The Week
Art of imitation
Art of imitation
Everybody in Nepal is a master of the creative art of copying. And why wouldn't they be? We like to teach this not-so-subtle art to our children young, and our schools also make sure they learn the needful. As any tireless parents of a school-going child would attest, the homework teachers give to t...
Oct 27, 2017
The Week
Guardian of the abandoned dead
Guardian of the abandoned dead
Just as the police officer and the doctor at the morgue in Patan hospital in Lalitpur sign the official documents and finish their jobs, Binaya Jung Basnet steps up. Standing before the unclaimed dead bodies, he begins his work. For a little more than four years, Basnet has been their guardian. Some...
Oct 27, 2017
SPORTS, Republica Watch
Amir Shrestha: Rising Football Star to Excavator Operator in Qatar
Amir Shrestha: Rising Football Star to Excavator Operator in...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The world football has seen many factory workers and other job holders turning into top professional footballers. Jamie Vardy is one such example of recent times.
Oct 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Kohalpur squatters removed after 12 years
Kohalpur squatters removed after 12 years
KOHALPUR, Oct 27: Squatters who had built a settlement at Kohalpur-11 by encroaching upon the road at Chauraha have been removed after 12 years. Without the use of force, police removed 72 huts built on the roadside and being used for commercial and household purposes.
Oct 27, 2017
ELECTION
Bigwigs to battle for Gorkha constituencies
Bigwigs to battle for Gorkha constituencies
GORKHA, Oct 26: Gorkha district has become a battleground for senior leaders of major parties in the upcoming federal parliament elections. While the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) Chief Whip Chinkaji Shrestha is contesting the parliamentary polls from constituency 1 of the district, the leftist allian...
Oct 27, 2017
ELECTION
NC between rock and hard place in seats deal with alliance partners
NC between rock and hard place in seats deal with alliance p...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has found itself between a rock and a hard place, with the smaller parties in the so-called democratic alliance showing little sign of compromise in seat adjustments for the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections.
Oct 27, 2017
POLITICS
House to be revived if govt defers polls: Left alliance
House to be revived if govt defers polls: Left alliance
KATHMANDU, Oct 26: A day after the Supreme Court (SC) sought details from the Election Commission (EC) on ensuring that separate ballot papers are being printed for provincial assembly and parliamentary elections, leaders of the left alliance have threatened to reinstate parliament if the November 2...
Oct 27, 2017
ELECTION
Court order leaves EC in a fix
Court order leaves EC in a fix
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The Election Commission (EC) is in a fix over its future course in holding scheduled parliamentary and provincial elections after the Supreme Court (SC) sought details from the election body about the progress made in printing ballot papers for the elections.
Oct 27, 2017
ELECTION
Fierce contest ensues as two heavyweight leaders meet head-on
Fierce contest ensues as two heavyweight leaders meet head-o...
JAJARKOT, Oct 27: In a much-anticipated election battle, former home minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet of the CPN (Maoist Center) is pitted against another well-known political leader, Rajeev Bikram Shah of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Jajarkot district.
Oct 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Chhath festival being observed with gusto and fanfare
Chhath festival being observed with gusto and fanfare
BIRGUNJ, Oct 27: This year on October 26, right after their major festivals Dashain and Tihar, Hindus in the country's tarai region and capital Kathmandu are observing the Chhath festival with much gusto and fanfare.
Oct 27, 2017