POLITICS
PM reiterates expediting past deals during India visit
PM reiterates expediting past deals during India visit
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal has told former ministers for foreign affairs and experts of the field that he wouldn't give priority to signing any new agreement with India during his upcoming visit to the southern neighbor.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Teacher arrested on charge of raping student
Teacher arrested on charge of raping student
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Metropolitan Police Circle Office, Balaju on Monday arrested a teacher of Balaju-based Abhiyan Public School in charge of raping a 12-year-old student residing in the school hostel.
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY
Experts highlight the need for more FDI in hydropower
Experts highlight the need for more FDI in hydropower
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Hydropower experts have stressed the need to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) for the development of hydropower sector.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Pokhara faces shortage of professional guides
Pokhara faces shortage of professional guides
POKHARA, Sept 8: Pokhara started welcoming tourists in 1970. Nearly half century down the line, Pokhara is among the nation's topmost tourist destinations.
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY
67 firms seek license for payment-related services
67 firms seek license for payment-related services
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Over 67 companies have sought license from Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to provide payment-related services.
Sep 08, 2016
POLITICS
NC fails to fill vacant posts of office bearers
NC fails to fill vacant posts of office bearers
KATHMANDU, Sep 8: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has failed to appoint office bearers, central committee members and heads of departments in vacant posts of the party for nearly six months after the party's general convention.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Veteran tabla maestro Pt Upadhyaya dies
Veteran tabla maestro Pt Upadhyaya dies
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya, veteran Nepali tabla maestro, died on Wednesday at Om Hospital, Kathmandu, Dr Hari Kishor Shrestha, managing director of the hospital, informed.
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY, SPECIAL
Hidden interests said to be behind ginger wash plant lying idle
Hidden interests said to be behind ginger wash plant lying i...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: With the country's export-bound raw ginger stockpiling following a ban by India and a hue and cry over non-cooperation by the Indians, the only ginger washing plant in Duwagadhi, Jhapa also remains idle.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Garbage piled up in Bheri Hospital
Garbage piled up in Bheri Hospital
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 8: Bheri Zonal Hospital, the biggest government hospital in Bheri zone, is spreading disease instead of curing it. That is what the patients and visitors say as piles of unattended garbage continue to trouble them.
Sep 08, 2016
Editorial
Common nonsense
Common nonsense
The government should be doing everything in its ambit to support the ailing tourism industry, which is yet to completely recover from last year’s devastating earthquakes and the nearly five months of the border blockade.
Sep 08, 2016