the Matatirtha area of Kathmandu, who were admitted at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH), have tested positive for the disease.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug Sept 1: It is nearly a year since the government announced to reduce significantly within a year and completely within two years. But there has been no respite from power cuts.
- by Hitesh Karki
Over the years we have been part of the system where big initiatives are announced with uncanny regularity
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: After failing to forge consensus among the political parties on local restructuring, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has asked the commission formed to fix the number and boundaries of local bodies under the new federal setup to expedite its work so that the government can hold local polls by mid-April, 2017.
- by Republica
Twenty-four-year-old Deepa Rai (Limbu) of Arun Tole, Dharan is trapped in Oman. She wasn’t meant to be there. The traffickers who had lured her with a lucrative job offer had promised to take her to Saudi Arabia instead. Once in Oman, she became a virtual slave, forced to work from five in the morning to midnight. The family that employs Deepa also subjects her to repeated abuse, both verbal and physical.
- by Republica
Coordinator and Associate Professor of Tribhuvan University’s Master’s Program in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD), Khadga KC, is of the view that Nepal need not have sent special envoys to India and China. In an interview with Republica’s Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal, KC shed light on Nepal-India-China dynamic and various aspects of Nepal’s foreign policy. Excerpts:
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Technology has ushered fundamental changes in the way people learn and access education.
- by DB Buda
JUMLA, Aug 31: Last year, Rama Bhandari, a local of Patmara VDC in Jumla district, produced 900 kg of apples and earned Rs 450,000. That money enabled her to pay for her children's education and purchase kitchen necessities like salt and oil throughout the year.