SOCIETY
We are in a state of crisis: Legal experts
We are in a state of crisis: Legal experts
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Legal experts, activists and civil society leaders say that the current government of KP Oli is increasingly showing tendencies of an authoritarian and totalitarian state. Senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi said that the government's decision to bar former Maoist child soldier Lenin...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Project starts construction but yet to decide over land acquisition
Project starts construction but yet to decide over land acqu...
SURKHET, Aug 27: After the construction of a dam on Bheri River in Chiple under the Bheri Babai Multipurpose Project gets completed, about one bigha of land belonging to Gehendra Pandey of Lekhbasi Municipality-1 will be inundated. The land currently has a house and a mill. The project is yet to dis...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Brahmins in Dailekh refuse to observe Rakshya Bandhan
Brahmins in Dailekh refuse to observe Rakshya Bandhan
DAILEKH, Aug 27: The Brahmin society of Dailekh did not tie the sacred thread around the wrists of the locals on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Sunday expressing their dissatisfaction over excluding their rights in the recently introduced civil code. According to the locals, the Brahmins broadcas...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Pvt schools await govt request to remain closed during BIMSTEC Summit
Pvt schools await govt request to remain closed during BIMST...
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Private school and college operators in the Kathmandu Valley have sought a formal request from the government after the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) asked their cooperation to ease traffic management during the upcoming Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Tech...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Triyuga Municipality finds landfill site after 22 years
Triyuga Municipality finds landfill site after 22 years
UDAYAPUR, Aug 26: Triyuga Municipality in Udayapur district spent 22 years just to find a landfill site to dispose off the garbage produced in the municipality of eastern Nepal.
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
BPKIHS academic block handed over despite 28 major faults, show records
BPKIHS academic block handed over despite 28 major faults, s...
DHARAN, Aug 27: The then administration of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, has been accused of accepting the building of the newly-constructed academic block of the institute despite being aware of over two dozen major faults in the building due to the negligence of the con...
Aug 27, 2018
SOCIETY
Gloomy Rakshya Bandhan after boat capsize
Gloomy Rakshya Bandhan after boat capsize
RAUTAHAT, Aug 27: On Saturday, Dinesh Patel of Gaur Municipality-4, Rautahat, was preparing for Rakshya Bandhan, the festival which celebrates the bond and trust between brothers and sisters. He was waiting for his sister Runadevi to return to her maternal home from Ishnath Municipality-3, which is...
Aug 27, 2018
Editorial
We are all Lenin
We are all Lenin
Citing “orders from the higher-ups,” former child soldier Lenin Bista was stopped by the immigration authorities at Tribhuvan International Airport on Friday. He was on his way to attend a conference in Thailand to share his experience as a child soldier.
Aug 27, 2018
OPINION
Of mimic men
Of mimic men
In a country that has relied on production and export of unskilled manpower for its
sustenance, mimic man is an ideal. Naipaul is believed without being read in Nepal
Aug 27, 2018
OPINION
Learn from Imran Khan
Learn from Imran Khan
Why cannot career politicians of Nepal Communist Party, who face much less challenge than Pakistani leader, make pledges for drastic change?
Aug 27, 2018