SOCIETY
Republica journalists bag Barbara Adams Award
Republica journalists bag Barbara Adams Award
KATHMANDU, April 27: Journalists Rudra Khadka and Arjun Oli of Republica were awarded the Barbara Adams Investigative Journalism Award 2018 for exposing multi-billion-rupee scam while constructing Sikta Irrigation Project, one of the national pride projects in Banke district.
Apr 27, 2019
POLITICS
RJP to hold first general convention in mid-November
RJP to hold first general convention in mid-November
KATHMANDU, April 27: A meeting of the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has decided to hold its first general convention by mid-November. The three-day general convention has been scheduled to start from November 14.
Apr 27, 2019
SOCIETY
Red notice issued against double amputee Gautam
Red notice issued against double amputee Gautam
KATHMANDU, April 27: The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Nepal, on Friday, issued a red notice against Sudarshan Gautam who was convicted of trafficking in people from Nepal to the US. Gautam had hit stardom in Nepal after becoming the first person without hands to scale Mount Everest without prost...
Apr 27, 2019
SOCIETY
Five, including two foreigners, arrested for illegally promoting Christianity
Five, including two foreigners, arrested for illegally promo...
DANG, April 27: Five people including two foreigners were arrested from Ghorahi on Wednesday on the charge of illegally promoting Christianity. American citizen Cinquanta Oleana May, Indian citizen Gaurav Shrivastav and Nepali citizens Dilli Ram Paudel, Kunsang Tamang and Pramod Kafle were arrested...
Apr 27, 2019
SOCIETY
Community school offers free bus service to attract students
Community school offers free bus service to attract students
POKHARA, April 27: In order to prevent the children of the village from going elsewhere for education, a community-run Shukraraj Secondary School in Pumdibhumdi of Pokhara has introduced free bus service. By doing so, the school hopes to retain children in the village.
Apr 27, 2019
POLITICS
Prez Bhandari in Beijing says entire South Asia will benefit from BRI
Prez Bhandari in Beijing says entire South Asia will benefit...
KATHMANDU, April 27: President Bidya Bhandari has said that the development of ‘Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network’, including Nepal-China Cross-Border Railway, will boost connectivity not only between Nepal and China but other countries in the region.
Apr 27, 2019
ECONOMY
Economy to grow by 6.81% this year: CBS
Economy to grow by 6.81% this year: CBS
KATHMANDU, April 27: The country's economic output is projected to grow by 6.81 percent in the current fiscal year and reach worth Rs 3,464 billion. This is the third consecutive fiscal year with an economic growth rate of over six percent.
Apr 27, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
SC stays citizenship for offspring of Dev panel beneficiaries
SC stays citizenship for offspring of Dev panel beneficiarie...
KATHMANDU, April 27: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the distribution of citizenship by descent to the offspring of those who were given citizenship by birth under a special one-time decision taken some 12 years ago.
Apr 27, 2019
SOCIETY
Multiple errors in school textbooks, govt unaware
Multiple errors in school textbooks, govt unaware
KATHMANDU, April 27: The government has shown negligence over multiple errors in the textbooks for private schools, which were given to students at the beginning of the new academic session.
Apr 27, 2019
SOCIETY
Woman dies after husband, mother-in-law burn her
Woman dies after husband, mother-in-law burn her
SIRAHA, April 27: Twenty-year-old Kanchan Mandal (Khatbe) of Kalyanpur municipality-8 Aurang breathed her last while undergoing treatment for burns at Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital, Sankhu on Friday evening. Before she died she said that she had been burnt alive by her husband and mother-in-law.
Apr 27, 2019