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Cyclone Mocha inflicts heavy damage on Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Cyclone Mocha may have been less deadly than predicted, but it inflicted heavy damage on Myanmar’s Rakhine state, including the capital of Sittwe. On Monday, a day after the storm slammed into the coast, images from the city and surrounding area showed…

Court extends custody of Rai by seven days

District Police Office, Khotang has ordered a seven-day of extension of custody of agriculture expert and patron of Subhadra-Madan Foundation Madan Rai arrested on the charge of pedophilia to further probe the case.Rai was arrested from Solma in Dikte…

Fire breaks out in Furniture factory

A fire broke out in a furniture factory in Bhaktapur this evening.Efforts to douse the fire that started at 7:00 pm in a furniture factory at Chundevi of Suryavinayak Municipality-5 in Bhaktapur continued till 9 pm.The cause of the fire and the damage…

UML Secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi arrested

CPN (UML) Secretary and former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who was absconding after an arrest warrant by Nepal Police, has been arrested from Budhanilkantha of Kathmandu this evening, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minist…

Fiction Charimai released

Charimai, a fiction written by Anjana Paudel, has been released in Kathmandu on Sunday.Prof Dr Binju Sharma released the fiction, which is written on the issues of trafficking of women and girls. Sharma said that this book is a powerful voice against …

Mocha crosses Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast

The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ over the East Central Bay is crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar Coast as it is likely to move north-northeasterly direction further and complete the crossing by this afternoon.”It has started crossing Cox’s Bazar-…

Cyclone Mocha makes landfall along Naf River coastlines

Cyclone Mocha slammed into southeastern Bangladesh coastlines shortly after midday today making its way through the Naf River that divided Bangladesh and Myanmar, uprooting trees and tearing the roofs off buildings and forcing half a million people to…

Rain likely due to cyclone Mocha impact

Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD) today predicted rain or thundershowers in different areas in the country due to the influence of the very severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am today.”Light to moderate rain or thunder…