KATHMANDU, Aug 29: As Kathmandu is all set to hold the 14th summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on Thursday and Friday, the head of states and executive heads of member state have started arriving in the capital.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is unable to dispose garbage from the valley premises.

SINDHULI, July 4: Nawaraj Gole of Kamalai Municipality in Sindhuli district does not like to step out of his home these days. Due to excessive rainfall, all the roads resemble ‘paddy fields’.

SAMARA, June 29: Colombia’s Yerry Mina thumped home a second-half header to secure a dramatic 1-0 victory over Senegal on Thursday that catapulted the South Americans into the World Cup last 16 and dumped their African opponents out of tournament.

The wage determination committee has fixed Rs 800 as the daily wage of skilled workers and Rs 420 as that of unskilled workers.

GENEVA, March 27: European champions Portugal suffered a first-half collapse and had Joao Cancelo sent off just past the hour in an embarrassing 3-0 World Cup warm-up defeat by the Netherlands on Monday.

BAJURA, March 20: It has already been a decade since Bishnakala Lwar, a local of Budinanda Municpality-1 in Bajura district, has had stomach-related ailment.

POKHARA, March 16: Turkish Airway's airliner had an accident at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) about three years ago.  All the passengers in the aircraft were unharmed. However, as the plane remained grounded at TIA for a few days, larger aircraft could not approach the runway, which affected the tourism sector greatly as the tourist season in Nepal was approaching.

SIRAHA, March 9:  There is a small village to the south-east of Siraha Municipality known as Sukhchaina. To the west of this village lies Muslim settlements called Nawatoli and Madar while Dhanuk Tole is to the north of the village. The southern part of it is attached with the Indian border. In the middle of these settlements runs the Rishi Brick Factory.

BUTWAL, Feb 27: Negligence of construction companies has affected several development projects across the country.

ILAM, Feb 22: Ensuring implementation of children's rights in Ilam has proven to be quite challenging. Blatant violation of children's rights can be observed in private and community schools of the district, according to local stakeholders.

SINDHULI, Feb 8:  As most of the banks are limited to the district headquarters, earthquake victims living in rural parts of Sindhuli are almost deprived of banking service. As a result, they have to spend the whole day in vehicle to reach the headquarters even for minor transactions and mainly for receiving their reconstruction grants.

SINDHULI, Feb 7:  As most of the banks are limited to the district headquarters, earthquake victims living in rural parts of Sindhuli are almost deprived of banking service. As a result, they have to spend the whole day in vehicle to reach the headquarters even for minor transactions and mainly for receiving their reconstruction grants.

LONDON, Feb 1: Manchester City tightened their stranglehold at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday by trouncing bottom club West Bromwich Albion 3-0 as nearest rivals Manchester United suffered a chastening 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.

DHANGADHI, Jan 19: Patients in Dhangadhi and neighboring districts have been struggling in lack of treatment as nurses and health workers of Seti Zonal Hospital (SZH) have been staging protests since a few days against the low pay and perks.

DHANGADHI, Jan 18: Patients in Dhangadhi and neighboring districts have been struggling in lack of treatment as nurses and health workers of Seti Zonal Hospital (SZH) have been staging protests since a few days against the low pay and perks.

KOHALPUR, Nov 1: Passengers are at the receiving end as many airline companies have stopped flying to Karnali zone after the Tihar festival.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Thousands of patients across the country were deprived of medical treatment at hospitals where doctors  shut down the OPD (out patient department) services to protest a proposed law on malpractice compensation.

GORKHA, July 10: A diarrhea epidemic has broken out at Chumchet in Chumanubri Rural Municipality-6 of Gorkha district.

Eight days after their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco was postponed following an attack on their team bus, Borussia Dortmund's focus was again affected ahead of the return leg on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Pressure to purchase a specific radiotherapy machine for Bir Hospital, the oldest and biggest hospital in the country, has deprived cancer patients of treatment for more than a year and a half.

DOTI, March 15:  Scores of women have been suffering from the uterine prolapse in the far-western region.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Standing right in the middle of one of the busiest road sections of Kathmandu, she extended her right hand at shoulder level with the palm facing forward, while simultaneously blowing a whistle. Though clearly in a hurry, all the vehicles facing her palm obliged at her signal, coming to a gradual halt.

DHADING, Jan 2: Areas in the rural northern part of the district have received snowfall and hailstorm.

TOKYO, Dec 12: Hundreds of Nepali students in Japan have been exploited by keeping their private documents including passport on hold, reported Okinawa Times.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The power outage is likely to continue as there is less supply of electricity than demand despite some improvement in its infrastructures. The festivals like Dashain, Tihar and Chhat witnessed no load shedding due to closure of industries, sufficient import of electricity from India and around 30 MW internal generation of electricity.

Africa’s elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.

JUMLA, Aug 22: The Nagma-Gamgadhi road section of the Karnali highway has been blocked for the past two months due to heavy rainfall. The incessant rainfall has caused landslides and huge potholes have been formed on various sections of the road.

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Recent inspections conducted by different government agencies lay bare the extent of anomalies in the market. Food producers and traders are openly fleecing consumers in terms of quantity and quality.

54 projects in limbo, locals suffer

July 21, 2016 01:50 am

ITAHARI, July 21: As many as 54 development projects in Itahari are hanging in the balance after failing to meet the deadline of work completion by the end of Asar (July 15). Most of the projects, interestingly, have just begun, according to the concerned authorities.

KATHMANDU, July 7: It has been almost 15 years since Karnadhoj Kafle, a street vendor, has been selling goods on the street of the capital city, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 7: It has been almost 15 years since Karnadhoj Kafle, a street vendor, has been selling goods on the street of the capital city, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 2: It has been almost 15 years since Karnadhoj Kafle, a street vendor, has been selling goods on the street of the capital city, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 1:It has been almost 15 years since Karnadhoj Kafle, a street vendor, has been selling goods on the street of the capital city, Kathmandu.