Kathmandu, Aug 2,Mohamed Maliki, ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Nepal, today paid a courtesy call on Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun. During the meeting took place at the Office of Vice President, matters relating to bilateral relations and cooperation were discussed. On the occasion, the Vice President insisted the scale of mutual assistance […]
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Tigers’ population in BNP rises from 4 to 21 in five years
Dhamboji, July 31The number of tigers in Banke National Park (BNP) has gone up by the beginning of current fiscal year. The figure shows a significant rise in the number of wild cats here in the past five years. In the year 2071 BS, there were only four tigers in the park. According to Wildlife […]
Child drowns
Udayapur, July 31 , An 11-year-old child drowned in local Lalari river at Thaliya in Katari municipality-8 in Udayapur district on Tuesday. Harka Bahadur of Katari-8, son of Ganga Bahadur Pulami, was swept away while swimming alongside his four friends, said the police, adding that the body of Harka Bahadur was sent to a hospital […]
Chand-led party torches two vehicles in Makawanpur
Hetauda, July 31, Cadres of Netra-Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal torched two vehicles in Makawanpur on Tuesday night as part of a nation-wide banda called by the group. A car (Ba 14 Cha 8234) and a truck (Ba 5 Kha 1739) were destroyed completely by the fire, said Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Singh. […]
88 trafficked women rehabilitated in Chitwan
Chitwan, July 31, Eighty eight women who were rescued from being trafficked have been rehabilitated in the society in Chitwan district in the fiscal year of 2018/19 on the initiatives of KIN Nepal, a non-governmental organisation working against human trafficking. The women were rescued from Nepal-India border area and various Indian cities. Of them, 68 […]
Two government offices set ablaze in Sindhupalchok, Nuwakot
Sindhupalchok, July 31, The ward office of Melamchi municipality-10 in the district was set ablaze today morning. Furniture and documents were burnt in the fire, said Inspector Mahendra Darnal, adding that who torched the office is yet to be known, and investigations were on. Likewise, an unidentified group of around six people torched the office […]
Two arrested on rape charge
Nawalparasi West, July 31, The Nawalparasi police have arrested two men on charge of raping an 11-year-old girl from the district. Narayan Shrestha, 60, and Lok Bahadur Khatri, 41, both of Sunawal municipality have been accused of raping the girl time and again for the past one a half months. The arrest was made acting […]
People depend on boat to cross river with bridge construction in limbo
Gaighat, July 31, A decade has passed since the foundation stone was laid for construction of an RCC bridge over the Triyuga river at Siwai Sundarpur of Chaudandi municipality-5. But the bridge construction has not seen any progress so far and the people are compelled to use boats to cross the swollen river during monsoon, […]
Minister Sah provides three boats in Saptari
Rajbiraj, July 31, Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Province No 2, Shailendra Prasad Sah has provided three set of boats to the Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality in Saptari district to facilitate traffic movement for the locals here. Every year the locals here face problems to move in and out of the village […]
Drunk driving prevention campaign on, 439 licenses suspended
Kathmandu, July 31, The Transport Management Office has so far suspended 439 driving licenses for violating the anti-drunk driving rules more than five times. The decision was taken on the recommendation of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division Office. Traffic police has intensified the action against drunk driving as a campaign since December 3, 2011. During […]