POLITICS
Dahal terms Madi attack biggest mistake by Maoists
Dahal terms Madi attack biggest mistake by Maoists
CHITWAN, Nov 5: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the killing of 38 people in the detonation of a bomb against a moving bus at Badarmudhe in Madi, Chitwan district on June 6, 2005 was the biggest mistake committed by the Maoists during their 10-...
Nov 05, 2017
SOCIETY
Arrest of Dhungel fulfills octogenarians' wish
Arrest of Dhungel fulfills octogenarians' wish
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The recent arrest of absconding Maoist leader Balkrishna Dhungel, after eight years of being convicted of murdering Ujjan Kumar Shrestha of Okhaldhunga, brought tears to the eyes of the octogenarian parents of the deceased.
Nov 05, 2017
ELECTION
It's a tough fight between NC and UML in Gulmi
It's a tough fight between NC and UML in Gulmi
GULMI, Nov 5: A couple of the most interesting battles of the upcoming elections is taking place in Gulmi, where four central-level leaders of the country's big political parties are contesting against each other.
Nov 05, 2017
ELECTION
Candidates busy making strategies to woo voters
Candidates busy making strategies to woo voters
SINDHULI, Nov 5: These days, candidates of both left and right alliances have geared themselves up for spearheading their campaigns and finding out the best political agendas for wooing more voters to support them in the upcoming parliamentary and provincial polls scheduled for December 7.
Nov 05, 2017
ECONOMY
Net profit of majority of commercial banks increases
Net profit of majority of commercial banks increases
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The net profits of almost half of the commercial banks who have published their financial results have gone up in the first quarter of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18.
Nov 05, 2017
SOCIETY
Visually impaired student wishes to be a teacher
Visually impaired student wishes to be a teacher
MYAGDI, Nov 5: An ambitious student, who was deprived of higher education due to poor economic condition and lack of family support, has finally got an opportunity to complete her studies.
Nov 05, 2017
SOCIETY
Mules still only means of transportation in rural Dhading
Mules still only means of transportation in rural Dhading
DHADING, Nov 5: Naresh Tamang of Tipling village has 12 mules. There were more. But the perilous journeys across the hills claimed lives of a few.
Nov 05, 2017
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Relief materials for flood victims remain dumped at TIA
Relief materials for flood victims remain dumped at TIA
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had handed over relief materials to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) for distribution to the flood victims in the eastern and central tarai plains in mid-August. But those relief materials have not been distributed yet.
Nov 05, 2017
ELECTION
Alliances found breaching election laws during poll campaigns
Alliances found breaching election laws during poll campaign...
RASUWA, Nov 5: Cadres and leaders of both the left and right forces in Rasuwa have been found organizing their poll campaigns by breaching the election code of conduct.
Nov 05, 2017
ECONOMY
Additional terminal for Nepali cargo at Kolkata port
Additional terminal for Nepali cargo at Kolkata port
BIRGUNJ, Nov 5: Nepal has been losing a huge sum of money in delay fees for import of goods due to constant traffic in international ports. However, an additional terminal in Kolkata port has been made available for Nepal, which is expected to considerably ease the country's imports.
Nov 05, 2017