SOCIETY
Govt tightens state largesse for VIP medical care
Govt tightens state largesse for VIP medical care
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Tightening up state largesse for the treatment of ailing VVIPs, VIPs, political leaders and high-ranking officials, the government has approved directives limiting the treatment support to Rs 1.5 million, and to once in a lifetime.
Dec 24, 2016
SOCIETY
Authorities crackdown on 30 roadside vendors in Khalanga Bazaar
Authorities crackdown on 30 roadside vendors in Khalanga Baz...
RUKUM, Dec 24: At least 30 roadside wooden stalls known as 'Gumti' shops were evicted on Friday for encroaching upon public land property here.
Dec 24, 2016
SOCIETY
Mandala found at Kasthamandap foundation
Mandala found at Kasthamandap foundation
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Archaeologists of Nepal and from Durham University in the UK have found a mandala structure used for building the foundations of Kasthamandap Temple hundreds of years ago.
Dec 24, 2016
SOCIETY
Efforts to contain HIV spread affected
Efforts to contain HIV spread affected
PALPA, Dec 24: HIV patients' failure to take medicine regularly and to follow doctor's prescription has taken its toll on their health and on their families across the district.
Dec 24, 2016
Editorial
Test ride
Test ride
Thursday’s cabinet decision to build the 76-km Kathmandu-Nijgadh expressway with Nepal’s own resources could be a game-changer. This is because never before has a project of this scale—with an estimated cost of around Rs 100 billion—been undertaken by Nepalis alone.
Dec 24, 2016
POLITICS
Karki assailants remanded for seven days
Karki assailants remanded for seven days
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The District Administration Office (DAO) Kathmandu on Friday has remanded the two persons arrested on the charge of assaulting suspended CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki to seven days in police custody for investigations.
Dec 24, 2016
OPINION, SPECIAL
Letter to the ex-monarch
Letter to the ex-monarch
The ex-king needs to spend some of his money to establish research centers and think-tanks. That will make people take him more seriously
Dec 24, 2016
POLITICS
SC hearings on Karki case continue
SC hearings on Karki case continue
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Final hearings on the writ petition challenging the appointment of Lokman Singh Karki as chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) continued on Friday, with defense lawyers arguing that Karki was eligible to be appointed chief of the constitutional bod...
Dec 24, 2016
OPINION
A new revolution
A new revolution
Our aim should be that when our students write, even in Nepali, it is worth translating into many other languages
Dec 24, 2016
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
58 pc Doti women have STDs
58 pc Doti women have STDs
DOTI, Dec 24: A recent study has found that 59 percent of women in the district are living with one or other kind of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In its annual report for 2016, Doti branch of the Nepal Family Planning Association (NFPA) stated that the number of women to live with STDs have...
Dec 24, 2016