KATHMANDU: The Tribhuvan University, Office of the Controller of Examinations on Tuesday has announced the results of MEd (Master of Education), first year examinations held under the Department of Education in 2069 B.S. The results can be accessed from www.edusanjal.com and www.educationsansar.com as well as by dialing 1602 in Nepal Telecom's phones, according to the Office. ...
Published On: 2013-06-18

KATHMANDU: Valuables worth Rs 1,45,000 were stolen from a house in Dhapasi of Kathmandu Monday. Taking advantage of the occupants' absence, unidentified thieves decamped with gold and silver ornaments from Krishna Prasad Adhikari's rented room at around 4 pm. Adhikari is a permanent resident of Gadhigurase-1, Sindhuli district. Police said they are looking into the case....
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KATHMANDU: An armed gang robbed property worth Rs 1,75,000 from a house in Sirutar of Bhaktapur district in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Police said unidentified robbers barged into 62-year-old Ram Prasad Thapa's house at around 2:25 am and took control the family members showing sharp weapons for the heist. They decamped with gold ornaments made up of three tola gold, Rs 5500 in cash and a Nokia mobile set, according to a complaint lodged at police. The robbers were three to four in number....
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KATHMANDU: Police on Monday apprehended three persons on charge of vandalism and attacking Nepal Television crew members from Chhaling on the outskirts of Bhaktapur. They are identified as Bishwa Ram Khadka (42), Uddhav Khadka (51) and Yagya Khadka (41) of Chhaling-7. They had allegedly roughed up Nepal Television's cameraman Shiva Pangeni and smashed a video camera and a mic when a joint team from the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, District Administration Office and police personnel tried to seal the Chhaling-2-based Kharipati Milk Dairy after a market monitoring team ...
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KATHMANDU: A joint police team deployed from the Nepal Police's Central Investigation Bureau and Metropolitan Police Sector Janasewa detained a 28-year-man in possession of a piece of Red Panda hide on Monday. Identified as Bangtup Tamang alias Saroj (28) of Gumba-5, Sindhupalchowk district, the suspect was rounded up from the Sundhara-based Namaste Guest House. Red Panda is an endangered animal. Tamang and the contraband were sent to the Central Investigation Bureau for further investigation. If convicted, the suspect would be charged under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ac...
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KATHMANDU: A three-day meeting of the environment policy makers and environment practitioners from Europe and Asia kicked off here in the Capital on Tuesday. As many as 160 participants will discuss the function and impacts of the SWITCH-Asia Programme, which is the single largest European Union-funded regional programme launched in 2007 to support the implementation and scaling-up of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) practices in Asia. Addressing the opening session of the networking event, Ambassador Alexander Spachis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Nepal, sai...
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KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Vice Chairman Bam Dev Gautam has said that the Constituent Assembly election would be held on November 19 at any cost. "Election will be held despite protests," he said, saying that the ones who would boycott the election should struggle with people. According to him, parties could not to take part in election but they would lose their political existence. He was speaking at the the Reporters’ Club today. The former deputy prime minister also stated that demands put forward by CPN–Maoist could not met as the party questioned the validity of governm...
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KATHMANDU: A woman, who consumed pesticide in an apparent case of suicide, breathed her last on the way to hospital on Tuesday. Police said Daya Khadka (42), who hailed from Duwakot-2, Bhaktapur, was found unconscious at her maternal home in Suryabinayak at around 4:30 this morning. Her husband Rajkumar Khadka and father Mathawar Singh Basnet had rushed her to the Iwamura Memorial Hospital for treatment. After a preliminary investigation and autopsy at the Bhaktapur Hospital, the body has been handed over to the family, according to District Police Office, Bhaktapur. Police are looking in...
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KATHMANDU: Police said a 45-year-old man died after he slipped and hit a stone on a road before nosediving in a water-filled pothole, near the Korean Hospital in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-12, Bhaktapur on Monday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Nima Sherpa, a permanent resident of Badalu, Okhaldhugha district. He was a lineman at the Gaththaghar-based Nepal Telecom, and was currently residing at Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-15. Police received the information about the incident at around 3:30, the District Police Office, Bhaktapur said. The body was sent to the TU Teaching ...
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KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and damage caused by the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in various parts of the country. Issuing a press statement, the party urged the government to carry out rescue operation in the affected areas immediately, and provide relief package to the people displaced besides their rehabilitation and free medical treatment of the injured. In a separate statement, the former Prime Minister and senior leader of the party, Sher Bahadur Deuba, also expressed sorrow over the loss and damage cause...
Published On: 2013-06-18