SOCIETY
Services in Lamahi Hospital affected in lack of staff
Services in Lamahi Hospital affected in lack of staff
DANG, Aug 2: Lamahi Hospital, which is visited by dozens of patients from towns and rural villages of Dang, has stopped providing x-ray, ambulance and several other kinds of health services in lack of staffs. The hospital became unable to provide such services after nine of its staff members’ employ...
Aug 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Locals suspect irregularities in nutrition program
Locals suspect irregularities in nutrition program
BIRGUNJ, Aug 2: Rabita Devi, 22, was busy with her household chores when a few officials from her rural municipality’s office approached her on Tuesday afternoon. They handed over three chicks and Rs 500 to her. A resident of Pakahamainpur Rural Municipality, she was surprised with the gifts.
Aug 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Mayor instructs not to collect garbage in Lahan: Locals
Mayor instructs not to collect garbage in Lahan: Locals
LAHAN, Aug 2: When the local elections were held last year after almost two decades, it had brought a new wave of excitement among the people across the country. Locals of Siraha too were hopeful that the elections would pave way for development and prosperity.
Aug 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Contractor responsible for repairing Sikta irrigation canal: Govt
Contractor responsible for repairing Sikta irrigation canal:...
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Government officials have stated that the civil contractor is responsible for repairing the damaged main canal of the Sikta Irrigation Project.
Aug 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Locals ‘find’ several vulnerable points along Sikta’s main canal
Locals ‘find’ several vulnerable points along Sikta’s main c...
NEPALGUNJ, Aug 2: Local leaders and commoners say that they have found several vulnerable points along the main canal of the Sikta Irrigation Project. After an inspection of the canal on Wednesday, they claimed that there are similar other weak points between 17.7 km to 35 km stretch of the canal in...
Aug 02, 2018
POLITICS
NCP leaders urging Shrestha to withdraw resignation
NCP leaders urging Shrestha to withdraw resignation
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Senior leaders of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have requested the party’s spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha to take back his decision to resign from the post.
Aug 02, 2018
ECONOMY
“Implement minimum wage in tea sector without delay”
“Implement minimum wage in tea sector without delay”
KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Members of a tripartite plus task force on quality tea have stressed the need to implement the recently announced minimum wage for workers.
Aug 02, 2018
POLITICS
Local units urge Kathmandu to okay their foreign trips
Local units urge Kathmandu to okay their foreign trips
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Representatives of local units have expressed serious concerns over the federal government’s stalling scheduled foreign trips of the local representatives “in an arbitrary fashion”.
Aug 02, 2018
POLITICS
PHC member ‘receives death threat’
PHC member ‘receives death threat’
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) member Niru Pal has said that she received a death threat from unidentified persons on Tuesday if she stood for rejecting Deepak Raj Joshee’s nomination as chief justice.
Aug 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Wife demands probe into journo Thapaliya's death
Wife demands probe into journo Thapaliya's death
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: An application has been filed at the Kathmandu District Administration Office on Wednesday demanding probe into the reason behind the death of journalist Yadav Thapaliya, who was working with Kantipur national daily.
Aug 02, 2018