Mar 06, 2018

SOCIETY

District HQ wears a deserted look as quake victims return home

District HQ wears a deserted look as quake victims return ho...

RASUWA, March 5: After living a displaced life for more than 33 months, a large number of quake victims have headed for their home villages for the reconstruction of their houses destroyed by the earthquake in 2015. This has emptied the makeshift tents at Dhunche, Bogatitar among other places

RASUWA, March 5: After living a displaced life for more than 33 months, a large number of quake victims have headed for their home villages for the reconstruction of their houses destroyed by the earthquake in 2015. This has emptied the makeshift tents at Dhunche, Bogatitar among other places

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

POLITICS

19 years after the killing of Yadu Gautam, a Maoist leader calls it a mistake

19 years after the killing of Yadu Gautam, a Maoist leader c...

KATMANDU, March 5: CPN (Maoist Center) leader and former home minister Janardan Sharma on Monday acknowledged that the killing of Yadu Gautam, a leader of the CPN-UML, was one of the blunders made by the ex-rebel party during the decade-long Maoist insurgency.

KATMANDU, March 5: CPN (Maoist Center) leader and former home minister Janardan Sharma on Monday acknowledged that the killing of Yadu Gautam, a leader of the CPN-UML, was one of the blunders made by the ex-rebel party during the decade-long Maoist insurgency.

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

POLITICS, SOCIETY

Pakistani PM Abbasi in Kathmandu

Pakistani PM Abbasi in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, March 5: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived in Kathmandu on Monday for a two-day visit in a bid to seek Nepal's support in resumption of SAARC Summit.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived in Kathmandu on Monday for a two-day visit in a bid to seek Nepal's support in resumption of SAARC Summit.

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

SOCIETY

Criminalize cases of torture and enforced disappearance: Conflict victims

Criminalize cases of torture and enforced disappearance: Con...

REPUBLICA (KATHMANDU): National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal, an organization of families of the victims of enforced disappearances, have threatened to launch protests to pressure the government into formulating necessary laws to criminalize conflict-era torture and enforced...

REPUBLICA (KATHMANDU): National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal, an organization of families of the victims of enforced disappearances, have threatened to launch protests to pressure the government into formulating necessary laws to criminalize conflict-era torture and enforced...

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

ECONOMY

Stocks plunge continues as Nepse drops to 13-month low

Stocks plunge continues as Nepse drops to 13-month low

KATHMANDU, March 5: Stocks rout continued on Monday as Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index plunged 16.69 points, or 1.23 percent, to close at a 13-month low of 1,287.74 points.  Earlier on Sunday, the benchmark index shed a whopping 42 points, or 3.09 percent. The decline on Monday -- the second tra...

KATHMANDU, March 5: Stocks rout continued on Monday as Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index plunged 16.69 points, or 1.23 percent, to close at a 13-month low of 1,287.74 points.  Earlier on Sunday, the benchmark index shed a whopping 42 points, or 3.09 percent. The decline on Monday -- the second tra...

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

POLITICS

Deuba elected NC's PP leader

Deuba elected NC's PP leader

KATHMANDU, March 5: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party in  parliament, has elected party President Sher Bahadur Deuba as its parliamentary party leader also.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party in  parliament, has elected party President Sher Bahadur Deuba as its parliamentary party leader also.

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

POLITICS

Yadav calls party meeting as FSFN weighs proposal to join govt

Yadav calls party meeting as FSFN weighs proposal to join go...

KATHMANDU, March 5: Talks for forming a coalition between the left alliance and the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) ended inconclusively on Monday after leaders from the two sides failed to agree on the details of power sharing.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Talks for forming a coalition between the left alliance and the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) ended inconclusively on Monday after leaders from the two sides failed to agree on the details of power sharing.

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

OPINION

Fake news and censorship

Fake news and censorship

Around the world, the number of honest journalists jailed for publishing fake or fictitious news is at an all-time high of at least 21. As non-democratic leaders increasingly use the “fake news” backlash to clamp down on independent media, that number is likely to climb.

Around the world, the number of honest journalists jailed for publishing fake or fictitious news is at an all-time high of at least 21. As non-democratic leaders increasingly use the “fake news” backlash to clamp down on independent media, that number is likely to climb.

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

Infographic

The countries with the highest salaries

The countries with the highest salaries

The countries with the highest salaries

The countries with the highest salaries

Mar 06, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

Editorial

Reimagining TU

Reimagining TU

TU’s once renowned research centers like Center for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) and the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CENAS) produced academics of very high standard. Scholars like Dor Bahadur Bista once headed CEDA. But these research institutes are gathering dust and few m...

TU’s once renowned research centers like Center for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) and the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CENAS) produced academics of very high standard. Scholars like Dor Bahadur Bista once headed CEDA. But these research institutes are gathering dust and few m...

Mar 06, 2018