SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Triyuga-Gaighat road to be upgraded within three months
Triyuga-Gaighat road to be upgraded within three months
UDAYAPUR, Nov 23: The roadway stretching from Triyuga Buspark to Gaighat is being upgraded within the next three months.
Nov 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
23 border pillars swept away by Saptakoshi yet to be restored
23 border pillars swept away by Saptakoshi yet to be restore...
ITAHARI, Nov 23: A total of 23 border pillars in Kusaha of south-eastern Nepal were swept away by the massive flood in Saptakoshi river in Sunsari district over a decade ago. Among them, four were the main pillars while the rest were subsidiary ones. Those pillars have not been restored yet.
Nov 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
US official lauds Nepal’s progress in justice reforms
US official lauds Nepal’s progress in justice reforms
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Jorgan K Andrews has said that Nepal has been doing well in the sector of justice reforms and security sector.
Nov 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
High court seeks details on Mahara case
High court seeks details on Mahara case
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Patan High Court on Friday sought details from Kathmandu District Court (KDC) on the rape attempt case against ex-speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara.
Nov 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
62 pc quake-damaged houses rebuilt, 24 percent under-construction: NRA
62 pc quake-damaged houses rebuilt, 24 percent under-constru...
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has said that 62 percent of the houses damaged by the 2015 earthquakes have already been rebuilt while another 24 percent are currently under-construction.
Nov 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Air pollution kills 37,399 people per year in Nepal: Study
Air pollution kills 37,399 people per year in Nepal: Study
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Kathmandu sees a sharp rise in air pollution levels during winter months. The city is enveloped in dust and smoke. The seven Air Quality Monitoring Stations, spread across the Valley, have already begun showing “unhealthy” Air Quality Index (AQI) readings, as evident in the data o...
Nov 23, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
SPN not to quit govt immediately: Leaders
SPN not to quit govt immediately: Leaders
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Regardless of internal pressure from a section in the Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN) to take umbrage and quit the government following the unilateral move of Prime Minister KP Oli to change the ministerial portfolio of party Chairperson Upendra Yadav and recall a state minister fr...
Nov 23, 2019
My City, Entertainment
‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ top Spirit Awards nominations
‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ top Spirit Awards nominations
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Josh and Benny Safdie’s Diamond District crime film “Uncut Gems” and Robert Eggers’ fever-dream period tale “The Lighthouse” led the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nods each, in nominations announced Thursday in Los Angeles.
Nov 22, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue
Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue
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They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread.
Nov 22, 2019
WORLD
Explainer: History, islets and rulings behind tension between South Korea and Japan
Explainer: History, islets and rulings behind tension betwee...
SEOUL, Nov 22 : The animosity between Japan and South Korea is entwined with the history of Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula, the mobilisation of forced labour at companies, of women in wartime brothels, and a row over the ownership of islets in the sea between the two nations.
Nov 22, 2019