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Cyclone Mocha: Inside the refugee camp that was nearly blown apart

The worst of Cyclone Mocha narrowly avoided the world’s largest refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, in south-west BangladeshRohingya refugees at the camp still dealt with devastation after winds destroyed large numbers of shelters.Whilst the storm did not ma…

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 …