SOCIETY
Schools shut down to protest attack on teachers
Schools shut down to protest attack on teachers
SARLAHI, Feb 18: All community schools in Ishwarpur Municipality of Sarlahi remained closed on Sunday after some locals thrashed teachers of Janata Secondary School (JSS), Shreenagar.
Feb 18, 2019
SOCIETY
School stops mid-day meal, Chepang students quit school
School stops mid-day meal, Chepang students quit school
CHITWAN, Feb 18: Janjagriti Basic School (JBS) at the Bandarjhula settlement in Madi Municipality has 50 students. In the beginning of the academic year, there were 15 students from the Chepang community in the school but most of them have stopped coming to school after the Dashain festival.
Feb 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Patients elated to regain lost eyesight
Patients elated to regain lost eyesight
NUWAKOT, Feb 17: Lal Bahadur Tamang, 80, of Shivapuri Rural Municipality-5 in Nuwakot district lost his eyesight a year ago. He is elated to have his eyesight back after a year of harrowing tale.
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS
Govt docs announce new protest against adjustment
Govt docs announce new protest against adjustment
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The government doctors who are unhappy with the civil servants adjustment process on Sunday announced their new protest program, which includes boycott of work and resignation in mass among other things.
Feb 18, 2019
OPINION
Employment for all?
Employment for all?
Initiatives like Prime Minister Employment Program do not necessarily enhance long-term employability. Focus should be on training and workforce development.
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS
Bribe case investigation: CIAA, parliament passing the buck
Bribe case investigation: CIAA, parliament passing the buck
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Amid widespread demand to arrest Raj Naryan Pathak, a controversial former commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the parliament as well as the anti-graft body, which are supposed to take action against him, have been passing the buck to...
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Legal hurdle in way of KMC move to take back encroached public land
Legal hurdle in way of KMC move to take back encroached publ...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) stares at a herculean task of regaining control over around 500 ropani [25.44 hectares] of public land encroached over the past few decades in many places
Feb 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Public uproar on social media after song removed from YouTube
Public uproar on social media after song removed from YouTub...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: After receiving pressure from various forefronts of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on his new satirical song ‘Lutna sake lut’, popular folk singer Pashupati Sharma removed the song from YouTube on Saturday. Claiming that such ‘unethical’ action of the government is a serio...
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS, SPECIAL
Govt ‘muzzling critical voices under pretext of reasonable restriction’
Govt ‘muzzling critical voices under pretext of reasonable r...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The alleged government move to force singer Pashupati Sharma to take down his latest folk song, “Lutna Sakay Loot Kanchha” from YouTube has sparked a debate: is the government trying to curtail freedom of expression and speech by resorting to “reasonable restriction”, a constituti...
Feb 18, 2019
Editorial
117 years of land grab in Kathmandu
117 years of land grab in Kathmandu
Heritage site of Kamalpokhari in Thamel has become the representative case of how rich and powerful connive to get public land under their ownership.
Feb 18, 2019