SOCIETY
PPMO starts blacklisting companies
PPMO starts blacklisting companies
KATHMANDU, July 25: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) has prepared to blacklist 17 construction and supplier companies.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY
Cases filed against 38 industries for selling substandard food items
Cases filed against 38 industries for selling substandard fo...
DUMRE (TANAHUN), July 25: The Food Technology and Quality Control Division Office has filed cases against 38 industries in connection with the regulation of food hygiene and quality.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY
APF prohibits its members from soliciting political support
APF prohibits its members from soliciting political support
KATHMANDU, July 25: In general, soliciting political support is prohibited within security agencies. However, hundreds of instances have been found where transfers and promotions within the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force (APF) were based on political connections.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY
Cholera patients who had escaped from Teku Hospital found at KMC
Cholera patients who had escaped from Teku Hospital found at...
KATHMANDU, July 25: It has been reported that a cholera patient who escaped from Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku was later found at Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) and subsequently returned to Teku.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY
Saurya Airlines plane crash: National flag to be flown at half-mast today
Saurya Airlines plane crash: National flag to be flown at ha...
KATHMANDU, July 25: In solemn tribute to the 18 lives lost in Wednesday's Saurya Airlines plane crash, the government has decreed that the national flag will be flown at half-mast today.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY
Heavy rainfall likely at some places of five provinces today
Heavy rainfall likely at some places of five provinces tod...
KATHMANDU, July 25: The weather is generally cloudy throughout the country due to the influence of monsoon wind at present with the low pressure line of monsoon locating around the normal place.
Jul 25, 2024
ECONOMY
Import bills on petroleum products declined by Rs 11.07 billion despite a rise in their vo...
Import bills on petroleum products declined by Rs 11.07 bill...
KATHMANDU, July 25: Nepal’s import bill on petroleum products declined by Rs 11.07 billion in the last fiscal year despite an increase in import volume of fossil fuels.
Jul 25, 2024
OPINION
Modi's Moscow Mission: “Enduring and Expanding Partnership”
Modi's Moscow Mission: “Enduring and Expanding Partnership”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Russia for his first bilateral visit (July 8-9) in his third term. This is Modi’s first visit to Moscow since 2015. He had visited Vladivostok in September 2019 for the Eastern Economic Forum.
Jul 25, 2024
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Saurya Airlines plane crash claims 18 lives, including three members of one family, captai...
Saurya Airlines plane crash claims 18 lives, including three...
KATHMANDU, July 24: A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) while attempting to take off for Pokhara on Wednesday morning, killing 18 out of 19 people on board.
Jul 25, 2024
Editorial
A call for urgent reforms to prevent future aviation tragedies
A call for urgent reforms to prevent future aviation tragedi...
In yet another tragedy involving the Nepali aviation sector, an aircraft belonging to Saurya Airlines—a private sector airline company—bound for Pokhara met with a tragic accident at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
Jul 25, 2024