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Kathmandu, Nov 17:  The meeting of the committee formed to recommend the names of the officer-bearers for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) has decided to make public the recommended names on Monday. According to committee’s member Sharmila Karki, the meeting will make public the names of […]

Chitwan, Nov 17: A Nepal Army person who was apprehended by the police this morning for an offence died in his failed attempt to escape the confinement. The deceased has been identified as Ram Kandel, 28, of Ichchhamanakamana rural municipality-5 and was associated with the NA Bardha Bahadur battalion, Sindhuli. According to the police report, […]

Kathmandu, Nov 17:  Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed sorrow over the demise of Setimaya Bhadel, mother of NC State Assembly member from Bhaktapur ‘A’, Krishna Lal Bhadel. Bhadel’s mother passed away this morning in course of the treatment at Madhyapur Thimi Hospital. She was 84. Deuba said […]

Bhaktapur, Nov 17 (RSS):  Nepali Congress (NC) candidate to vie in the upcoming by-election for the post of State Assembly from Bhaktapur constituency no 1 Krishna Lal Bandel has been bereaved of mother today. Resident of Changunarayan municiplaity-4 in Bhaktapur, Bhadel’s mother Seti Maya Bhadel, passed away at Madhyapur Hospital this morning. She was 86. […]

Tulsipur, Nov 17: The Adarsha Model Secondary School at Rapti rural municipality-2 of Dang has received assistance for the construction of a hostel for the students with visual impairment. Rapti Society Japan collected Rs 41,440 for the construction. Former student at the school Tulsiram Pokhrel and Society chairperson Yubaraj Regmi took the initiative to collect the […]

Kanchanpur, Nov 17: The development projects equivalent to Rs three billion have been selected for the Bhimdutta municipality in Kanchanpur district. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ensured the concessional loan to implement the projects. The projects to be implemented under the Regional Urban Development Project are meant for the infrastructure boost up and organisational […]

Hetauda, Nov 17: The Division Office of Water Resources and Irrigation Development in Parsa district has constructed altogether 17 deep tubewells at the cost of Rs 30.5. Constructed under the unconditional grant scheme of State No 2 in 11 places in Bara and six in Parsa, the newly installed deep tubewells have provided irrigation facility […]

Khotang, Nov 17: Khotang, Nov 17 (RSS): The Diktel-Halesi section of the mid-hill highway has been blacktopped. The 36-km roadway was blacktopped with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank. Project chief Bijay Kumar Thapa said the roadway was widened and pitched with the cost of Rs 48 million. Although it was planned to […]

Kanchanpur, Nov 17:  Two persons were killed when a motorcycle smashed into a parked truck (Na 3 Kha 1424) at Bani of Krishnapur municipality-2 in Kanchanpur district on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as the motorcycle rider Dinesh Rana, 24, and pillion passenger Sunil Rana, 20, both of Krishnapur municipality-3. They died at […]

Rupandehi, Nov 17: Rupandehi-based industrialists have urged the media to prioritise news that would help promote industries and trade. The media should raise problems facing industrialists and traders and cover news about new technology and progress in the area of industry, they suggested at a discussion between editors of various media outlets and industrialists coordinated […]