POLITICS
NRA threatens stirring engineers with legal action
NRA threatens stirring engineers with legal action
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has threatened the agitating engineers with legal action if they do not return to their work stations in the earthquake-hit districts immediately.
Dec 22, 2016
SOCIETY
List of free medicines not made public at hospitals
List of free medicines not made public at hospitals
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Though the government provides 72 types of medicines free of cost to the general public, the list of these essential drugs is not made public by most of the hospitals and primary health centers or by health posts in the districts.
Dec 22, 2016
Editorial
Mess, en masse
Mess, en masse
The collective resignation on Tuesday of around 1,200 engineers and technicians deployed for post-quake reconstruction in 11 worst-hit districts is a sign of irresponsibility all around.
Dec 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Temperature dips as haze shrouds eastern and central regions
Temperature dips as haze shrouds eastern and central regions
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Although the winter yet to reach its peak, dense haze shrouded eastern and central regions of the country on Wednesday, plummeting the temperatures by at least a few degrees Celsius.
Dec 22, 2016
OPINION
Over to you, Mr Modi
Over to you, Mr Modi
The Republicans are united in their belief that the ‘expansionist’ ambitions of communist China must be checked by empowering China’s rivals like India
Dec 22, 2016
POLITICS
Ministry seeks clarification from Bharatpur cancer hospital
Ministry seeks clarification from Bharatpur cancer hospital
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sought clarification from the chairperson and director of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan over several complaints related to hospital management.
Dec 22, 2016
Interview
It is not easy to federate a country as old as Nepal
It is not easy to federate a country as old as Nepal
Senior Nepali Congress leader and former finance minister Ram Sharan Mahat is an advocate of fiscally strong federal units. He believes Nepal’s federal experiment has gone wrong because it became an emotive issue, and not one based on economic logic. So what does he make of the current disputes over...
Dec 22, 2016
ECONOMY
'Mobile phones third most traded commodity in Nepal'
'Mobile phones third most traded commodity in Nepal'
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Mobile phone is the third largest traded commodity in Nepal after petroleum products and iron, according to the officials of Mobile Phone Importers Association (MPIA).
Dec 22, 2016
OPINION
Where people trust the news most and least
Where people trust the news most and least
On December 15, Facebook announced that it’s rolling out new features designed to tackle the spread of fake news.
Dec 22, 2016
Lifestyle
Google sued by employee for confidentiality policies that muzzle staff
Google sued by employee for confidentiality policies that mu...
A product manager at Google has sued the company for its allegedly illegal confidentiality agreements, policies and practices that among other things prohibit employees from speaking even internally about illegal conduct and dangerous product defects for fear that such statements may be used in lega...
Dec 22, 2016