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Himalayan Times
March 25, 2018
The fast track is also expected to serve Nepal's proposed second international airport in Nijgadh. The fast track originates at Sano Khokana in Lalitpur district and reaches Nijgadh in Bara district of the Tarai. While the Nijgadh communities are strongly pushing for the quick construction of the expressway,Ãâà...
The Kathmandu Post
February 18, 2018
The launch of the 'people's war' in 1996 proved to be the game-changer since it was able to mainstream the concept of creating an inclusive Nepal within a ... and culture; v) criminalising caste-based discrimination; and vi) doing away with discrimination on the basis of social, linguistic or religious identity.
The Kathmandu Post
February 13, 2018
Many people who live in cohesion with the forest would be affected from sustainably using resources within these areas. According to Chairperson of the Bara chapter of the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN), Ramji Bajgain, high-level government officials and interest groups areÃâà...
Hindustan Times
January 18, 2018
The protestors said Birgunj was the center of the Madhesi movement and lost a huge volume of trade during the standoff between India and Nepal in 2015. The nearby district of Bara too was totally shut down by protestors. In Doti district, more than a dozen people were injured when protesters and securityÃâà...
Hindustan Times
January 14, 2018
Last year, people from Chhaudano village on Indian side and Kaliya village on Nepal side fought a pitched battle over border dispute, compelling senior ... Both sides also agreed to call a meeting of FST at Bara in Nepal soon to discuss further course of action and resolve any issues related to the survey.
Hindustan Times
January 2, 2018
A young devotee collects water while offering prayers at the banks of the Hanumante River during the Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Hindus poured onto the banks of the Hanumante on Tuesday to mark the first day of the month-long Madhav Narayan festival in the city of Bhaktapur.
thejournal.ie
December 31, 2017
However, some communities who live in poverty are challenging this tradition. Action Aid has just completed a 12-year programme in Bara, Nepal, which was funded by hundreds of Irish people through child sponsorship. Children in rural Bara face many hardships including child labour, marrying youngÃâà...
ANI News
December 17, 2017
They have been identified as Dinesh Podar, Mukesh Kumar Podar, Ketalu Podar, Chandan Podar, Suraj Podar and Bikash Podar. Five of these thieves are below 20 years. A Nepali is identified as Raj Kumar Adhikari of Bara, who used to work in Pashupati Temple, has also been placed under arrest.
Outlook India
October 23, 2017
Kathmandu, Oct 23 Three Indians and a Pakistani were among six people arrested here for allegedly smuggling protected live animals to Nepal from ... Two Nepalese -- Sanjeev Bhari, 40, of Kathmandu and Raj Kumar Tiwari, 42, of Bara -- and Jawaid Aslam Khan, 55, of Pakistan were also arrested, policeÃâà...
The Indian Express
October 23, 2017
Three Indians and a Pakistani were among six people arrested here for allegedly smuggling protected live animals to Nepal from Nigeria, a media report ... Two Nepalese — Sanjeev Bhari, 40, of Kathmandu and Raj Kumar Tiwari, 42, of Bara — and Jawaid Aslam Khan, 55, of Pakistan were also arrested,Ãâà...
The Kathmandu Post
September 24, 2017
The Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal has emerged victorious in Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City, a centre of the Madhes agitation, as the vote counting of the third-phase local elections in ... BARA: CPN-UML candidates have been elected as mayor and deputy mayor in Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City.
The Tribune
August 14, 2017
At least 14 people were killed in a landslide in Nepal on Monday, taking the death toll in floods and rain-related calamities to 80 across the Himalayan ... Nine persons were killed in Rautahat, eight were killed in Sunsari, four each in Sarlahi, Sindhuli, Bara, Makawanpur and Banke districts, five personsÃâà...
Business Standard
August 13, 2017
Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Bhatta said efforts were on to shift the trapped tourists to safer places. According to data by the ministry, one person was killed in Panchthar, four in Sindhuli, Jhapa and Banke each, five in Morang, eight in Sunsari, three in Sarlahi and Surkhet each and two in Bara andÃâà...
Hindustan Times
August 13, 2017
Some 100,000 people were displaced across Nepal and several villages are under the risk of flood and inundation after rivers flowing from north to ... in Panchthar, four in Sindhuli, Jhapa and Banke each, five in Morang, eight in Sunsari, three in Sarlahi and Surkhet each and two in Bara and Dang each.
The Indian Express
August 13, 2017
The death toll from floods and landslides in Nepal rose to 49 today with thousands of families displaced from their homes due to incessant rainfall in ... in Panchthar, four in Sindhuli, Jhapa and Banke each, five in Morang, eight in Sunsari, three in Sarlahi and Surkhet each and two in Bara and Dang each.
Republica
July 17, 2017
KATHMANDU, July 17: Over Rs 23 billion was spent through various INGOs in the 22 tarai districts of the country during fiscal year 2016/017, it is learnt. A total of 74 INGOs had channelled Rs 23.85 billion through 745 projects in the tarai, which includes the country's southern plans from Jhapa district in theÃâà...
Republica
June 23, 2017
According to Kedia, 450,000 farmers are involved in the dairy sector that provides direct employment to around 20,000 people. He further added ... Nepal produces 4.8 million liters of milk daily and 50 percent of the production is consumed by producers themselves, according to the association. Hotels andÃâà...
Republica
June 14, 2017
POKHARA, June 14: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has suspected that fake banknotes are being circulated among people in rural areas as people in urban areas can easily identify such notes. Officials of the central banks say that fake banknotes are arriving in the market through people in remote areas.
Hindustan Times
June 4, 2017
A resident of Hariharpur village in Bara district of Nepal, Farmullah was a close aide of his co-villager, Md Abi Ansari, who was arrested in the first week of May. He had revealed the names of many of his contacts in Indian districts bordering Nepal, who were involved in his racket. Abi, 35, was arrested fromÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
May 13, 2017
The people of Nepal have voted for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a landmark moment in the country's transition to democracy. Polling stations closed at 5pm local time (11:15 GMT) on Sunday, with voter turnout estimated at 71 percent, ElectionÃâà...
ucanews
February 10, 2015
But after failing to bring a dowry, a woman will often suffer life-long physical and mental persecution at the hands of her husband and in-laws. Bara district is known as a hotspot, with increasing numbers of domestic violence and abuse cases being reported by women after they fail to bring enough dowry toÃâà...
CNN
December 1, 2014
Motilal Kushwaha had promised the Hindu goddess Gadhimai that he would offer her a male goat if one of his children found a job. Last year his son was successful -- and on Saturday he was one of tens of thousands of people killing the animals at the temple of Gadhimai in southern Nepal as part of theÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
Also, our religious sites will vanish forever,” said Omkar Maharjan, a local resident of Lalitpur Metropolitan City—21, Khokana. According to Dangol, nearly 14 ropani area of Sikali will go into the 76.2 km track that stretches from Khokana of Lalitpur to Nijgadh of Bara. The Nepal Army, which is constructingÃâà...
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