SOCIETY
Locals regret donating land to Nepal Sanskrit University
Locals regret donating land to Nepal Sanskrit University
DANG, Nov 29: As Nepal Sanskrit University in Dang district prepares to lease its 200 bigha of land to Swami Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, locals who had donated their land to the university in hopes of contributing to the development of education sector have expressed serious objection regarding...
Nov 30, 2016
POLITICS, SPECIAL
Govt registers 7-point constitution amendment bill
Govt registers 7-point constitution amendment bill
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The government on Tuesday evening registered a seven-point constitution amendment bill at the parliament secretariat, proposing, among other things, to take all the hill districts out from Province 5.
Nov 30, 2016
Interview
All the parties want local elections to test the water
All the parties want local elections to test the water
As we went to press, the ruling coalition had reportedly reached an understanding with the protesting Madheshi parties on the proposed amendments of the new constitution. How did this become possible? What are the points of agreements? And what happens now? Republica team of Biswas Baral and Mahabir...
Nov 30, 2016
SOCIETY
Road department not in hurry to fix accident-prone highway section
Road department not in hurry to fix accident-prone highway s...
JHAPA, Nov 30: An accident prone section of the east west highway has not been repaired even though it has claimed many lives. Locals lament that the road section in Birtamod, Jhapa has been triggering accidents on a regular basis and yet has failed to draw attention of the road department.
Nov 30, 2016
SOCIETY
Third day of talks on Dr KC's demands get nowhere
Third day of talks on Dr KC's demands get nowhere
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The third day of talks held between the government and a team representing Dr Govinda KC on Tuesday ended after two hours without reaching any agreement due to the stances taken by the two sides regarding the sacking of the Tribhuvan University (TU) vice-chancellor and the dean o...
Nov 30, 2016
POLITICS
House may forward impeachment motion to panel Thursday
House may forward impeachment motion to panel Thursday
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Forty-two days after the registration of an impeachment motion in parliament against the now suspended CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, the parliament is likely to forward the motion to the Impeachment Recommendation Committee for further action on Thursday.
Nov 30, 2016
SOCIETY
Resident docs to boycott all services except emergency at TUTH from today
Resident docs to boycott all services except emergency at TU...
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: After the talks between the government and Dr Govinda KC's team ended inconclusively Tuesday, various medical organizations have threatened to launch stringent protests from Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2016
Editorial
Something amiss
Something amiss
Twenty-year-old Amrita Kumari of Murtiya, Saptari, epitomizes the kind of indirect, structural violence on women that is common in Tarai-Madhesh. Last year, her parents had arranged for her to get married to the family of Sagar Mahato of Lalbandi of the same district.
Nov 30, 2016
POLITICS
Local body commission extends deadline to mid-December
Local body commission extends deadline to mid-December
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: The commission formed to restructure local governments in line with the new federal structure has decided to extend its deadline to mid-December after it was unable to finalize the local structure in Province 2 due to 'non-cooperation' of the political parties at the local level.
Nov 30, 2016
OPINION
Tragedy of errors
Tragedy of errors
The restructuring debate is not going to go away soon
Nov 30, 2016