SOCIETY
DEO launches campaign to bring all children to school
DEO launches campaign to bring all children to school
KHOTANG, April 8: The District Education Office (DEO), Khotang, has launched a campaign to make it compulsory for all parents to send their children to school.
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Foreigner celebrates Janku, a Newari's tradition of reaching old age
Foreigner celebrates Janku, a Newari's tradition of reaching...
BHAKTAPUR, April 8: The public has been observing foreigners celebrating many festivals including Holi, Gai Jatra and Bhai Tika. On Sunday, the locals of Bhaktapur got a rare chance to see a foreigner celebrating Janku, a Newari festival celebrated when a man or woman of the Newar community turns 77...
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Country’s first irrigation system now a ‘flood risk’
Country’s first irrigation system now a ‘flood risk’
SAPTARI, April 8: The first irrigation system, Chandra Irrigation System, was established by the Rana regime in 1920s. The then Rana Prime Minister, Chandra Shamsher is reported to have been so much interested by the infrastructures in England that upon his return he constructed many crucial infrast...
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Disabled Xia to attempt Mt Everest for fifth time
Disabled Xia to attempt Mt Everest for fifth time
KATHMANDU, April 8: As the spring season begins, mountaineers have started heading for the mountains, including Mount Everest. Disabled-abled climber Xia Boyu, a 70-year-old Chinese, is among the mountaineers aiming to climb Mount Everest this spring. This is going to be Xia’s fifth attempt to climb...
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Campaigner for Hindu nation shot, injured
Campaigner for Hindu nation shot, injured
MORANG, April 8: An unidentified group has shot at a Hindu religious leader in Biratnagar in the early hours on Sunday. The gunmen fired three shots at Sriniwasacharya at around 2 am.
Sriniwasacharya, 26, sustained injuries to his left shoulder and is being treated at Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospita...
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Former top UN official held on pedophilia charges
Former top UN official held on pedophilia charges
KATHMANDU, April 8: Former UN-Habitat country representative for Afghanistan, Peter John Dalglish, has been arrested from Kavrepalanchowk district for his alleged involvement in pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder that leads to sexual attraction toward children.
Apr 09, 2018
POLITICS
'No reason to cheer about new project announcements'
'No reason to cheer about new project announcements'
Experts say implementation holds the key.
Apr 09, 2018
POLITICS
How successful was PM’s India visit?
How successful was PM’s India visit?
KATHMANDU, April 9: Was Prime Minister KP Oli’s India visit a success or was it just an addition to ritual junkets led by past ten Nepali prime ministers in as many years?
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Wife elopes with husband's property
Wife elopes with husband's property
DHARAN, April 9: Every year, thousands of youths fly to the Gulf countries from Nepal in search of employment to secure the future of their families. Bishnu Shrestha of Dharan-5, Thingabari is one of such youths.
Apr 09, 2018
POLITICS
New Education Act next year: Minister
New Education Act next year: Minister
KATHMANDU, April 9: Minister for Education, Science, and Technology (MoEST) Giriraj Mani Pokharel has said that new education act will be brought in a year.
Apr 09, 2018