USD 800 stolen from student's luggage at TIA

Published On: January 17, 2022 04:05 PM NPT By: Rubi Rauniyar

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Airports are considered to be safe places and air passengers travel around with their luggage on the trust of airport personnel. However, the security of the only international airport of Nepal, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), has come into question as money, goods, documents and other valuables have been disappearing from luggages from the airport itself.

MAHOTTARI, Jan 17:The people's representatives in Bardibas Municipality have pledged to end the rampant extraction of river products and shut quarries operating illegally within the local unit.

Two arrested for raping and murdering a minor

Published On: January 17, 2022 03:15 PM NPT By: Republica

BARA, Jan 17: Police have arrested two people on the charge of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl. The arrested are identified as Santosh Sah Kanu, 20, of Aadarsh ​​Kotwali Rural Municipality-8 and Shanti Devi, 40, of the same place.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The government has started administering booster shots to frontline workers who have completed six months after receiving their second dose of vaccine against COVID-19 from today.

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 17: Minister for Health and Population, Birodh Khatiwada has said that the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is going ahead with high priority.

Nepal’s Ram Charitra Sah bags “First in Asia” award

Published On: January 17, 2022 12:15 PM NPT By: Republica

Washington DC, Jan 12: The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry has announced its “First in Asia'' award to Ram Charitra Sah of Nepal. Sah heads an NGO named the Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) Nepal.

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 17: Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has said that the government is not in favor of a complete shutdown. At a discussion program organized by the government of Province 1 at the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in Biratnagar on Sunday, Minister Khatiwada said that the government is not in favor of a complete shutdown.

NC leader arrested for attempted rape

Published On: January 17, 2022 11:30 AM NPT By: Chuman Basnet

MORANG, Jan 17: Police have arrested a Nepali Congress leader from Budhiganga in Morang district on charges of attempting to rape a girl.

Shree Swasthani Brata Katha and Maghesnan begins today

Published On: January 17, 2022 11:15 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Shree Swasthani Brata Katha, a popular ritual observed by the Hindus since Poush Shukla Purnima (full moon day), has begun from today. The festival ends a month after in Magh Shukla Purnima. Hindus also observes Maghesnan or Makarsnan (holy bath) from today itself.

Govt issues new order to contain spread of coronavirus infection

Published On: January 17, 2022 09:51 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The government has issued an order for the control and prevention of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the emergence of new Omicron variant, said spokesperson for the government and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki.