ECONOMY
500 households left in darkness due to damage in power plant canal
500 households left in darkness due to damage in power plant...
BAGLUNG, September 3: For the residents of the western part of Baglung, the Budhathok Small Hydropower Project has been turning into a white elephant.
The damage in canals of the project causes losses worth millions every year.
Sep 03, 2017
ECONOMY
Butwal announces to spend Rs 1.633b in FY 2017/18
Butwal announces to spend Rs 1.633b in FY 2017/18
BUTWAL, September 3: Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City has published a budget of Rs 1.633 billion for the Fiscal Year 2017/18. The municipal council held from August 16-27 passed the budget for FY 2017/18. Mayor Shivaraj Subedi published the budget.
Sep 03, 2017
SOCIETY
‘Khadka’s damages claim runs against law’
‘Khadka’s damages claim runs against law’
KATHMANDU, September 3: Media law expert Ram Krishna Timalsena has said that the defamation case filed by chief of Nepal Oil Corporation Gopal Bahadur Khadka against Nepal Republic Media officials and journalists should have been rejected by the court right at the beginning.
Sep 03, 2017
ECONOMY
‘Match fixing, syndication ail contract management’
‘Match fixing, syndication ail contract management’
KATHMANDU, September 3: Few large-scale civil contractors have monopoly of government contracts and they apply 'match fixing' in the contract process to get contracts, a CPN UML Party leader has said.
Sep 03, 2017
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Something is amiss in NOC land deal: Supply Minister Mandal (with video)
Something is amiss in NOC land deal: Supply Minister Mandal...
KATHMANDU, September 3: Supply Minister Shiva Kumar Mandal has said that his ministry will take action against Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Executive Director Gopal Khadka regardless of any political pressure, once there is evidence at hand.
Sep 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Flood victims demand safe land to build new houses
Flood victims demand safe land to build new houses
ITAHARI, September 3: Dhanamaya Khati, 70, does not have a house to live in. The local of Itahari - 3 was displaced after her house was swept away three weeks ago. Peeping out from a tarpaulin shelter, the elderly woman said she could build another house, but doesn't have the land for it.
Sep 03, 2017
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Republica Watch
NOC land in Chitwan at big risk of inundation: Experts
NOC land in Chitwan at big risk of inundation: Experts
CHITWAN, September 3: Land newly purchased by Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in Rapti Municipality-1, Piple of Chitwan in order to construct an oil storage depot, is at risk of inundation by the Lothar Khola river of Mahadevsthan.
Sep 03, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Parties stationed in Birgunj to plan Province 2 poll strategies
Parties stationed in Birgunj to plan Province 2 poll strateg...
KATHMANDU, September 3: While the rest of Province 2 is still recovering from the recent devastating floods, Birgunj has remained an exception as the city gears up for the local election which is just around the corner. Vehicles are seen bedecked with party flags and poll candidates.
Sep 03, 2017
POLITICS
10,000 people to learn Marxism
10,000 people to learn Marxism
KATHMANDU, September 3: Karl Marx Centenary Organization Committee has decided to educate Marxism to 10,000 people.
Sep 03, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Central leaders heat up election environment in Province 2
Central leaders heat up election environment in Province 2
RAUTAHAT, September 2: Central leaders of various political parties have expedited their visits to the election constituencies of Province 2 in order to prepare for the third round of local polls scheduled for September 18.
Sep 03, 2017