DIASPORA
Duped in Saint Lucia, 20 Nepalese students await justice
Duped in Saint Lucia, 20 Nepalese students await justice
KATHMANDU, June 9: Nepalese students in Saint Lucia have asked the newly-elected prime minister of the Caribbean country for justice.
Jun 09, 2016
POLITICS
Neupane elected RPP Nepal's Makawanpur Chair
Neupane elected RPP Nepal's Makawanpur Chair
HETAUDA, June 9: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Makawanpur has elected an 18-member working committee under the chairmanship of Ram Hari Neupane.
The 3rd District Convention, which concluded on Wednesday evening, elected Rajaram Aryal as the regional chairman from constituency 1, Ranjit Khadk...
Jun 09, 2016
Main Photo
Strike
Strike
Road wears a deserted look during a nation-wide strike enforced by the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist in Kathmandu. (Dinesh Gole)
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
School closed after girls show strange behaviors
School closed after girls show strange behaviors
GORKHA, June 9: A school in the district has been closed after four girl students showed strange behaviors on Thursday.
Vice-principal at Majhdhar High School at Swara-6, Santaman Gurung told Republica Online that the school was closed after the girls started weeping, crying and beating others f...
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
Shutdown partly affects normal life in capital
Shutdown partly affects normal life in capital
KATHMANDU, June 9: General strike enforcers have vandalized the vehicles in different places in the capital today.
Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist has enforced the general strike across the country today. As per the information received so far, protesters have vandalized a taxi (Ba 1 Ja 2206) at...
Jun 09, 2016
WORLD
Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping
Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 9: A woman in Pakistan burned her 17-year-old daughter alive on Wednesday to punish her for marrying against the family's wishes, the latest in a series of so-called "honor killings" that claim the lives of nearly 1,000 women every year in the conservative Muslim country.
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
Experts press for urgent transformation in school education
Experts press for urgent transformation in school education
KATHMANDU, June 9: Concerned stakeholders have stressed on need for bringing 'transformation in school education' with an aim to produce human resources that can best suit the needs of present time.
At an interaction held by Global Action Nepal here, speakers warned the public education will not...
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
Petrol bomb hurled at moving truck
Petrol bomb hurled at moving truck
RAUTAHAT, June 9: The protesters have hurled a petrol bomb at a moving truck heading towards Kathmandu from Mirchaiya carrying mangoes.
Driver Balram Bhandari and assistant driver Basanta Magar have been injured in the incident.
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
Strike disrupts normal life in capital
Strike disrupts normal life in capital
KATHMANDU, June 9: The normal life in the capital city has been disrupted due to the general strike called for Netra Bikram Chand led CPN Maoist.
The usually busy roads have donned a deserted look with only a few public and private vehicles plying the road.
Jun 09, 2016
SOCIETY
I was inside when my taxi was set on fire :Driver
I was inside when my taxi was set on fire :Driver
KATHMANDU, June 9: The cadres of CPN-Maoist led by Netra Bikram Chand torched a taxi here in Koteshwar on Thursday morning.
They set the taxi, Ba 1 Jha 8206, on fire the running taxi after spraying petrol minutes after they got in. They had hired it to go to Kalanki from Koteshwar.
Jun 09, 2016