Showing posts from January, 2017

Republic monument to be ready by Republic Day

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: If everything goes as planned, the government will complete the construction of a Republic Monument inside the Narayanhiti Palace by mid-May and it will be ready for inauguration on the upcoming Republic Day. B…

Locals obstruct temple rebuilding, demand participation

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Locals at Basatapur on Tuesday obstructed ongoing reconstruction work at the Trailokya Narayan Temple inside Kathmandu Durbar Square Area. The temple had collapsed in the April 2015 earthquake. Locals protested…

Ministry tells Valley municipalities to enforce building code

Engineers are taking bribes to endorse blueprints that don't meet code criteria: Minister Pandey KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Following complaints about poor implementation of the building code, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Lo…

Valley may get new public transport company next week

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: As per the government's instruction, municipalities of the Kathmandu valley have made preparations to register a new public transport company 'Upatyaka Nagar Yatayat Sewa Limited' next week to ope…

DoA hiring experts to study the condition of Singha Durbar

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Amid the ongoing debate over whether to retrofit or rebuild the Singha Durbar, the Department of Archaeology (DoA) has set up a new plan to conduct further study of the administrative building which was damag…

With archives being forced to move, many historical documents at risk

(Top) Saddharma-Pundarika, 8th century palm-leaf Buddhist manuscript. (Middle) A palm-leaf manuscript of the Skanda Puran, copied in 810 AD. (Bottom) Nyayabikasini (Manavadharmanyayashastra), King Jayasthiti Malla’s legal code wr…

TU sets age bar of 28 for contesting FSU elections

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Tribhuvan University (TU) has set age bar for its students to contest elections to the Free Students Unions (FSU).  The TU Senate meeting on Wednesday took the decision that students should not be more than 28…

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