On a single Kentucky street, the tornado killed 7 children

Behind it, there was little more than a hole in the ground where a house had stood. Across the street, the tidy homes on this cul-de-sac were reduced to mounds of lumber. Clothes hung from the branches of snapped trees. The walls of one house were gone, and the only thing left standing inside was a white Christmas tree.

Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal

Students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived with their families Monday in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school.

Campaign lunched to preserve Lungkhim language

A campaign has been launched for the conservation of the endangered Lungkhim language spoken by the Rai community of Kerabari, Suryodaya Municipality–11, and surrounding villages. Under this campaign, the Lungkhim Rai Society Ilam and the Language Commission have started a 45-day class where 25 people will be taught the language. Gehnath Gautam, Under Secretary at the Language Commission, said that the Commission would protect all endangered languages and informed that it had been carrying out...

Area Police Offices in Jhapa working in risky buildings

Security personnel of Nepal Police, who have to be on duty to provide security to the public and maintain peace and harmony in the society, have themselves been forced to work living in rickety office buildings. Buildings of the Area Police Offices at Taghandubba and Kumarkhod of Jhapa Rural Municipality of Jhapa, which lie along Nepal-India southern border, may collapse at any time. Police Sub-Inspector and In-Charge of the Area Police Office, Kumarkhod, Narayan Pradhan said that police personnel...

Local governments directed to pay teachers working in ECD

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel has said that the government has instructed the local governments to provide remuneration to the teachers working in Early Child Development Centres (ECD) across the country. Minister Poudel said that the government has directed the local governments to implement the issue of remuneration. He gave that instruction in the meeting with teachers’ federation. "We have instructed the local governments to take strict action against the...

Birgunj to have dirty cargo transit facility in two years

The Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Birgunj is likely to have a safe transit facility for dirty cargo in two years from now. The ICP that features the largest customs office in the country does not have the facility to pass dirty cargo like coal and slag. Since there are no proper guidelines for their transportation, entire route is covered with the black dust leaked while carrying the dirty cargo.

CPN (MC) to take initiative to end House stalemate

The CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to take initiative to end the stalemate in the parliament and allow the House to function smoothly. A parliamentary party meeting of CPN (Maoist Centre), held at Singhadurbar prior to the beginning of the winter session of the federal parliament on Tuesday, decided to take initiative to end the impasse in the parliament by holding an all-party meeting on behalf of the party.

Unknown disease kills sheep in hordes in Taplejung

Sheep are dying of an unknown disease in Sidingwa Rural Municipality of Taplejung district. The sheep raised by the farmers of Ankhop and Sadewa villages of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-3 are dying of unknown diseases. Many sheep reared by Top Bahadur Budhachhetri of Ankhop, Him Kumar Rai and Sitaram Khadka of Sadewa have died. Kailash Rai, a local of Sadewa, said that Budhachhetri, Rai and Khadka have been raising sheep jointly and so far about 45 of their sheep died due to unknown diseases.

Embrace Entrepreneurship

An entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business. Finding hitherto hidden dimension of a product or a service and presenting it to the customers is the hallmark of an entrepreneur. It’s a well-substantiated fact that the culture of entrepreneurship creates wealth, generates employment and solves a great many problems besetting a country. It also paves the way for self-employment. Entrepreneurship is the bedrock of all-round development. Entrepreneurs are stimulat

Parties: Orphans Of Ideology

The national congresses of three key parties – CPN-UML, Nepali Congress and Rastriya Prajatantra Party or RPP are over now. The other party CPN-Maoist Centre is also set to hold its congress in two weeks. There are some marked similarities in the congresses of the three parties. The congresses of all parties began with fanfare and hullaballoo and ended in a fuss. The parties had been expected to debate issues having direct bearing on the people and the country and come up wit