SOCIETY
Waste mgmt project wins support of Ktm municipal bodies
Waste mgmt project wins support of Ktm municipal bodies
KATHMANDU, July 11: Ten municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley have expressed commitment to help in implementation of Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) Project which is in the last leg of project development agreement (PDA) negotiations.
Jul 12, 2017
SPECIAL
Newly elected representatives rekindle flood victims’ hope
Newly elected representatives rekindle flood victims’ hope
BANKE, July 11: Mansari Bahun's family was displaced by the Rapti flood four years ago. The displaced family has been living in a small hut in Nayabasti of Duduwa Rural Municipality - 1 since then.
Jul 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Goat farming changes lives of Baitadi farmers
Goat farming changes lives of Baitadi farmers
BAITADI, July 11: Farmers of Surnaya Rural Municipality in Baitadi have started commercial goat farming. Each family in Surnaya-6 has 10 to 30 goats in their pen.
Jul 12, 2017
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Flood victims: Were Madhesi protests genuine?
Flood victims: Were Madhesi protests genuine?
RAJBIRAJ, July 11: Days after the massive floods on July 1 rendered many homeless, life for the locals of Saptari district is yet to retun to normal. The authorities have been unable to respond swiftly, distribute prompt relief or repair the damaged embankments. Members of the general public are sti...
Jul 12, 2017
ECONOMY
Mahottari's LDO busy spending surplus budget in eleventh hours
Mahottari's LDO busy spending surplus budget in eleventh hou...
MAHOTTARI, July 11:Local Development Officer (LDO) Yuwak Raj Paudel of Mahottari District Coordination Committee (DCC) has not attended his office since a week. Although in other days, service seekers and politicians used to fill his office, currently his office desk has gathered dust and the chair...
Jul 12, 2017
Editorial
Dustopia
Dustopia
Kathmandu’s roads
There is perhaps not a single media outlet in Kathmandu that has not carried stories on the wretched state of valley roads. Yet despite the overwhelming coverage of this issue in popular media and mounting public pressure for urgent action, little has been done.
Jul 12, 2017
OPINION
Fasten your Belts
Fasten your Belts
The gung-ho excitement over BRI needs to be tempered with Nepal’s own realist ability to propose win-win projects under it.
Jul 12, 2017
POLITICS
EC's Prado purchase plan hits a snag
EC's Prado purchase plan hits a snag
KATHMANDU, July 11: Election commissioners' attempt to purchase five Prado jeeps has hit a snag after the Ministry of Finance rejected the proposal to buy new vehicles this time.
Jul 12, 2017
OPINION
Democracy, revitalized
Democracy, revitalized
I do not see any significant deviation from universally agreed norms of democracy and human rights in Nepal’s constitution.
Jul 12, 2017
OPINION
Socialism run amok
Socialism run amok
Having lost legitimacy, Venezuela’s kleptocratic and murderous regime is hanging on by a thread.
Jul 12, 2017