SOCIETY
DDA mulls recalling or banning Valsartan drugs
DDA mulls recalling or banning Valsartan drugs
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA), the apex drugs regulating body, has started discussing how to control the controversial Valsartan drugs, which are used by hypertension and heart patients. The authority is discussing whether to recall the drugs or ban them altogether.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
NCP task force fails to resolve unification row even as deadline expires
NCP task force fails to resolve unification row even as dead...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: An intra-party task force formed by the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to resolve the disputes surfaced in the party and take forward the stalled unification process has failed to accomplish the given task within the given deadline.
Jan 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Fulching sharecroppers rue ‘landlessness’
Fulching sharecroppers rue ‘landlessness’
DOLPA, Jan 15: Chandra Lal Chalaune, 69, feels deeply connected to Fulching village. This is where he was born and raised. During childhood, he always thought that the land where he played and the fields where he worked belong to his family.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
Govt employees file petitions at SC against adjustment of civil servants
Govt employees file petitions at SC against adjustment of ci...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: A day after the Supreme Court (SC) refused to issue a stay order in response to a writ petition filed against the government's plan for the adjustment of civil servants in the three tiers of government, two separate petitions were filed at the apex court on Monday, seeking the cou...
Jan 15, 2019
Editorial
Where’s our drug regulation?
Where’s our drug regulation?
Nepal’s drug monitoring mechanisms seem to be either badly ailing or they are simply turning blind eyes to various irregularities in sale and consumption of vital drugs in the country.
Jan 15, 2019
OPINION
Fall of private schools
Fall of private schools
Private schools missed an opportunity to demonstrate that “private” and “school” could go together in socially responsible ways
Jan 15, 2019
OPINION
In defense of private schools
In defense of private schools
Why can’t an entrepreneur open a private school and make profit in the process? Why don’t we let the market decide if it wants private schools?
Jan 15, 2019
OPINION
Selling good news stories
Selling good news stories
International coverage of Africa can feel patronizing, either from a lack of local knowledge or because of sheer laziness
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
Writ filed against Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance at Supreme Court
Writ filed against Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance at Su...
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court today against the Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance-2075, demanding the adjustment to be made optional for civil servants.
Jan 14, 2019
My City, Events, Art & Culture, Festivals
Seto Machhindranath Snan: The annual public bathing ritual of White Machhindranath
Seto Machhindranath Snan: The annual public bathing ritual o...
Every year a bathing ritual of Seto Machhindranath takes place at Kanak Chaitya Mahavihara or Janabahal at Indrachowk. The bathing ceremony happens on Pousha Sukla Asthami that falls on Monday this year.
Jan 14, 2019