12 – year – old raped and murdered in Dhanusa

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 Mahendranagar (Dhanusa) : A 12 – year – old girl was raped and murdered by a tenant living in her home here in Dhanusha on Tuesday.  Krishna Dev Sah’s daughter, Bibika Kumari Sah, of Musahar settlement of Janakpur Sub Metropolitan City was murdered after rape.  Ram Chandra Mahato Nuniya, 40, from Bela area of Dhanusa,…

Chinese govt. to provide one million US dollar as emergency fund

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    Kathmandu : Chinese government has announced a donation of one million US dollar as emergency fund, expressing its sadness over loss of lives and properties in the floods and landslides in Nepal.  Vice-Premier of State Council of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yang made such announcement during the Nepal-China Deputy Prime Minister-level…

Four members of a single family missing after landslide

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    Nuwakot : Four members of a single family are reported missing after a monsoon – triggered landslide buried their home at Pairebeshi of Uttargaya rural municipality – 4 of Rasuwa.  Four others were rescued alive but with injuries from the rubble of the landslide that came crashing down over the village at 9…

North Korea: US not seeking regime change, says Rex Tillerson

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America : The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. “We’re not your enemy,” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point. Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said President Trump considered going to war with…

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict

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Islamabad  : Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office. The ruling came after a probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif’s children to offshore companies. Mr Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case. The…

Truck plunges into Trishuli; driver missing

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  Malekhu (Dhading) : A truck plunged into the Trishuli River from nearby Bihani Petrol Pump at Gajuri rural municipality-2 along the Prithvi Highway this morning.  According to Police Inspector at the District Traffic Police Office, Gajuri, Krishna Sapkota, the truck (Ba 4 Kha 5146) veered off the road around 40 metres to the Trishuli…

UML urges constituency delimitation commission for impartiality

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Kathmandu : The CPN (UML) standing committee meeting has drawn the attention of the Constituency Delimitation Commission to fix the election constituencies soon.  The meeting today has urged the Commission to maintain impartiality and objective grounds while fixing the constituencies.  The meeting held at the party central office under the chairmanship of the party acting…

CPN (Maoist Centre) finalizes name of six ministers

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  Kathmandu : The CPN (Maoist Centre) has finalized name of six ministers joining the incumbent government.  A meeting of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Secretariat held today decided to send Girijamani Pokharel, Shiva Kumar Mandal, Top Bahadur Basnet, Asha Koirala, Santa KUmar Chaudhary and Mahendra Bahadur Shahi in the government, said Agni Prasad Sapkota, CPN…

Five arrested after bungled abduction

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Mahendranagar : The authorities here on Monday arrested five persons in connection with the abduction of a youth from Bideha municipality.  According to District Police Office in Dhanusha, Shova Devi Das, 55, Ram Sufal Das, 25 of Chakkar – 7, Nikesh Yadav, 22, of Tarapatti – 1, Esanul Rain, 18, and Adam Nadaf, 19, of…

CPN (MC) meeting: action against betrayers in elections

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  Kathmandu : CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to turn tough against its leaders and cadres of any ranks and files if found betrayal to the party in the local levels elections.  An extended meeting of the party concluded at Parisdanda on Saturday took the decision to that effect.  Addressing the meeting, party Chairperson Pushpa…