Monday, 17th June 2013

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Editorial

Swollen Mahakali creates havoc in Darchula, 2 persons, 50 buildings swept away

By Gokarna Dayal, Baitadi, June 17: The Mahakali River, swollen after three days of incessant rains, swept away two persons...

'Poll opposing parties not people's representatives'

Sunsari, June 17: UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Monday urged the poll-opposing parties the Constituent Assembly (CA) election to...

HLPC to agitating parties: Let's sit for talks

Kathmandu, June 17: The High level Political Committee (HLPC) comprising the top leaders of the four major political forces again...

The Blunt Bandh

The call to shut down the nation never made any economic sense. Now, increasingly, it has lost its political sense, too. The strike called by more than three dozen political parties, headed by the CPN-Maoist, on Sunday, cost us Rs. 4.38 billion in lost businesses and opportunities, according to an...

Paddy Planting!

With the early rainfall, farmers in Bhaktapur are busy in paddy plantation. Photo: Shekhar/TRN

Wish you a good treatment!

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav at the TIA before he left for Japan for treatment, Monday. Photo: Rajendra/TRN

Love marriage in nomadic Raute!

Ratna Prakash Shahi, 33, sits with his second wife (love marriage)13-year old Lauki Shahi. Photo: Bhakta Shahi/TRN

Talk on Constitution and Democracy

Leaders of various parties at a workshop on "Constitutionalism and Democracy Building in Nepal"organised in Kathmandu Friday. Photo:Rajendra Chitrakar.TRN

Risk of River!

A building eroded by swollen Mahakali River in Khalanga of Darchula, Monday. Photo: TRN

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Nation

Presidnet Dr Yadav leaves for Japan for treatment

Kathmandu, June. 17: President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav Monday left for Japan for his medical treatment. After the Medical Board recommended him to have further treatment...

SA conference on 'Joining Forces to Overcome Violence Against Women' held

Kathmandu, June 17: A group of global and policy makers and researchers working to battle violence against women (VAW) in South Asia came under the...

Business

Nepal to grow 1500 metric tones of coffee from 2018

By Yogesh Pokharel, Kathmandu, June 17: Coffee production in Nepal will witness a whooping growth of around 1500 metric tones (green beans coffee) annually by...

NAC to buy planes, EPF provides loan

Kathmandu, June 17: The much-hyped plan of the Nepal Airline Corporation (NAC) to purchase two narrow body aircraft is finally going to be realized, thanks...

Op-Ed

Foreign Employment - The Only Alternative For Now :Rebanta Bahadur K.C.

The sluggish socio-economic development process and slow pace of industrialisation have been pushing an accelerating number of young and energetic workers to opt for foreign...

Kharpunath: The Pashupatinath Of Humla :Prem Khatry

For the people of the Indian subcontinent, in general, and that of the Himalayan region, in particular, Shiva Mahadeva is a very extensive, all pervading...

Detour

Dolphins being sighted in Kailali rivers

Dhangadi, June 17: With the rise in water level, the Gangetic dolphins are being sighted in the rivers of Kailali district. Several dolphins were sighted around...

PNG girl beheads father after he rapes her: report

SYDNEY, June 17, 2013 (AFP) - A teenage girl beheaded her father with a bush knife after he raped her at their home in Papua...

World

Pressure on Russia over Syria as Obama arrives for G8 summit

LOUGH ERNE, United Kingdom, June 17, 2013 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and world leaders arrived in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit on...

China and North Korea to hold talks this week

BEIJING, June 17, 2013 (AFP) - China will hold talks with North Korea this week, Beijing said Monday, amid ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula...

Life Style

Bagmati River festival from June 14

Kathmandu, June 13: The 13th Bagmati River Festival-2013 (BRF) will take place from 14th June on Friday with the slogan of “Green Kathmandu, Clean Bagmati....

Singapore jails ex-top civil servant in sex-for-favours case

SINGAPORE, June 13, 2013 (AFP) - A former senior Singapore civil servant was jailed for six months Thursday for receiving oral sex from a female...

Sports

Central wins seven gold in Karate

Kathmandu, June 16: Central Region grabbed seven gold medals to dominate the Karate in the 1st National School Sports on Sunday in Kathmandu. Along with...

Army eyes Gurkha Cup, Manang not less confident

By Anjan Khadka, Kathmandu, June 14: The departmental side Tribhuvan Army Club sights to win over Martyr’s Memorial A Division runner-up Manang Marsyandgi Club in...

Markets

Gold shops' strike enters sixth day

Kathmandu, June 17: Gold and Jewellery shops across the country remained closed for the sixth consecutive day on Monday. The gold and silver traders have been...

NOC to start transactions of bitumen, lube, petrochemicals, air lube

Kathmandu, June 17: The loss-ridden Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is all set to start the new transactions of bitumen, lube, petrochemicals, air lube among others. The...

The Rising Nepal ePapper

Miscellany

No party can prevent CA poll: KC

Pokhara, June 17: Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC Monday said that no party could prevent holding of the election to the second Constituent Assembly...

Sit-in at Kathmandu DAO continued

Kathmandu, June 17: A month long sit-in programme held by right activists and civil society members in front of District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu continued...

Science & Technology

Lost medieval city found in Cambodia: report

SYDNEY, June 15, 2013 (AFP) - A lost medieval city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists...

Defence giants call for European drone programme

PARIS, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - Three top European defence firms called Sunday on governments to launch a programme to manufacture drones that European countries...