ECONOMY
Food supplies for Dolpa remain stuck at Rasuwagadhi for a month
Food supplies for Dolpa remain stuck at Rasuwagadhi for a mo...
RASUWA, Sept 13: Food commodities meant for Dolpa district are stuck at Rasuwagadhi trade point in Rasuwa for the past one month. As many as 80 containers carrying 4.5 tons of rice and 2.7 tons of iodized salt to Upper Dolpo region of Dolpa via Tibetan Autonomous Region of China are stuck at Nepal’s...
Sep 13, 2018
ECONOMY
Deposit-credit mismatch in banking system yet again
Deposit-credit mismatch in banking system yet again
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: With more lendable resources at their disposal, commercial banks are aggressively increasing their loan investments.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Teej takes
Teej takes
Hindu women observed Teej festival across the country on Wednesday by fasting, offering prayers at temples and dancing to popular teej songs. Here are some of the Teej moments captured on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in the capital.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Police pressuring Nirmala’s parents to return home
Police pressuring Nirmala’s parents to return home
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The parents of Nirmala Panta, who was raped and murdered in Kanchanpur, have said police have been pressuring them to return to their home district and not stay any longer in Kathmandu.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Sajha Prakashan in mess due to parallel management
Sajha Prakashan in mess due to parallel management
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Parallel management in Sajha Prakashan, the 105-year-old public publication house, has created problems in holding meeting of the management board. The board meeting has been put on hold for more than a year due to various reasons.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Red panda threatened by poachers
Red panda threatened by poachers
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: On September 4, the Metropolitan Police Circle Durbar Marg caught Shukra Rai and Ajit Basnet on the charge of poaching red panda. Both Rai and Basnet were on the move from Bauddha on a motorbike when they were caught with five red panda hides.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Narayanghat-Mugling road in full operation after 34 hours
Narayanghat-Mugling road in full operation after 34 hours
CHITWAN, Sept 12: Narayanghat-Mugling road section has come into full operation from 11 am Wednesday after the last of the landslide debris was removed from the Charkilo area. It took a total of 34 hours to bring the road into full operation, according to officials.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Concerns over press freedom as authorities arrest journalists
Concerns over press freedom as authorities arrest journalist...
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The media fraternity across the country is seriously concerned over the worsening situation of press freedom as the authorities have started arresting journalists for publishing news that sought to expose corruption and malpractices.
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Commuters forced into perilous journey in lack of bridge over Bheri
Commuters forced into perilous journey in lack of bridge ove...
SURKHET, Sept 13: Whenever locals of Bheriganga Municipality-1 in Surkhet need to reach the district headquarters, they always have to undertake a perilous journey across the Bheri River. As there is no bridge over the river, they are forced to risk their lives using inflated rubber tubes to cross t...
Sep 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Investigation committee member KC rejoins probe
Investigation committee member KC rejoins probe
KATHMANDU, Sept 12: In a dramatic move, a member of the high-level probe committee formed to investigate the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta, has withdrawn his resignation from the probe, stating he has received assurances from the home minister, the home secretary and the police chief of support f...
Sep 13, 2018