ECONOMY
Nepal Food Corporation sets aside Rs 332 million to buy goats
Nepal Food Corporation sets aside Rs 332 million to buy goat...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) has set aside Rs 332 million for the purchase of goats and mountain goats for the Dashain festival.
Sep 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Durbar Marg traders shut down stores to protest govt monitoring
Durbar Marg traders shut down stores to protest govt monitor...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Traders have shut down their businesses in Durbar Marg for an ‘indefinite period’ to protest the government’s raid conducted on some of the outlets on Monday and Wednesday.
Sep 08, 2017
POLITICS
Nepal, China to expedite cross-border railway
Nepal, China to expedite cross-border railway
BEIJING, Sept 8: China has expressed readiness to conduct a detailed project survey, design and feasibility study to construct the much-talked-about cross-border railway between the two neighbors at the earliest in a bid to create conditions for a possible China-Nepal-India economic corridor.
Sep 08, 2017
SPECIAL, Republica Watch
Medical certificates on sale for NID job aspirants
Medical certificates on sale for NID job aspirants
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Doctors certified by Nepal Medical Council are found to be selling medical certificates even to those failing the medical tests while applying for National Investigation Department (NID) vacancies, and this is happening right in front of NID headquarters , which is located at the...
Sep 08, 2017
SOCIETY
Parties ignore martyrs' families in candidacy registration
Parties ignore martyrs' families in candidacy registration
SAPTARI, September 8: The major, as well as Madhes-based political parties, have ignored the martyrs' families while picking their candidates for the third round of local polls slated for September 18 in Province 2, compelling family members of the martyrs to contest the polls as independent candida...
Sep 08, 2017
SOCIETY
How has Kathmandu mayor fared in 100 days?
How has Kathmandu mayor fared in 100 days?
KATHMANDU, September 8: It's been exactly 100 days since Bidya Sundar Shakya was elected the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). In his election manifesto, he had expressed the commitment to accomplish 101 tasks in his first 100 days.
Sep 08, 2017
POLITICS
India sets up controversial Pension Paying Office in Butwal
India sets up controversial Pension Paying Office in Butwal
KATHMANDU, September 8: The Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center) coalition government has fulfilled an almost 14-year old controversial Indian demand to set up a Pension Paying Office (PPO) in Butwal of Rupandehi district.
Sep 08, 2017
POLITICS
NHRC urges free and fair polls
NHRC urges free and fair polls
KATHMANDU, Sept 7: National Human Rights Commission (NRHC) has urged all the stakeholders to help conduct the third phase of local elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
Sep 08, 2017
SPORTS
Youth PoY award motivating young players
Youth PoY award motivating young players
KATHMANDU, September 8: The Youth Player of the Year holds a distinct significance in the Pulsar Sports Award as it has always been a real motivation both to the young performers and nominees.
Sep 08, 2017
SOCIETY
High-level commission to federate education system
High-level commission to federate education system
KATHMANDU, September 8: The government has formed a high-level education commission headed by the education minister to work on the federal structures of the education system in the country. It has also formed another high-level task force to settle down the immediate problems of the sector and reco...
Sep 08, 2017