SOCIETY
21,484 health staff positions vacant across country
21,484 health staff positions vacant across country
KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Positions for a total of 21,484 health staffs including 675 doctors at hospitals, health centers, health posts and other health institutions are vacant across the country.
Dec 20, 2016
WORLD
Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people
Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people
BERLIN, Dec 20: A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50 as it smashed through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were tre...
Dec 20, 2016
POLITICS
YAN demands probe committee on Tiwari's murder
YAN demands probe committee on Tiwari's murder
KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Youth Association Nepal (YAN) has demanded formation of a probe committee to investigate the murder of YAN – Rupendehi Chairman, Durga Tiwari.
Dec 20, 2016
ECONOMY
Tatopani border point yet to reopen
Tatopani border point yet to reopen
CHAUTARA, Dec 20: The 26-km road stretch from Bahrabise to Tatopani of Sindhupalchowk - which was demolished in quake-triggered dry landslide - has been reconstructed but the major transit point with China is yet to open up.
Dec 20, 2016
POLITICS
PM asks Liu to facilitate Chinese Prez's visit to Nepal
PM asks Liu to facilitate Chinese Prez's visit to Nepal
KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has asked visiting Chinese delegate Liu Qibao, political bureau and secretariat member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to facilitate the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal.
Dec 20, 2016
WORLD, SPECIAL
Witness to an assassination: A photographer captures attack
Witness to an assassination: A photographer captures attack
People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.
Dec 20, 2016
SOCIETY
Banda enforced in Lumbini zone in protest of murder
Banda enforced in Lumbini zone in protest of murder
BUTWAL, Dec 20: The CPN-UML aligned youths and students in Rupendehi have taken out a demonstration in protest of the daylight murder of Youth Association of Nepal (YAN) – Rupendehi Chairman and Devdaha's youth entrepreneur, Durga Tiwari, by unidentified assailants.
Dec 20, 2016
SOCIETY
Siddhababadham emerging into a tourist destination
Siddhababadham emerging into a tourist destination
RAMPUR (Palpa), Dec 20: The Siddhababadham located along the bank of the Kaligandaki river is quickly transforming into a destination for domestic as well as foreign tourists.
Dec 20, 2016
SOCIETY
Lions Club provides water tank for elderly home
Lions Club provides water tank for elderly home
POKHARA, Dec 20: The Lions Club Pokhara Machhapuchchhre has provided a drinking water tank for the elderly citizens living at an elderly home in Pokhara.
Dec 20, 2016
POLITICS
Three NEA board members get the sack
Three NEA board members get the sack
KATHMANDU, Dec 20: The Ministry of Energy has sacked three board members of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) on charges of non-cooperation to a campaign to reduce power outage.
Dec 20, 2016