SOCIETY
Teachers donate salary to Pun's cause
Teachers donate salary to Pun's cause
MYAGDI, Nov 25: Impressed by social activist Mahabir Pun's efforts to establish National Innovation Center, teachers of Aadarsha Higher Secondary school, Myagdi, have donated their five-day salary to the Center.
Nov 26, 2016
SOCIETY
Single mother struggles for cancer treatment
Single mother struggles for cancer treatment
RUKUM, Nov 25: Diagnosed with breast cancer, Magi Khadka, 50, of Arma-7 faces difficulty even in walking.
Nov 26, 2016
SOCIETY
Plan to ban vehicles older than 20 years hits a snag
Plan to ban vehicles older than 20 years hits a snag
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Government's plan to prevent vehicles older than 20 years from plying in the country's roads from February 28 seems unlikely to get through.
Nov 26, 2016
SOCIETY
NID chief investigation officer booked for fake certificates
NID chief investigation officer booked for fake certificates
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: A charge sheet has been filed at the Special Court against chief investigation officer of the National Investigation Department (NID), Sohan Kumar Rauniyar, on charge of submitting fake credentials while joining the job.
Nov 26, 2016
SOCIETY
23-point proposal to amend Education Regulation
23-point proposal to amend Education Regulation
DHANKUTA, Nov 26: The eastern regional conference of National Private and Boarding Schools Association Nepal (NPABSON) concluded on Friday, endorsing 23-point proposal for the amendment to the Education Regulation.
Nov 26, 2016
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Farmer turns dairy entrepreneur in Kavre
Farmer turns dairy entrepreneur in Kavre
BANEPA, Nov 25: Rabindra Humagain, an average farmer from Kushadevi, was never an ambitious man. He was satisfied with a few cattle, selling milk and farming in his small plot of land.
Nov 26, 2016
POLITICS
Amendment more political issue than constitutional: Experts
Amendment more political issue than constitutional: Experts
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: While the main opposition party CPN-UML has been stating that the Constitution itself bars any amendment for changing the provincial boundaries, legal experts opine that amendment could be more a political issue than a technical or legal one.
Nov 26, 2016
POLITICS
Citing govt non-cooperation, TRC, CIEDP seek MPs’ help
Citing govt non-cooperation, TRC, CIEDP seek MPs’ help
KATHMANDU, Nov 25:The heads of both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), have expressed serious dissatisfaction over government apathy toward the two transitional justice bodies.
Nov 26, 2016
POLITICS
Govt goes ahead with amendment preparations
Govt goes ahead with amendment preparations
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: The government has expedited preparations to register a draft bill that seeks to amend four provisions of the constitution in the parliament on Sunday.
Nov 26, 2016
POLITICS
Big and small parties sharply divided over vote threshold
Big and small parties sharply divided over vote threshold
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Lawmakers from big and fringe political parties have stood sharply divided over whether or not to include the threshold provision in the election-related laws.
Nov 26, 2016