SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Child marriages increasing in Bajura, mobiles, internet blamed
Child marriages increasing in Bajura, mobiles, internet blam...
BAJURA, Oct 4: Punga Thapa Bhote, 16 and Kamala Bogati, 17 used to talk over phone for hours. Every new conversation would draw them closer to each other. Both of these ninth graders tied nuptial knot six months ago.
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
Eyesight tests mandatory for long-distance drivers during Dashain
Eyesight tests mandatory for long-distance drivers during Da...
CHITWAN, Oct 4: In an attempt to minimize road accidents during the Dashain festival, authorities have made it compulsory for drivers plying the East-West Highway from Chitwan to have eyesight tested.
Oct 04, 2016
Editorial
The Uri effect
The Uri effect
Last week, we had in this space written about how Nepal’s tourism is still reeling from the aftereffects of last year’s twin disasters: first the earthquakes and then the five months of the border blockade. Hotel booking in the paradise city of Pokhara at this peak season has been around 30 percent,...
Oct 04, 2016
POLITICS
BNAC, academics concerned over CIAA action against Social Science Baha
BNAC, academics concerned over CIAA action against Social Sc...
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: The Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) and more than 90 academics working in the field of social science have expressed their deep concerns over the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority's (CIAA's) action to ask the Social Welfare Council to investigate against Soci...
Oct 04, 2016
OPINION
Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0
If Nepal does not take the innovation route, it will remain stuck in poverty just like in the first, the second, and the third industrial revolutions
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
Private schools demand security for deploying buses
Private schools demand security for deploying buses
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Private schools in the Kathmandu Valley have expressed their willingness to mobilize their buses for ferrying passengers heading homes to celebrate Dashain.
Oct 04, 2016
OPINION
Karnali blues
Karnali blues
Addressing health inequalities is a political agenda, with the conceptualization of health as a development agenda
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
Sindhuli to stop misuse of govt vehicles during Dashain
Sindhuli to stop misuse of govt vehicles during Dashain
SINDHULI, Oct 4: Keeping in mind the possible misuse of government vehicles during the Dashain festival, District Police Office (DPO), Sindhuli, has banned the use of government-owned vehicles during holidays without its permission.
Oct 04, 2016
OPINION
China’s dam problem
China’s dam problem
With Suu Kyi committed to a neutral foreign policy, China’s days of sucking resources from Myanmar are over
Oct 04, 2016
POLITICS
CIB files six cases against alleged US pedophile
CIB files six cases against alleged US pedophile
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Kathmandu District Court on Sunday allowed the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police to keep a US citizen and his Nepali aide charged with pedophilia in its custody for carrying out further investigation.
Oct 04, 2016