SOCIETY
Violence against children unabated in Province 2
Violence against children unabated in Province 2
JANAKPUR, June 4: On May 24, Nine-year-old Karan Sah of Pragatinagar was abducted from near house where he was playing. The son of Shambhu Sah was abducted by his neighbor Bikash Sharma, an Indian national who was living in a rented room in the same locality.
Jun 04, 2019
POLITICS
NCP fails to finalize work division as top leaders remain divided
NCP fails to finalize work division as top leaders remain di...
KATHMANDU, June 4: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is in a fix over allocating party responsibilities after its top leaders, including two chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, insisted on naming their own trusted members to the party's crucial positions.
Jun 04, 2019
ECONOMY
Rs 10 million collected from yarsa collectors
Rs 10 million collected from yarsa collectors
MUGU, June 4: The local authorities of Mugu have collected Rs 10 million in revenue from entry fee charged to yarsagumba collectors in the district. People from the district as well as outside have reached the highlands of Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality of Mugu to collect the prized fungus which...
Jun 04, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Keeping an intrepid promise
Keeping an intrepid promise
Don’t take over me
If you won’t love me anymore
Don’t come to my mind
If you won’t remember me again
Jun 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Dark side of Everest expeditions
Dark side of Everest expeditions
KATHMANDU, June 4: Expedition organizers have been charging up to Rs 10 million to bring back the body of a climber who dies on Everest. The expedition fee for the world’s highest mountain is just Rs 2.8 million (25,000 USD).
Jun 04, 2019
SOCIETY
UPDATE: 3 killed, 3 missing in jeep accident
UPDATE: 3 killed, 3 missing in jeep accident
RASUWA, June 4: Three persons died and three others have been missing in a Tata Sumo accident that took place in Mailung-Syafrubesi road section in Rasuwa on Monday evening.
Jun 04, 2019
SPORTS
Province 5 sport body’s Oli ‘favored’ own village in constructions
Province 5 sport body’s Oli ‘favored’ own village in constru...
BANKE, June 4: The hype generated by the eighth national games held in Nepalgunj has not died down even a month after the event. The week-long games organized by the National Sports Council (NSC) ended up gifting several physical infrastructures for the development of sports in Province 5. But on th...
Jun 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Man sentenced to over 38 years in jail for selling wife, son
Man sentenced to over 38 years in jail for selling wife, son
DAILEKH, June 4: Tek Raj Puri, 29, a resident of Bhairawi Municipality-4, has been sentenced to 38 years in jail after he was convicted of selling his wife and son in Bangaluru, India.
Jun 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Child marriages ending up in divorces in Rukum
Child marriages ending up in divorces in Rukum
RUKUM, June 4: Twenty-one-year-old Sapana(name changed) of Bhume Rural Municipality in Rukum (East) got married to a boy of her own locality at the tender age of 16.
Jun 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Trekking circuit opened at Phoksundo Lake
Trekking circuit opened at Phoksundo Lake
DOLPA, June 4: The construction of a 3.8 km-long trekking circuit from the Phoksundo Lake, which lies next to Rigmogaun village of Shey Phoksundo Rural Municipality-8, to the Chholphuk hill has been completed.
Jun 04, 2019