- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has given authorisation for budget release (Rs 20 billion) for providing the first installment of house rebuilding grants promised by the government to last year's earthquake survivors.
- by Republica
PYUTHAN, July 27: A landslide triggered by continuous rains since Monday buried five houses at Sim of Phopli-6 in Pyuthan, killing three including a couple. Others four have gone missing in the landslide that occurred last night.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27:Parliamentary hearing regarding the nomination of Supreme Court (SC) judges has begun.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: OnePlus has launched it's long awaited flagship smartphone OnePlus3 in the domestic market.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 26: The Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Nepal has announced a nation-wide peace video and photography contest to mark the International Peace Day on Monday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 26: Beginning from July 28, a new play ‘Madhavi’ will be staged at Shilpee Group’s Gothale Theater in Battisputali. Tanka Chaulagain of Theater Pragya has adapted and directed it based on Indian writer Bhisham Sahani’s Hindi play of the same name.
- by Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 27: Hillary Clinton makes history as the first woman to become the presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party, winning the nomination of the Democratic Party.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: Parliament on Tuesday endorsed the president’s order to remove the constitutional difficulties in electing a new government, despite criticism from opposition lawmakers.
- by Republica
With Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s resignation on Sunday, India’s role in Nepali politics is once again being debated. So is the role of CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Republica’s Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal asked Pradeep Gyawali, CPN-UML Secretary and a close confidant of PM Oli, on what his party made of the hasty exit of Maoist party from government and India’s alleged hand in it.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: Floods and landslides have swept across various parts of the country, leaving at least 37 people dead in the last 24 hours. Twenty-six others have gone missing while more than 2,000 houses are inundated.
- by Nabin Khatiwada
KATHMANDU, July 27: The Good Governance and Monitoring Committee of Parliament formed a five-member probe committee on Tuesday to investigate interference by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in the entrance exams at the Kathmandu University School of Medicine held on May 28.
- by Arjun Poudel
KATHMANDU, July 27: Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) under Department of Health Services (DoHS) has sounded alarm about cholera outbreak in Kathmandu Valley with 21 people already testing positive for the disease.
- by Kamal Pariyar
KATHMANDU, July 27: After exhausting all forms of standard techniques and investigation tools, Nepal Police decided to conduct polygraph test on twenty traffic police personnel who faced bribery allegations.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: Armed Police Force (APF) lifted the title of National Women's Selection Championship 2073 beating Eastern Region by 10 runs in the final on Tuesday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: The government has directed the authorities in the districts to cooperate with the district disaster relief committees (DDRCs) to make effective the search, rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in the flood and landslide affected areas across the country.
- by Jitendra Kumar Jha
GOBARGADHA, July 27: Hari Narayan Yadav of Gobargadha in Saptari is surrounded by multiple problems. Sapatakoshi River lies just near his house and the water level has been increasing day after day.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: Daily turnover in the stock market more than doubled to a record high of Rs 2.78 billion on Tuesday. Average daily turnover in the only bourse in the country has remained at Rs 1.3 billion after mid-January.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: Locals of Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project have demanded that the resettlement plan should be finalized before fixing compensation for land to be acquired by the project.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 27: President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday congratulated the winners of Pulsar Sports Award at her residence in Sital Niwas, Maharajgunj.
- by Ritesh Tripathi
BIRGUNJ, July 27: Import of major commodities through Birgunj customs fell drastically in Fiscal Year 2015/16.