November 26, 2019 10:45 am
ROLPA, Nov 26: All ward members of Thabang Rural Municipality-1 of Rolpa district have resigned en masse.
February 16, 2019 02:08 am
ROLPA, Feb 15: With concrete houses fast displacing the traditional ones having thatched roof, Thabang of Rolpa is losing its original look. The locals are building houses with new technology. This, however, has disappointed the locals who want to preserve their identity.
October 30, 2018 07:40 am
ROLPA, Oct 30: For some locals of Thabang is no more the Thabang they remember. One of the locals to feel so is Girish Pun. A former Maoist guerrilla, while sharing such feelings he was referring to the changes that have taken place in this place, which was considered as a Maoist forte during the insurgency. Since the end of war, other political parties have made inroads into this town and have introduced their ideologies. As such, people here now have diverse opinions and follow different ideology.
November 16, 2017 04:00 am
DANG, Nov 16: Thabang, the hotbed of the Maoist revolution in Dang, had shown firm reservation against election campaigns in the past. Stating that politicians whom they elected had neglected their plight, Thabang residents boycotted political events in the past. As a positive sign, the locality opened itself to local level elections held recently.
October 31, 2017 02:45 am
ROLPA, Oct 31: The election fever has gripped the locals of all districts but it is yet to excite the locals of Thabang, which is also known as the bastion of the decade-long Maoist insurgency that killed over 17,000 people.
August 22, 2017 03:19 am
ROLPA, Aug 21: Thabang, the origin of the ten years long Maoist insurgency has extended its hand of friendship towards Nepal Army which in the past was known as their biggest enemy. There was a time when people of Thabang hated the words army and police. But the officers of Khadka Dal Battalion spent their three months happily with the locals of Thabang, raising many eyebrows.