SPORTS
Nepal gears up for Women’s Asia Cup opener against UAE
Nepal gears up for Women’s Asia Cup opener against UAE
KATHMANDU, July 19: The ACC Women’s Asia Cup cricket tournament is set to begin this Friday, with Nepal pitched against the UAE in their opening match.
Jul 19, 2024
SOCIETY
Kaligandaki corridor comes into operation after two weeks
Kaligandaki corridor comes into operation after two weeks
BAGLUNG, July 19: The Kaligandaki Corridor, a project of national pride that was blocked since July 5, has now come into operation.
Jul 19, 2024
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Nepal, India and Bangladesh set to ink tripartite agreement on cross-border power trade
Nepal, India and Bangladesh set to ink tripartite agreement...
KATHMANDU, July 19: A long-awaited tripartite agreement among Nepal, India and Bangladesh to carry out cross-border electricity trade is likely to be materialized soon.
Jul 19, 2024
OPINION
Testing Times for PM Oli
Testing Times for PM Oli
Singha Durbar once again saw a change of guard this week with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli sworn in as the 45th Prime Minister of Nepal, leading a Nepali Congress-CPN-UML coalition government. Maoist supremo Prachanda was sent packing by more than two-thirds of the 275-member House of Representati...
Jul 19, 2024
SOCIETY
Heavy rain likely in some parts of country today
Heavy rain likely in some parts of country today
KATHMANDU, July 19: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has said that the country at present has the impact of monsoon winds and the low-pressure line of the monsoon is towards the south than its normal position.
Jul 19, 2024
SOCIETY
Road upgrading activities on Prithvi Highway to be halted during monsoon
Road upgrading activities on Prithvi Highway to be halted du...
TANAHU, July 19: Road upgrading activities related to Mugling-Pokhara road expansion along the Prithvi Highway will be suspended during the rainy season.
Jul 19, 2024
Editorial
Bangladesh: Govt is totally mishandling the quota issue
Bangladesh: Govt is totally mishandling the quota issue
We are alarmed by the flaring up of violence in various universities, especially Dhaka University, following nationwide protests demanding quota reforms in government jobs. The prime minister, in a press conference on Sunday, had said that as long as the protesters remained peaceful, they could cont...
Jul 19, 2024
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Will PM Oli get a two-thirds majority in trust vote?
Will PM Oli get a two-thirds majority in trust vote?
The possibility of PM Oli getting the votes of all MPs who voted against Dahal is now gradually decreasing. The parties that had voted against Dahal, including the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal, and independent MP Yogendra Mandal, seem to be in confusion about...
Jul 18, 2024
ECONOMY
Finance ministry directs govt offices to auction unused vehicles, seek approval for new pu...
Finance ministry directs govt offices to auction unused vehi...
KATHMANDU, July 18: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has stepped up efforts to tighten the noose on unproductive expenditure being made on purchase of new vehicles by the government offices.
Jul 18, 2024
SOCIETY
Ambica Shrestha, the visionary founder of Dwarika’s Hotel and a pioneer of Nepal's heritag...
Ambica Shrestha, the visionary founder of Dwarika’s Hotel an...
KATHMANDU, July 18: Ambica Shrestha, the esteemed founder of Dwarika’s Hotel in Battisputali, Kathmandu, has passed away on Thursday at the age of 92. She breathed her last at Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur after battling pneumonia and rheumatism for the past two months, according to her family membe...
Jul 18, 2024