Editorial
Controlling Cross-Border Drug Smuggling
Controlling Cross-Border Drug Smuggling
It is concerning to note that the smuggling of marijuana from Nepal’s hill districts to India via the porous border in Madhesh districts has been on the rise lately. The recent incident in Siraha, where a large quantity of this illegal drug was seized by chance following a car accident, shows...
Dec 17, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt fails to fulfill its promises to pay to contractors once again
Govt fails to fulfill its promises to pay to contractors onc...
Contractors have complained that they face the risk of being blacklisted as the government failed to release their payments while the extended deadline to pay their bank loans ended on Sunday.
Dec 17, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt’s capital expenditure remains dismal in five months
Govt’s capital expenditure remains dismal in five months
The government has been struggling to make adequate expenses in development projects, but has marginally improved its revenue collection in the first five months of the current fiscal year.
Dec 17, 2024
OPINION
Readers’ Voice in Content Choice
Readers’ Voice in Content Choice
Are all printed media shrinking to the path of extinction? Far from it. They are not on any flight to oblivion, but many, if not most, will be diminished as readers migrate to new and alternative information pastures—those of news and other content.
Dec 17, 2024
ECONOMY
Nepal’s income from IT service exports surges by 20.28 percent in first four months of cur...
Nepal’s income from IT service exports surges by 20.28 perce...
Nepal’s income from the export of information technology (IT) service increased by 20.28 percent in the four months of the current fiscal year 2024/25 compared to the earnings in the corresponding period of last FY.
Dec 17, 2024
ECONOMY
Nepal remains on EU blacklist; 129 airlines banned
Nepal remains on EU blacklist; 129 airlines banned
The EU has kept the Nepali aviation sector on the blacklist since 2013. Although Nepal was removed from the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 'grey list' in 2018 due to improvements in aviation security, it remains on the EU blacklist despite repeated attempts to remove it.
Dec 17, 2024
POLITICS
Police recommend action against 51 individuals including Lamichhane in cooperative scam
Police recommend action against 51 individuals including Lam...
The District Police Office (DPO), Kaski, has submitted a report on the investigation into the misappropriation of cooperative funds by the Gorkha Media Network (GMN) to the District Government Attorney's Office (DGAO), Kaski, recommending action against 51 individuals in the case.
Dec 17, 2024
SPORTS
Royals and Bolts to play first qualifier, Rhinos and Yaks to play eliminator
Royals and Bolts to play first qualifier, Rhinos and Yaks to...
The four teams to play the playoffs in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket have been decided through the final match of the group stage held on Monday.
Dec 17, 2024
POLITICS
Recommendation Committee urges govt to restart TJ body official selection process
Recommendation Committee urges govt to restart TJ body offic...
KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Amid the failure to secure consensus among the members of the recommendation committee to select the officials of the transitional justice bodies, the committee has recommended the government to start a fresh procedure for the selection of individuals for the coveted positions.
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Dec 16, 2024
POLITICS
NC to fly party flags at half-mast for three days in mourning for PL Singh
NC to fly party flags at half-mast for three days in mournin...
At an emergency central working committee meeting held on Monday, the party passed a condolence resolution and decided to fly flags at half-mast at all central, provincial, and district offices on December 16, 17 and 1.
Dec 16, 2024