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Government to buy 5,000 quintals more paddy in Nepalgunj
Government to buy 5,000 quintals more paddy in Nepalgunj
NEPALGUNJ, Dec 31: The Bheri zonal office of Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTC) has said that it would increase paddy procurement quota by 5,000 quintals this season.
Dec 31, 2019
OPINION
The year of the Yeti
The year of the Yeti
For a few days, yours truly had been searching for the topic to write something or anything about. You see this scribbler is not some great writer, who can write a masterpiece in a jiffy, in a manner that a magician brings out all sorts of objects as per the demand from the audience.
Dec 31, 2019
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Apex court rejects reinstatement plea of rape-convict army captain
Apex court rejects reinstatement plea of rape-convict army c...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Upholding a decision taken earlier by a military court, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed that the matters concerning the conduct of military personnel fall under the jurisdiction of the Military Special Court.
Dec 31, 2019
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Leopard kills toddler
Leopard kills toddler
DULEGAUDA, TANAHU, Dec 31: A leopard has killed a 22-month-old baby boy at Ratamata village of Shuklagandadi Rural Municipality–22. Raju Nepal's toddler son Rabin was playing at the patio of his house when he came under the leopard's brutal attack on Sunday. His dead body was found one kilometer awa...
Dec 31, 2019
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Nurses taking the lead in diabetes control campaigns
Nurses taking the lead in diabetes control campaigns
BANEPA, Dec 31: There used to be a time when nurses were identified only as helping hands to doctors. A common understanding that they are only someone who provides medicines to the sick was prevalent. However, as Dhulikhel Hospital for the first time conducted diabetes control campaigns, giving com...
Dec 31, 2019
OPINION
Not Another Arab Spring
Not Another Arab Spring
TEL AVIV : “A specter is haunting the rich world. It is the specter of ungovernability,” began an editorial in The Economist earlier this year, paraphrasing the opening line of the Communist Manifesto. But it is not only the West that is grappling with ungovernability. Across the Arab world, protest...
Dec 31, 2019
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Nepse stretches sideways movement with modest gain
Nepse stretches sideways movement with modest gain
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded flat in early trading on Monday. However, a steady advance after mid-session saw the index recoup its previous day's losses. The benchmark index eventually ended the session 5.53 points higher at 1,167.95 points.
Dec 31, 2019
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Rape-accused ‘Siddhababa’ freed on Rs 300,000 bail
Rape-accused ‘Siddhababa’ freed on Rs 300,000 bail
ITAHARI, Dec 31: The Sunsari District Court has released rape-accused Krishna Das Giri, known as Siddhababa, on bail on Monday.
Dec 31, 2019
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Karnali academy to start MBBS courses this year
Karnali academy to start MBBS courses this year
JUMLA, Dec 31: The senate meeting of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) has decided to run Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) courses in the academy from the current fiscal year, officials said on Monday.
Dec 31, 2019
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Chengdu Int'l Railway Port wants Nepal to launch its pavilion there
Chengdu Int'l Railway Port wants Nepal to launch its pavilio...
CHENGDU, Dec 30: The Chengdu International Railway Port which has established a new model of the modern service industry in Sichuan Free Trade Zone, has wished for Nepal to set up a National Pavilion there as other countries have done. At present, this port has allotted space for six pavilions of di...
Dec 31, 2019