SOCIETY
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
LAHAN, July 20: Ganga Paswan, the mayor of Karjanha Municipality of Siraha, on Thursday slapped a municipal staffer over payments made for the purchase of a dozer.
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
KATHMANDU, July 20: Over a month after a foreigner was arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a minor, police have arrested another 66-year-old Swiss citizen for his alleged involvement in pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder that leads to sexual attraction toward children.
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Nepal Association of the Blind celebrates silver jubilee
Nepal Association of the Blind celebrates silver jubilee
KATHMANDU, JULY 20; Nepal Association of the Blind (NAB) marked its silver jubilee amidst various cultural events in the capital on Friday. Started at 2:30 pm at Rastriya Nach Ghar in Jamal, the function chaired by NAB central president Ramesh Pokharel saw the participation of Nepal Community Party...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Human trafficking through Pashupatinagar on the rise
Human trafficking through Pashupatinagar on the rise
ILAM, July 20: The Indian gateway to eastern Nepal, Pashupatinagar has become the main 'transit' for human trafficking in recent days .Despite being aware that human trafficking through Pashupatinagar is much higher than through other customs points along the eastern border, the authorities concerne...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Children in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
Children in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
DHANGADHI, July 20Six days ago, two girls went missing after attempting to cross the Bahuli River through a makeshift bridge made of wooden logs, locally known as Sanghu. Bimala Kumari Bohora, 15, and Rinu Kumari Bohora, 9, of Surma Rural Municipality-2 were returning home from school when they got...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
WNSO-Bangladesh challenges Prasain to prove allegation or apologize
WNSO-Bangladesh challenges Prasain to prove allegation or ap...
KATHMANDU, July 20; Worldwide Nepalese Students' Organization-Bangladesh (WNSO-Bangladesh) has condemned the 'senseless and unethical' statement made recently by Durga Prasain, the executive director of Jhapa-based controversial B&C Hospital.
Jul 21, 2018
POLITICS
Amnesty decries use of force on hospital premises
Amnesty decries use of force on hospital premises
KATHMANDU, July 20Amnesty International Nepal has expressed its serious concerns over the use of force by Nepal Police at the Karnali Academy of Health and Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla on Thursday to bring Dr Govinda KC to Kathmandu.Dr KC started a hunger-strike at the KAHS on June 30 demanding key refo...
Jul 21, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Transporters get five more months to come under Companies Act
Transporters get five more months to come under Companies Ac...
KATHMANDU, July 20: Amid concerns that the government may go back on its decision to end public transport syndicate, the government has decided to initiate the process of scrapping all the organizations and committees set up by transport operators and also bring all the properties owned by such orga...
Jul 21, 2018
POLITICS
NC stalls parliament in province - 7
NC stalls parliament in province - 7
DHANGADI, July 20: Terming the government's approach toward Dr Govinda KC as inhuman, the main opposition party Nepali Congress on Friday stalled the provincial assembly meeting in Province 7. No sooner had the assembly meeting begun, the lawmakers rose from their seats and started chanting slogans....
Jul 21, 2018
OPINION
A brief history of buttons
A brief history of buttons
Rumor has it that King Louis XIV of France spent five million dollars just on buttons during
his lifetime.
Jul 21, 2018