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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Kathmandu, July 31, The parliamentarians of the major opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) and Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) have obstructed today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), demanding formation of a parliamentary investigation committee into Sarlahi incident. No sooner Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara started the meeting, the parliamentarians from NC and RJP stood from […]

Kathmandu, July 31, The 25th Prakash Human Rights Award is to be conferred on Guru Prasad Baral of Morang in recognition of his around fifty-decade long activism against exploitation, discrimination and social evils. The award carries a purse of Rs 50,000. An award selection committee coordinated by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) general secretary Ramesh […]

Bhaktapur, July 31, A truss bridge has been brought into operation at Nangkhel of Surya Binayak municipality, ward number 9. Lawmaker and former minister Mahesh Basnet inaugurated the bridge constructed at his initiation. On the occasion, Basnet said the far-flung areas in Bhaktapur district would be made accessible like Nangkhel in the next three years. […]

Kathmandu, July 30, The Newar community, especially in Kathmandu Valley, is celebrating Gathamangal or Ghantakarna festival today. The festival falls on Saun Krishna Chaturdashi (the fourth day of the waxing moon in the Nepali month Saun as per the lunar calendar). As per the cultural tradition, this festival is considered as the precursor to a […]

Pokhara, July 30, Touristic town Pokhara will be hosting the ‘First Nepal Full Contact President Cup Karate Grand Championship’ next month. A total of 64 players –32 each in women’s and men’s category–will compete for the titles. They all associated with the Nepal Full Contact Karate Federation, the event organiser, will represent several 15 organisations […]