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I want to play a romantic lover boy : Nazir Hussain
Kathmandu, May 02, 2016:Â Audiences have loved Mohammad Nazir Hussain's works in plays like 'Zero Zero Z,' 'Matha Panchar,' and 'Degree Maila,' and equally applauded...
Top UN Official to highlight Nepal’s plight at int’l forums
Kathmandu, May 02, 2016:Â Visiting United Nations Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said on Sunday that he will present the plight of the Nepal's earthquake...
NewlyWed app launched
Kathmandu, April 29, 2016: Sunaulo Pariwar Nepal and Marie Stopes International have jointly launched a NewlyWed app to inform newly married couples on sexual and...
Musings: Year of loss
Kathmandu, April 29, 2016
It was an overcast morning. The early summer wind was picking up near noon. A Saturday, most folks in Kathmandu were...
Water shortage hits Tikapur
Tikapur, April 28, 2016:Â Locals of Tikapur Municipality in Kailali district have been reeling under severe drinking water crisis due to prolonged drought.
Underground water levels...
Govt in dark about work of most aid agencies in quake-hit...
Pic. Dhruba Dangal/Republica Helped by his mother, visually-impaired Bir Bahadur BK of Sangachowk VDC-8, heads for the District Administration Office at the district headquarters,...
Volume of technical assistance by donors growing in Nepal
Kathmandu, April 27, 2016:Â Money received by Nepal under technical assistance (TA) from development partners is mostly spent on paying fee of foreign consultants and...
Saathi Sanga Manka Kura: 15 and still chatting
Kathmandu, April 26, 2016:Â If you were to ask anyone what has changed in Nepal over the last 15 years, the list would be long...
Release Journalist Dixit immediately: IFJ, CPJ
Kathmandu, April 26, 2016:Â The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly demanded the immediate release of noted Journalist and Chairman of Sajha Yatayat Kanak...
Private water suppliers fleece consumers as water woes deepens
Pic. Courtesy: Nepali Times
Kathmandu, April 26, 2016:Â Private drinking water suppliers are fleecing valley denizens charging more than double for a tanker of drinking water,...
A soldier’s battle between duty and grief
Kathmandu, April 26, 2016:Â When the April 25 earthquake hit the country, Nepal Army personnel Rishi Ram Thapa, 26, was deputed in Melamchi of Sindhupalchowk...
NHRC report shows many faces of human trafficking
Kathmandu, April 26, 2016:Â Highlighting the changed forms of trafficking, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has stated that trafficking in persons has been taking...
Undying Spirit: Documentary celebrating volunteerism released
Kathmandu, April 25, 2016: Marking the one-year anniversary of last year’s earthquake, ‘Undying Spirit,’ a documentary celebrating the power of volunteerism and social engineering, has...
Rising from rubbles
Kathmandu, April 24, 2016:Â They are not construction workers. However, after losing their sweet home in the devastating earthquake of April 25 last year, Kasaini...
Harrowing tales from the epicenter
Barpak, April 24, 2016: Where were you when the earthquake hit? “In my houseâ€. What were you doing then? “Just sittingâ€. Where were your children?...
Time stands still
Kathmandu, April 22, 2016: A lot can happen in a year and Ashrumai Shrestha can see that. Her neighbor’s daughter in law has become a...
Pulse, rice, edible oil prices go up
Kathmandu, April 21, 2016:Â The price of some foods, including pulses, rice and edible oil, has increased in the retail market.
Compared to a month ago,...
Littered minds
April 20, 2016
Late one evening I and my colleagues were returning home from work. A traffic police stopped us to check for drunk driving,...
Northern Mahottari villages reel under water crunch
Mahottari, April 20, 2016:Â Over half a dozen villages in the northern areas of Mahottari district are reeling under an acute shortage of drinking water.
Rampant...
Juggling work and education
Kathmandu, April 18, 2016:Â While entering workforce at young age is a compulsion for many, more and more high-schoolers and college level students are choosing...
Damaged hydropower plants yet to bounce back
Kathmandu, April 19, 2016: Â Last year's earthquakes, aftershocks and quake-induced landslides damaged up to 15 hydropower plants, reducing power generation for the national grid...
Schoolchildren return home with water for the family
Parbat, April 18, 2016:Â Fourth grader Bed Bahadur Chhetri looks pretty smart in his light blue shirt and dark blue pants. Ties and shoes are...
Bibeksheel Holds Rally to Exert Pressure on Govt for Reconstruction
Kathmandu, April 17, 2016: Â n a bid to exert pressure on the government to expedite the reconstruction of the homes and public buildings shattered...
Sindhupalchowk locals doubly vulnerable to natural calamities
Sindhupalchok, April 15, 2016:Â An artificial reservoir created by the massive landslide in Jure VDC some two years ago that claimed 156 lives in three...
