Youth held with contraband

Published On: July 14, 2016 09:12 AM NPT By: Republica

RAJBIRAJ, July 14: Police arrested a youth with contraband from nearby Balan rivulet at Madhupatti-9 of Saptari district on Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, July 14: The post of member secretary at the University Grants Commission (UGC) has remained vacant for the last 15 months owing to differences over sharing of position among political parties.

KATHMANDU, July 14: Fifteen months after the devastating earthquakes of last year, the government is set to conduct the damage assessment survey in the Kathmandu Valley from Monday to identify earthquake victims whose houses were completely damaged.

Dilapidated health post buildings affecting services in Doti

Published On: July 14, 2016 05:00 AM NPT By: Arun Bam

DOTI, July 14: Most of the health posts in Doti district are in such dilapidated conditions that when it starts to rain, it immediately starts dripping from their roof and when it sunny, the heat inside the building is unbearable.

DARJEELING, JULY 14: Chowrasta Chowk in Darjeeling echoed with Bhanubhakta Acharya's poetry and Nepal's national anthem throughout Tuesday. Most of the men present there were in daura-suruwal, the traditional Nepali outfit, and the women wore chaubandi cholo.

Bhotekoshi flood, landslides cut off six VDCs

Published On: July 14, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Dhurba Dangal

SINDHUPALCHOWK, July 14: Six VDCs in Sindhupalchowk district have become isolated due to disruption of road links and communications caused by monsoon-triggered flooding and landslides.

Rampant extraction at Khutiya River roils locals

Published On: July 14, 2016 12:50 AM NPT By: DIL BAHADUR CHHATYAL

KAILALI, July 14: Illegal extraction of sand and rocks is rampant at Khutiya River in Kailali district. Locals say that several unauthorized groups are involved in mining sand, pebbles and rocks using excavators since the last two weeks.

Cholera found in capital

Published On: July 14, 2016 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 14: A diarrheal patient admitted at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH) last week was found infected with cholera. The hospital, which had examined a stool sample of the seriously ailing diarrheal patient, said that the deadly disease was confirmed in a patient from Chhetrapati area of Kathmandu.

Dr KC's condition deteriorating

Published On: July 13, 2016 10:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 14: Resident doctors pursuing MD/MS degree at the Institute of Medicine (IoM) on Wednesday came to work wearing black armbands to express solidarity with Dr Govinda KC, who has been on a fast-unto-death since Sunday demanding reforms in the medical education system and the health sector.

Hubby strikes wife to death in Bhaktapur

Published On: July 13, 2016 08:46 PM NPT By: KULCHAND PHOMBO

BHAKTAPUR, July 13: A woman died after she was hit by a hammer by her husband over a domestic spat at Suryabinayak-4, Sallaghari on Wednesday.