SOCIETY
Locals to rebuild Kasthamandap
Locals to rebuild Kasthamandap
KATHMANDU, May 13: Government bodies - National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), Department of Archaeology (DoA) and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) - have handed over the task of rebuilding the Kasthamandap Temple to locals. The temple was demolished in the April 2015 earthquake.
May 13, 2017
ECONOMY
Authorities crank up expansion of central transmission line in Manang
Authorities crank up expansion of central transmission line...
LAMJUNG, May 13: The expansion of the national transmission line in the trans-Himalayan district of Manang is gaining momentum.
May 13, 2017
SOCIETY
Madheli village declared fully vaccinated
Madheli village declared fully vaccinated
ITAHARI, May 13: The Madheli village – which recently merged with the Gadhi Village Council in Sunsari – was declared a fully vaccinated village on Friday amidst a function.
May 13, 2017
POLITICS
Leaders concerned over ‘security lapses’
Leaders concerned over ‘security lapses’
KATHMANDU, May 12: Growing cases of poll-related violence in the backdrop of the local elections has exposed lapses in the ‘integrated polls security plan’ of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
May 13, 2017
ELECTION
Senior politicians, ministers not to cast their votes in phase I polls
Senior politicians, ministers not to cast their votes in pha...
KATHMANDU, May 12: While millions of people are preparing to cast their votes to elect their local level representatives after two decades on Sunday, most of the senior leaders including the president, former president and former prime ministers will not cast their vote in the first phase of the loc...
May 13, 2017
SPECIAL, ELECTION
Raute demand voting rights
Raute demand voting rights
DAILEKH, May 12: The main leader of Raute community known as Mahamukhiya in the community, Manbahadur Shahi is very much excited with the local election. On Sunday, the country is set to conduct election in three provinces and Shahi wants to cast his vote to his preferred candidate. But the problem...
May 13, 2017
ELECTION
3 generations of Dhakal family excited over local elections
3 generations of Dhakal family excited over local elections
SURKHET, May 12: Eighty four-year-old Tikaram Dhakal of Birendranagar, Surkhet has not forgotten the very first time he cast his vote. Recalling his youthful days when he voted in the general election of 1959 during the rein of King Mahendra, he said, “My elders told me not to be anxious while voti...
May 13, 2017
POLITICS
On eve of polls, govt doles out Rs 150m to Kailali incident victims
On eve of polls, govt doles out Rs 150m to Kailali incident...
KATHMANDU, May 12: In blatant violation of the election code of conduct, the government on Friday doled out over Rs 150 million for victims of the Kailali incident. A cabinet meeting decided to provide the money to the victims of the Kailali violence, according to government spokesperson Surendra Ba...
May 13, 2017
ECONOMY
OBOR deal lays ground for further Nepal-China cooperation
OBOR deal lays ground for further Nepal-China cooperation
KATHMANDU, May 12: Nepal and China signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation under the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative on Friday, paving the way for enhanced trade and transit connectivity, financial integration and people-to-people contacts between the two countries.
May 13, 2017
WORLD, TECHNOLOGY
Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
NEW YORK, May 13: Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
May 13, 2017