SOCIETY
Dr KC in Saptari to treat flood victims
Dr KC in Saptari to treat flood victims
SAPTARI, August 27: On early Saturday morning, Bairaba-based health post of Saptari district was unusually overcrowded with patients. Elderly people, children and adult alike were bearing with the searing heat.
Aug 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Bad dreams make widow cremate husband 12 yrs after death
Bad dreams make widow cremate husband 12 yrs after death
DAILEKH, August 27: Udaya Prasad Regmi, Maoist in-charge of Narayan Municipality in Dailekh, was shot dead right in his home by security forces 12 years ago.
Aug 27, 2017
POLITICS, Republica Watch
CIAA stalks NEA mgmt but leaves NOC chief alone
CIAA stalks NEA mgmt but leaves NOC chief alone
KATHMANDU, August 27
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is silent about investigating Managing Director of Nepal Oil Corporation Gopal Khadka although parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on August 5 asked it to take action against him.
Aug 27, 2017
Editorial
Why the delay?
Why the delay?
It is strange that even though the government says it is committed to holding both provincial and federal elections on November 26, the vital tasks of constituency delimitation and drafting of election-related laws have been needlessly delayed. The Election Commission has already said that it cannot...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Decoding RPP split
Decoding RPP split
Much to the disappointment of its cadres and supporters across the country, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) witnessed a vertical split on August 6, 2017. After two weeks of bitter accusations and counter-accusations, RPP-Democratic was formally recognized by the Election Commission, following a...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Typhus alert
Typhus alert
Until August 20th, at least 22 Scrub typhus cases were diagnosed among patients with fever who visited the out-patient department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital as well as among those referred there from various hospitals of Kathmandu. Many patients who were positive for Scrub...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Guilty Man
Guilty Man
NEW YORK: In 1940, with Britain standing alone against Nazi Germany, a short book called Guilty Men was published under the pseudonym of “Cato.” Its authors were the future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, the Liberal journalist Frank Owen, and the Conservative journalist Peter Howard. Guilty Men w...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Sanctions against North Korea
Sanctions against North Korea
Washington has slapped new sanctions on Chinese and Russian entities for allegedly supporting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes and attempting to evade previous U.S. sanctions.
U.S. prosecutors are also seeking to recover US$11 million from companies based in China and Singapore that the...
Aug 27, 2017
POLITICS
Mixed reaction about PM's India visit
Mixed reaction about PM's India visit
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Commerce Minister Min Bahadur Bishwakarma has said Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's India visit has been successful.
Aug 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Lightning kills two boys
Lightning kills two boys
SOLUKHUMBU, Aug 26: Two persons from Jubu village of Dudhkaushika rural municipality have died after being struck with lightning.
Aug 26, 2017