SOCIETY
Police arrest CPN's Koshi bureau coordinator Ghanshyam Shrestha
Police arrest CPN's Koshi bureau coordinator Ghanshyam Shres...
KATHMANDU, March 25: Police have arrested the Koshi bureau coordinator of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal Ghanshyam Shrestha aka Pushkar.
Mar 25, 2019
ECONOMY
DRI files case against five for smuggling 32 kg gold
DRI files case against five for smuggling 32 kg gold
KATHMANDU, March 25: Department of Revenue Investigation filed a case Sunday against Laxman Tiruwa, Suraj Tiruwa, Sarita Tiruwa, Indira BK, and Shankar Bahadur BK for smuggling 32 kilograms of gold to Nepal from India.
Mar 25, 2019
ECONOMY
Contractor changed as bridge construction misses deadline
Contractor changed as bridge construction misses deadline
KHOTANG, March 25: Petty contractor to build Sapsu Bridge of Khotang has been changed as the project could not be completed even 15 months after the construction deadline expired.
Mar 25, 2019
SPORTS
24 players from NRNA to feature in 8th National Games
24 players from NRNA to feature in 8th National Games
KATHMANDU, March 25: Karate’s Bimala Tamang, who won the only medal for Nepal in the 17th Asian Games held in South Korea, is set to play from Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) in the eighth National Games which is said to be held next month.
Mar 25, 2019
POLITICS
Ansari's appointment challenged at Supreme Court
Ansari's appointment challenged at Supreme Court
KATHMANDU, March 25: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court on Sunday challenging the recent appointment of Samim Miya Ansari as the chairman of the Muslim Commission
Mar 25, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
41 rhinos dead in nine months at Chitwan National Park
41 rhinos dead in nine months at Chitwan National Park
CHITWAN, March 25: On Sunday a female rhino in Chitwan breathed her last. She was spotted dead near a septic tank of a hotel in Jagatpur, Bharatpur Municipality – 23. With this, the number of rhinos to die in Chitwan in the last nine months has reached 41.
Mar 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Government official smeared with soot for ‘seeking’ bribe
Government official smeared with soot for ‘seeking’ bribe
REPUBLICA, March 25: Leaders and cadres of the All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), Doti, smeared soot at the District Education Coordination Officer Ananta Paudel, allegedly for seeking a commission.
Mar 25, 2019
POLITICS
There cannot be referendum on monarchy: PM Oli
There cannot be referendum on monarchy: PM Oli
KATHMANDU, March 25: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that there cannot be a referendum to decide on the fate of the already ousted institution of monarchy in the country.
Mar 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Hearings of Janakpur bomb blast begins after six years
Hearings of Janakpur bomb blast begins after six years
JANAKPUR, March 24: The District Court, Dhanusha, on Sunday, started the hearings on the notorious case of a bomb blast in Janakpur in 2012 which took five lives. The then Member of Parliament Sanjay Sah aka Takala has been in police custody for the last six years on the charge of masterminding the...
Mar 25, 2019
SOCIETY
SP Bista released on bail
SP Bista released on bail
KANCHANPUR, March 25: Sacked Superintendent of Police (SP) Dilli Raj Bista, who surrendered before the District Court (DC), Kanchanpur last week, has been released on bail following the court’s order on Sunday.
Mar 25, 2019