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Discharged fighters living in ‘camps’

The UCPN (Maoist) has started keeping the recently discharged combatants in a “camp” at Taplejung district headquarters...

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  • Maoist not hindrance to timely statute: Maoist spokesperson

    UCPN (Maoist) spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said on Saturday that his party has not been a hindrance to the drafting of new constitution in the slated...

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  • Fire guts eight houses in Jhapa

    Fire gutted eight houses destroying properties worth Rs. 0.75m at Lakhanpur-7 in Jhapa on Saturday afternoon. No human casualties have been...

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  • Man held with brown sugar

    Police held a man in possession of narcotics substance brown sugar from Gajehada VDC in Kapilvastu district on...

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  • Demo for return of seized smuggled goods

    Birgunj Custom Office wore a tense look on Saturday after people resorted to demonstration and locked their horns with the security personnel demanding return of smuggled goods that the Armed Police Force (APF)...

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Politics

  • Work hard in unity for timely statute: Prakash Man Singh

    Nepali Congress vice president Prakash Man Singh urged NC lawmakers to work hard in unity to promulgate the new constitution in the slated time since the constitution writing and peace process are the main agendas of the Constituent...

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  • Gagan warns of looming crisis

    Constituent Assembly member and youth leader of the Nepali Congress Gagan Thapa...

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  • Govt seeks civil society’s help

    Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam Chemjong has asked civil society...

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Accident

  • Child killed in accident

    A child has been killed when hit by a truck at Duwakot-2 in Bhaktapur on Friday...

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  • Five houses gutted in fire

    At least five houses and property worth Rs. 25 million were destroyed by fire...

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  • Two killed, three injured in jeep accident

    Two persons were killed and three others injured when a private jeep skidded...

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Crime

  • Buddha idol found in Bhedetar hotel

    Police have recovered a Buddha idol from a hotel in Bhedetar of Dhankuta...

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  • Gang-raped woman found dead

    A 24-year-old woman who was kidnapped 12 days ago was found dead at Thumkidanda...

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  • ‘Indian cops may not help’

    Investigators of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah’s murder case have already...

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Social Affairs

  • Armed group robs nine houses in Mahendranagar

    An armed group looted cash and valuables from nine houses in Mahendranagar on Friday...

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  • Fake Indian currency in circulation

    The circulation of fake Indian currency notes is rife in areas near the...

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  • Jhapa shut down over driver's murder

    Transportation workers have enforced a shutdown of Jhapa district on Wednesday...

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Security

  • Two held with arms

    Police arrested two persons in possession of arms in Nawalparasi district on...

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  • APF chief inspects Nil Barahi Batallion

    Inspector General of Armed Police Force (APF) Sanat Kumar Basnet visited the...

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  • Security to be beefed up at Kodari checkpoint

    Security situation will be beefed up at Kodari checkpoint in Sindhupalchowk...

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Health

  • Govt committed to avoid epidemics: Health Minister

    Health Minister Umakant Chaudhary on Tuesday said the government is highly cautious about public health services so as to avoid health crisis like the one last year in remote parts of the country....

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  • 7,000 Nepalis die of TB each year: Report

    Some 5,000 to 7,000 people die of tuberculosis every year in Nepal, the Pokhara...

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  • 30 pc unvaccinated children in Bajura

    Thirty percent children in Bajura district have not received prophylactic...

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Environment

  • Swiss keeps Pasang Lhamu's wish alive

    When Nicole Nikki heard of the first Nepali woman conquering the highest mountain on Earth in 1993, she was more than happy as Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the woman that the Swiss woman had planned to meet and scale Mount Everest as early as...

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  • Novel march for forest conservation

    Come April 4, thousands of people representing different organisations involved...

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  • DPM Koirala meets EU Climate Action Commissioner

    Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala met Connie Hedegaard,...

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Science&Tech

  • Hooked on cyberworld

    Technology makes life easier but it also can bring misery at times. It simply depends on how one uses it....

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  • Nepali-teaching website launched

    A website which intends to teach Nepali children born in the United States to...

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  • Importance of IT discussed

    Information Technology (IT) Conference, a part of CAN Info-Tech, kicked off on...

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Education

  • School textbook shortage across country

    The Janak Educational Materials Centre (JEMC) Limited has hoarded the printed textbooks in its godowns, prompting a shortage of books across the country just ahead of the new school academic...

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  • No respite from outage for SLC students

    For the nearly 470,000 students who will appear for the ‘iron-gate’ School...

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  • Marxist university in the offing

    If all goes well and the communists translate their commitment into action, a...

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Wildlife

  • Another crowning glory

    Nepal is one of the best destinations for the summer migratory birds coming from the southern parts of South East Asia as well as from Africa and Australia due to favourable breeding...

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  • Book on illegal wildlife trade released

    Botanist and wildlife conservation expert Dr. Ravi Sharma has written a book...

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  • Nepal's eldest elephant dies

    Nepal’s eldest elephant at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve has died on...

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books

  • Book on Newa State released

    A book 'Newa Swayatta Rajya' (Newa autonomous state) written by Malla K. Sundar has been released on Friday....

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