POLITICS
Govt trying to amend Constitution and laws to suit its interests: UML Gen Secy Pokharel
Govt trying to amend Constitution and laws to suit its inter...
Addressing a training program for UML lawmakers at the party’s central office in Chyasal, Pokharel said reports that the government plans to amend more than 150 laws in the current fiscal year had raised serious concerns about its intentions.
2 days ago
SOCIETY
Water level in Kosi barrage reaches alarming level
Water level in Kosi barrage reaches alarming level
The water level in Kosi River has reached alarming level with the water flow crossing 200,000 cusecs following incessant rainfall.
2 days ago
POLITICS
NCP Coordinator Dahal returns home from Colombo
NCP Coordinator Dahal returns home from Colombo
Coordinator of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, returned home from Sri Lanka today. He had been in Sri Lanka to attend the Asian Dialogue Programme organised by the International People's Assembly.
2 days ago
POLITICS
Bhim Rawal calls reported coin redesign ‘another serious anti-national move’
Bhim Rawal calls reported coin redesign ‘another serious ant...
The Council of Ministers on July 16 approved the minting of newly designed Re 1 and Rs 2 coins by the Nepal Rastra Bank. According to reports, the redesigned one-rupee coin will replace the map of Nepal—including Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani—with the image of a monastery.
2 days ago
SOCIETY
Woman found dead in stream in Khotang
Woman found dead in stream in Khotang
Police said the body was recovered from the stream and taken to the victim’s home.
3 days ago
ECONOMY
Smooth supply of chemical fertilizers assured in Lahan
Smooth supply of chemical fertilizers assured in Lahan
The Company said that last fiscal year, it supplied 16,840.37 metric tons of chemical fertilizers. The existing stock includes 55.60 metric tons of urea, 219.65 metric tons of DAP, 86.65 metric tons of potash and 78.77 metric tons of agricultural lime.
3 days ago
SOCIETY
Cancer patients forced to visit India after medical equipment conks out at a local hospita...
Cancer patients forced to visit India after medical equipmen...
Radiotherapy service, an essential facility for treatment of cancer patients, has been disrupted for nearly three months at the Sushil Koirala Prakhar Cancer Hospital in Banke. The service is off-limits after medical equipment, linear accelerator (LINAC), failed to function.
3 days ago
SOCIETY
Amarpur of Dang receives highest rainfall in 24 hours
Amarpur of Dang receives highest rainfall in 24 hours
Amarpur of Dang in Lumbini Province has received the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, 107-mm of rain was measured in the area in the given time.
3 days ago
POLITICS
NC built on ideology and sacrifice, not power: President Thapa
NC built on ideology and sacrifice, not power: President Tha...
Addressing the “Gagan Thapa with the New Generation” program and the unveiling of a statue of veteran NC leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (Kishanji), Thapa said politics within the party should not be confined to internal conventions and elections.
3 days ago
SOCIETY
Govt to allow vehicles operation only after assessing disaster risk
Govt to allow vehicles operation only after assessing disast...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) has intensified disaster preparedness after the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology forecasted the possibility of heavy-to-very-heavy rainfall in 21 districts of the country.
3 days ago