ECONOMY
Another distressing year at NEA for power generation
Another distressing year at NEA for power generation
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Nepal Electricity Authority augmented its power supply by only 3 million units in a 12-month period ending mid-July, while the demand increased multifold. NEA is the country’s electricity monopoly.
Aug 19, 2016
The Week
The drugless treatment
The drugless treatment
We have many patients who come to us after visiting ten different hospitals and doctors. Those who can afford it have even travelled to India and Thailand but at the end of the day, they find that allopathic medicines don’t work for them. Often they come to us in a state of utter desperation, lookin...
Aug 19, 2016
ECONOMY
Consumers suffer as market anomalies grow
Consumers suffer as market anomalies grow
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Recent inspections conducted by different government agencies lay bare the extent of anomalies in the market. Food producers and traders are openly fleecing consumers in terms of quantity and quality.
Aug 19, 2016
The Week
Challenges of curbing vehicle emissions
Challenges of curbing vehicle emissions
Basanta Adhikari, director and spokesperson of the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) shares his dream for his department. He wishes to have a task force especially dedicated to vehicle emission control. Ideally, he insists that he would have the designated team not only test the vehicles in...
Aug 19, 2016
SOCIETY
Fines not a deterrent to road accidents
Fines not a deterrent to road accidents
JHAPA, Aug 19: 'Road safety hasn't been ensured despite applying many techniques,” said a frustrated Pawan Kumar Giri, chief of the Eastern Region Traffic Police Office.
Aug 19, 2016
SOCIETY
Russell's viper scourge spreads in Nawalparashi
Russell's viper scourge spreads in Nawalparashi
NAWALPARASHI, Aug 19: A few days ago, Mahebunu Nesha, 36, of Kudia VDC-3 in Nawalparashi district, who had gone to the field to collect fodder, came home with her right leg swollen. Her family members rushed her to the snake bite treatment facility run by Bajradal Battalion of Nepal Army immediately...
Aug 19, 2016
PHOTO FEATURE/Video
Eclipse
Eclipse
I grew up hearing many people say Nepal is a yam trapped between two boulders. I never quite understood the significance of living in a landlocked country with two economic powerhouses of the world at its borders.Being born and raised in a small village, Jhapa Bazaar, bordering India, I have beautif...
Aug 19, 2016
SOCIETY
Pokhara under grip of transport syndicate
Pokhara under grip of transport syndicate
POKHARA, Aug 19: Ujyalo Transport Entrepreneurs' Association planned to introduce luxurious and well-facilitated buses in Pokhara. The company, however, could not start its services due to obstruction from local transport associations and the inability of the local administration to intervene.
Aug 19, 2016
The Week
World of its own
World of its own
Even though I and my neighborhood friends mostly watched movies of Amitabh Bachachan and Govinda, we put posters of machine-gun-wielding Arnold in our rooms.
Aug 19, 2016
POLITICS
Govt declares 52 Madhes movement martyrs
Govt declares 52 Madhes movement martyrs
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: The government has decided to declare 52 individuals who were killed during last year's Madhes protests as martyrs.
Aug 19, 2016