Return investigation agencies to ministries: Koirala

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 3Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala stressed the need to remove the Central Investigation Bureau and Department of Revenue Investigation from the Office of th...

HoR session adjourned by week, rescheduled for August 7

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 1A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for today has been put off till August 7.Though the meeting was scheduled to convene at 1:00 pm today,...

TI Nepal draws Parliament's attention

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 1Transparency International (TI) Nepal has again called attention of the Parliament on the two amended bills registered by the government in the Parliament-- Anti...

Lumpy skin claims over 2,000 cattle in Madhes Province

MAHENDRANAGAR, AUGUST 1More than 2,000 cattle died of lumpy skin disease in Madhes Province. It is a huge toll on livestock, thereby impacting agriculture and income.Statistics on...

Dengue surge: 10 districts alone have 87 percent infection

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 1More than 5,000 people have been infected with dengue in the country. Sunsari district alone has more than half of them, according to Epidemiology and Disease Co...

Over 100 Bajura villages at high risk of landslide

BAJURA, JULY 31More than 100 villages are said to be at high risk of landslide in Bajura. As per the data with the District Administration Office, some 116 villages across all nine...

Nepathya to perform in three cities across Japan

KATHMANDU, JULY 30Nepal's famous folk-rock band Nepathya is all set to perform in three cities across Japan in August. Issuing a statement today, Nepalaya, the band's man...

Sinéad O'Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer-songwriter, dies at 56

LONDON, JULY 27Sinéad O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles and provocative action...