SOCIETY
Six injured in lightning
Six injured in lightning
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 17: Six people including some students were injured by lightning in Bhaktapur on Saturday afternoon.
Feb 17, 2019
WORLD
Trump's choice for U.N. ambassador withdraws: State Department
Trump's choice for U.N. ambassador withdraws: State Departme...
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Heather Nauert, has withdrawn from consideration for the job for family reasons, according to a statement issued by the State Department on Saturday.
Feb 17, 2019
POLITICS
Provincial governments blame center for their poor performance
Provincial governments blame center for their poor performan...
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Provincial governments have started blaming the center for lack of support after the seven provinces started bearing the brunt of public ire for failing to bring a marked difference in the lives of commoners within the first year of their tenure. All the provincial governments cel...
Feb 17, 2019
POLITICS
Indo-Pacific strategy purely driven by strategic considerations: Former Army Chief Rana
Indo-Pacific strategy purely driven by strategic considerati...
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Former army chief Gaurav SJB Rana has said that the Indo-Pacific strategy floated by the USA is purely driven by strategic considerations.
Feb 17, 2019
SOCIETY
Province 2 turning into a drug smuggling hub
Province 2 turning into a drug smuggling hub
LAHAN, Feb 17: On Wednesday, Udayapur Police arrested two youths from the border while they were transporting 917 ampoules of liquid drugs from India into Nepal. Police have has filed a complaint against the arrestees Ganesh Gupta, 26, and Om Prakash Rai of Triyuga Municipality-6 on the charge of dr...
Feb 17, 2019
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Parliamentary supremacy in govt spending under serious question
Parliamentary supremacy in govt spending under serious quest...
KATHAMNDU, Feb 17: Over Rs 800 billion has been spent out of budget endorsed by parliament over the last three years, putting under question the notion of parliamentary supremacy over government spending, according to a report prepared by the Public Expenditure Review Commission (PERC).
Feb 17, 2019
POLITICS
A never punctual prime minister !
A never punctual prime minister !
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Prime Minister K P Oli never appears slow in showing tangible results for his first year in office. But when it comes to time management, he has earned a reputation of never showing up on time.
Feb 17, 2019
POLITICS
CIAA, MPs least interested to implicate Pathak in bribery case
CIAA, MPs least interested to implicate Pathak in bribery ca...
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and parliament seem indifferent toward initiating probe into former CIAA commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak's involvement in a bribery case despite promising to investigate into the issue.
Feb 17, 2019
ECONOMY
Annapurna Circuit closed due to worsening weather
Annapurna Circuit closed due to worsening weather
POKHARA, Feb 17: The trails in Annapurna Circuit has been closed due to worsening weather conditions in the recent weeks.
Feb 17, 2019
ECONOMY
PM instructs FinMin Khatiwada to intervene in reducing lending rates
PM instructs FinMin Khatiwada to intervene in reducing lendi...
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has instructed Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada to make necessary 'intervention' in reducing burgeoning interest rates of bank loans.
Feb 17, 2019