KATHMANDU, May 7: With Sher Bahadur Deuba-led faction sticking to it demand to settle internal party disputes before joining the government, Nepali Congress (NC) establishment faction has stepped up efforts to reach out to the rival faction through inf…

MAHENDRANAGAR, May 6: The ongoing agitation of the locals in the far western region for an undivided far west has completely thrown normal life out of gear for the 10th consecutive day. However, instead of pacifying them, the big 3 leaders seem to have…

DHANGADHI, May 6: As the general shutdown continued in the farwestern region for the 10th day on Sunday, the Seti Zonal Hospital has run out of oxygen and saline.

The shortage of oxygen has affected surgeries at the hospital while unavailability of s…

Qatar Airways – the national carrier of Qatar – is flying 28 times a week between Doha and Kathmandu, offering connectivity to more than 100 destinations across the world. Samiksha Koirala of Republica caught up Ramdas Shivram, country manager of Qatar…

KATHMANDU, May 6: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai elevated Krishna Sitaula to the post of deputy prime minister a day after he was appointed minister without portfolio.

The move followed Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala´s call to the p…

KHARAPANI, May 6: Four more bodies of the victims of the Saturday´s flashflood in Seti River have been recovered Sunday, taking the death toll to 17, while at least 47 persons are said to be still missing.

Kaski Police said four more bodies wer…

JANAKPUR, May 6: Sadbhawana Party (SP) has elected Rajendra Mahato as its new chairman.

Mahato was unanimously elected as the chairman in the party´s fifth general assembly held in Janakpur on Sunday after two of his contenders — Ananda Prakash…

KATHMANDU, May 7: With top leaders of CPN-UML failing to convince Central Committee (CC) members, the party´s CC meeting on Sunday in ambiguous terms decided not to join the present government.

Accusing the prime minister of breaching the five-p…

DANG, May 6: At a time when the demand for ethnic-based federal states has intensified, various ethnic organizations organized a goodwill rally in Ghorahi, Dang on Sunday.

Organizations representing Chhetri, Brahmin, Dashnami and Muslims organized a g…

SHARDIKHOLA, May 6: When she landed in Pokhara to see her family a week ago, Maria, 23, had little inkling of the tragedy awaiting her. But the Saturday´s flashflood at Shardikhola has left her in deep sorrow.

Her father Dubinskiy Oleksandr, un…