VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Pollution at its highest
Pollution at its highest
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Kathmandu pollution reached an all time high at 8 am yesterday, republica's Valley pollution index showed. While valley's pollution largely stayed to be harmful throughout the day , yesterday, it exceeded 150µg/m3. Air quality exceeding the 150 mark to reach 156µg/m3, severely dan...
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
Dispute over National Assembly election likely to delay new govt
Dispute over National Assembly election likely to delay new...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The formation of the government is likely to be delayed further as the dispute over ordinance concerning the formation of the National Assembly continues between the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and the left alliance comprising mainly of CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Center).
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
After polls, Madhesi people now want development
After polls, Madhesi people now want development
RAJBIRAJ, Dec 18: Yogendra Jha, 70, has an interesting political experience. Jha, a local of Tilathi, Saptari, was with the Nepal Congress then when, while protesting against the then Panchayat regime, he was arrested and put in jail for months.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Panel recommends scrapping health policy of 2014
Panel recommends scrapping health policy of 2014
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A task force formed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) has recommended scrapping the health policy of 2014.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
GORKHA, Dec 17: Thirty-two months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015, only 5,565 of the 60, 815 houses damaged by the quake in the district have been completely reconstructed while around 10,000 are under construction. Reconstruction of more than half the quake-damaged houses is yet to start.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha
GORKHA, Dec 17: Thirty-two months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015, only 5,565 of the 60, 815 houses damaged by the quake in the district have been completely reconstructed while around 10,000 are under construction. Reconstruction of more than half the quake-damaged houses is yet to start.
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
Maoist Center leaders tell Dahal to sort out leadership issue before merger
Maoist Center leaders tell Dahal to sort out leadership issu...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Concerned over the overall standing of the party and their portfolio in the merged entity, second-rung leaders of CPN (Maoist Center) have cautioned against rushing for unification with CPN-UML until there is a clear agreement on power sharing.
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
A man who has conducted over 2,000 postmortems
A man who has conducted over 2,000 postmortems
PARBAT, Dec 18: Dissecting human bodies is not an easy job. In fact, it takes a strong-hearted and daring person to conduct a postmortem. In the beginning, Ram Bahadur Damai of Kushma, Parbat, found it disgusting to chop the organs of human bodies as directed by the doctors. But later, he got used t...
Dec 19, 2017
SOCIETY
Paddy production surges by 13 percent in Khotang
Paddy production surges by 13 percent in Khotang
KATHAMANDU, Dec 18: Vegetable Development Directorate (VDD) under the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) is sending teams to eight different districts for selecting recipients of its agri tourism grant.
Dec 19, 2017
POLITICS
Germany announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath transmission line
Germany announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath tran...
KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Germany has agreed to provide Nepal with an additional development grant of 15 million euros to build Damauli-Lekhnath Electricity Transmission Line. Issuing a statement on Monday, the German embassy in Kathmandu said that the grant is an additional support to the 43-kilometer...
Dec 19, 2017