Drunken hubby beats his wife to death

A woman died after she was mercilessly beaten up by her husband in the district on Saturday night. Inebriated husband Sundar Khadka-37 y, of Goshwara VDC Wd No.5 of Lamjung Dist. killed his wife Sushila Khadka, 35 y, over a minor dispute, said the Dist. Police Office Parsa. The couple has been living in Birgunj in course of their employment. Husband Khadka has been working as a security guard in Sundar Steels Factory. The dead body has been kept at Zonal Hospital for postmortem. Police have nabbed the murderer for further action. RSS

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Denied a sacred space

 Two years since controversy erupted over the ban on Christian burials next to the Pashupati premises, and a viable solution has yet to be implemented, forcing the community to resort to desperate means to lay their dead to restAlong the banks of the Trishuli in Nuwakot, a jeep is speeding on, tunneling furiously into the night. As the vehicle sails forth like a silent animal, roadside settlements pass by in a blur of mute houses and shuttered shops, interspersed by long stretches of dark nothingness.It is 11.36 pm when the jeep suddenly swerves into a bend and jerks to a halt, seemingly

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CIAA arrests 35 more govt officials

 The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday arrested 35 government officials for allegedly sending 77 migrant workers to Qatar through illegal means last month.The CIAA arrested 17 staffers from the Department of Foreign Employment and 18 from the Department of Immigration. Six officials, including the director of the DoFE, Ramesh Mainali, were arrested on Wednesday for abusing office.Sources said DoFE officials had given the final nod to the 77 workers to head for Qatar from three manpower companies—Sanaa International, Progressive Placement and Advance Recr

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The Inevitable

 Walking through the cold sinister alleyI feel the obscurity engulfing me whole,The fallen houses, the broken roofsAll of it, makes me think of all the steps I took.Everything is falling apartBut I still don’t know where I went wrong,Is it me that’s pushing away the bliss?I’d never know if I’m not.I stand in the eye of the hurricanePreparing myself for the worst.Even though I’m scared of the muddle,I walk with my head held high and chin up.Something behind me moves, and every part of me quivers,I turn a blind eye and look away from the chaos.It’s not that I’ve never faced things like thi

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