POLITICS
DPM Shrestha calls for Chinese cooperation to solve problems facing people in border regio...
DPM Shrestha calls for Chinese cooperation to solve problems...
LHASA (China), March 30: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who is currently on an official visit to China, has urged the Chinese side for its cooperation to address issues facing the residents along the Nepal-China borders.
Mar 30, 2024
SOCIETY
Trishuli car accident: Identity of deceased confirmed
Trishuli car accident: Identity of deceased confirmed
CHITWAN, March 30: Police ascertained the identity of five persons who died in a car accident this morning in Simaldhara area of Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-5 along the Prithvi Highway. A person aboard the car is missing, police said.
Mar 30, 2024
SOCIETY
One billion meals go waste at household across world in a day: UNEP report
One billion meals go waste at household across world in a da...
KATHMANDU, March 30: At least one billion meals go to waste at household level across the world every day. This means that per person waste amounts to 79 kg of food on average in a year, according to a recent report released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Mar 30, 2024
SOCIETY
Flaws in contract of embossed number plate causes loss of one billion rupees to the state
Flaws in contract of embossed number plate causes loss of o...
KATHMANDU, March 30: The state has incurred a loss due to the flaws in the contract for the installation of embossed number plates on vehicles. The losses have resulted from payment arrangements based on the BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) system and contract deal in US dollars.
Mar 30, 2024
OPINION
Nuances Of Englishes: Teaching English in Nepal
Nuances Of Englishes: Teaching English in Nepal
What, then, are the basic tenets of writing for TV and radio news? The main objective is clarity. The sole purpose of mass communication is to communicate factual information succinctly, with no chance of misunderstanding or ambiguity.
Mar 30, 2024
SOCIETY
Five dead as taxi plunges into Trishuli River
Five dead as taxi plunges into Trishuli River
KATHMANDU, March 30: Five people died when a taxi traveling from Kathmandu to Gorkha plunged into the Trishuli River.
Mar 30, 2024
ECONOMY
Unannounced load shedding hits industrial sector in Nepal
Unannounced load shedding hits industrial sector in Nepal
KATHMANDU, March 30: With the onset of winter, electricity production in hydropower projects across the country has begun to decline. The reduced flow of water in rivers during the dry season has led to a decline in power generation and the reintroduction of load shedding in the industrial sector. I...
Mar 30, 2024
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Rabies threat alarming as nine succumb to the virus at Teku Hospital in one month
Rabies threat alarming as nine succumb to the virus at Teku...
KATHMANDU, March 29: Nine people have died of rabies while undergoing treatment at the Teku hospital within one month (from the mid- February to mid- March) and 11 people have died in a period of six months since mid-October. According to the hospital, five of them died in the third week of March al...
Mar 30, 2024
WORLD
A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are...
A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The p...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family.
Mar 30, 2024
Editorial
Easily provoked: On India’s internal affairs and foreign comments
Easily provoked: On India’s internal affairs and foreign com...
New Delhi and Washington appear to be squaring off for a fight over the U.S. expressing its concerns about the Modi government’s actions ahead of the general election. After the U.S. State Department spokesperson first made a comment on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Ministr...
Mar 30, 2024