SOCIETY
Nepal and Finland to cooperate to reduce climate-induced natural disasters
Nepal and Finland to cooperate to reduce climate-induced nat...
HELSINKI (FINLAND),, August 13: An agreement has been reached between Nepal and Finland to cooperate to reduce the increasing risk of climate-induced natural disasters owing to the effects of climate change. Accordingly, Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) and the Finnish Meteorol...
Aug 13, 2022
SOCIETY
People feared missing as a truck falls into Trishuli River
People feared missing as a truck falls into Trishuli River
CHITWAN, August 13: A truck has fallen into Trishuli River under Prithvi Highway. The truck fell into the Trishuli River at a place called Nagdi Khola located in Ichchakamana Rural Municipality- 5 of Chitwan.
Aug 13, 2022
WORLD
Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbin...
NEW YORK, Aug 13: Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state on Friday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.
Aug 13, 2022
SOCIETY
Chance of light to moderate rain
Chance of light to moderate rain
KATHMANDU, August 13: There is likelihood of light to moderate rainfall in some places of the country today.
Aug 13, 2022
SOCIETY
Monsoon rain: How much rainfall Nepal received so far?
Monsoon rain: How much rainfall Nepal received so far?
KATHMANDU, August 13: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted that there will be more than average rainfall (1,462 MM) this monsoon. There has been an average rainfall since June 1 to August 11 this year, the Department said, explaining that a total of 858.5 mm rainfall has been re...
Aug 13, 2022
POLITICS
NC Central Performance Committee meeting is underway
NC Central Performance Committee meeting is underway
KATHMANDU, August 13: The Central Performance meeting of Nepali Congress (NC) is being held today.
Aug 13, 2022
SOCIETY
CIAA seizes Madhyapaschim University documents for investigation
CIAA seizes Madhyapaschim University documents for investiga...
BIRENDRANAGAR, August 13: The Surkhet-based office of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has seized the documents of the Madhyapaschim University.
Aug 13, 2022
SOCIETY
Man arrested for murdering pregnant wife
Man arrested for murdering pregnant wife
BIRGUNJ, August 13: A man has been arrested on the charge of strangling his wife to death. Dinesh Prasad Yadav,26, of Itiyahi in Birgunj Metropolitan City-23 was arrested for allegedly murdering his 23-year-old wife Pratima Kumari on Friday, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Prahlad Karki...
Aug 13, 2022
WORLD
FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited
FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage A...
August 13: FBI agents in this week's search of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the Justice Department said on Friday, while also disclosing it had probable cause to conduct the search based on possible Esp...
Aug 13, 2022
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Nepal: Press freedom under threat as 'disinformation' and 'fake news' erode media credibil...
Nepal: Press freedom under threat as 'disinformation' and 'f...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Media freedom was what Nepali journalists and civil society activists fought for decades in Nepal until democracy was restored in the country in 1990. The Nepali media fraternity celebrated the abolition of the Panchayat system, which put harsh restrictions on civil liberties i...
Aug 12, 2022