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Kathmandu, Aug 22, Bill related to Land (Eighth Amendment), 2075 has been tabled at the National Assembly today. NA Secretary Rajendra Phunyal tabled the bill along with a message from the House of Representatives. Demanding a special time in today’s NA meeting, NA member Chakra Prasad Sneahi demanded that the central government takes efforts soon […]

Chitwan, Aug 22, One hundred and six people have been found infected with dengue in Chitwan district in one month. According to the District Health Office, Chitwan, such number of dengue infected people was detected in course of carrying out blood tests of 453 people from July 17 to August 17. Vector Controller of the […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22, Lawmakers have expressed their concern about the transfer of civil servants on the basis of ‘political attachment’ instead of performance. Speaking in zero hour of today’s meeting of the National Assembly, lawmaker Binda Devi Ale Rana sought clarification from the government about the ‘random’ transfer and promotion of government employees. Likewise, Radhe […]

Parbat, Aug 22, An elderly person died when landslide buried his house at Kushma municipality-2 of Parbat district on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Rem Bahadur Chalise, 70. Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Parbat, Shyamu Aryal, said that the landslide buried his house when he was sleeping. Security […]

Gorkha, Aug 22, Landslide following the heavy rainfall at Barpak Sulikot rural municipality-2 of Gorkha district on Wednesday night has swept away a house and put 29 houses at risk. The landslide has kept settlements of three villages at risk, said ward chair Lal Bahadur Gurung. A house belonging to a local Dev Gurung was […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22, A secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today has extended best wishes to party Chairperson and Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli for his health recovery. Prime Minister Oli is leaving for Singapore today for health follow-ups today. The meeting decided to hold next meetings under the leadership of another […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22, Earthquake measuring 4.0 in Richter scale took place in Solukhumbu this morning. The earthquake with epicenter in Goli of the district occurred at 7.07am, according to the Department of Mines and Geology, National Seismological Centre. Centre’s Lokbijaya Adhikari confirmed that it was not an aftershock but a quake. A week ago too, […]

Achham, Aug 22 , At least three people died and other three were injured in a jeep accident that took place at Bannigadhi Jayagadh rural municipality-5, Sukibag in Achham last night. The jeep (Se 1 Ja 995) en route to Jayagadh from Mujabagar of Ramaroshan rural municipality skidded off 500 metres down the road at […]

  Hetauda, Aug 22, The Kulekhani Third Hydropower Project is generating 14-MW electricity before Dashain festival that falls on early weeks of October. The project being constructed at Bhimphedi rural municipality-1, Sanotar in Makawanpur is contributing 14-MW to the national grid.   In this connection, the task of linking the electricity produced from the Kulekhani […]

Rasuwa, Aug 22, The Pasang Lhamu Highway which has been obstructed since Wednesday morning has reopened. The vehicular movement was thrown out of gear after a loaded container met with an accident and turned over on the road. Arjuun Bhandari, Chief District Officer of Rasuwa, informed it took a whole day to remove the container […]