POLITICS
Black flag greets PM Oli in Butwal
Black flag greets PM Oli in Butwal
BUTWAL, April 21: Despite three tiers of security, a man on Saturday waved black flag at Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who had reached to Butwal to inaugurate Jitgadhi Bijaya Utsav.
Apr 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Schools being operated in breach of education laws
Schools being operated in breach of education laws
RAUTAHAT, April 21: Dozens of schools in Rautahat are being operated breaching the country's laws. The schools have also been granted the permission to run classes till Grade 8 without the permission from the municipalities and rural municipalities concerned.
Apr 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Forest office chief awards contract to own company without competition
Forest office chief awards contract to own company without c...
GORKHA, April 21: Imnath Paudel, the chief of the Division Forest Office, Gorkha, has been found to have registered a company of his own and awarded it the contract to prepare the work plan of various community forests in the district without competition.
Apr 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Dowry deaths rampant among terai women
Dowry deaths rampant among terai women
BIRGUNJ, April 21: Police on Friday lifted the body of Anju Devi Das, 28, of Birgunj Metropolitan City-23 from the cremation site on the banks of the Sirsiya River after they sniffed foul play in her death.
Apr 21, 2019
Editorial
Complete merger process, focus on delivery
Complete merger process, focus on delivery
Nearly two years after then CPN-UML and Maoist Center announced electoral alliance in October, 2017 and a year after the two parties formally merged into single political entity of Nepal Communist Party, which rules the country now, the unification process of the party’s lower committees has not yet...
Apr 21, 2019
OPINION
Bettering environmental governance
Bettering environmental governance
Nepal is currently celebrating National Wildlife Week with the theme ‘Let’s unite for wildlife conservation’. As the celebrations continue, we should perhaps think of ways to bridge the gaps that might be coming in the way of making this slogan a reality. And environmental governance at the local le...
Apr 21, 2019
OPINION
Terror in South Asia
Terror in South Asia
Terrorism is the result of incompatible interest of various groups, individuals and even the states. At this juncture of time, India, Pakistan and somehow China are involved in tension over Kashmir. As SAARC chair, and a contributor of Gorkha troops to Indian Army which become the victims of geopoli...
Apr 21, 2019
OPINION
Structure of diplomatic revolution
Structure of diplomatic revolution
NEW YORK – It has been nearly 60 years since the philosopher and historian Thomas Kuhn wrote his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn’s thesis was simple but heretical: Breakthroughs in science occur not through the gradual accumulation of small changes to existing thinking...
Apr 21, 2019
OPINION
Ailments of education
Ailments of education
Awareness-raising and educating the people through mass media—by the government, its agents or by citizens—is one of the tools to lead the nation toward the progressive path. It is with this belief I bring up the anomalies in Tribhuvan University’s Master’s of Education program.
Apr 21, 2019
Infographic
Infographics : Notre-Dame fire donations pour in
Infographics : Notre-Dame fire donations pour in
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild the devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral within five years, and less than 48 hours since the blaze began, tycoons, companies, local authorities and individuals have stepped forward with donations totalling some €900 million. Other pledges include fr...
Apr 21, 2019