POLITICS
Govt to increase old-age allowance in new FY
Govt to increase old-age allowance in new FY
KATHMANDU, April 15: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday declared to raise the old age allowance for senior citizens through the coming fiscal budget.
Apr 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Land mafia grab 243 bighas of watershed land acquired by govt long ago
Land mafia grab 243 bighas of watershed land acquired by gov...
DHARAN, April 15: Even though the government had already relocated the families from Surdu Watershed area which is the prime source of water supply for Dharan, it has been found that hundreds of Bighas of land in the watershed area have already been captured by various individuals.
Apr 15, 2019
SOCIETY
3 killed as Summit Air plane crashes into parked helicopter in Lukla
3 killed as Summit Air plane crashes into parked helicopter...
LUKLA, April 15: A co-pilot of Summit Air and two police personnel died when a Twin Otter plane skidded off the runway and collided with a parked helicopter at Lukla airport on Sunday morning.
Apr 15, 2019
SOCIETY
5 killed, 42 injured in Sarlahi
5 killed, 42 injured in Sarlahi
SARLAHI, April 15: Five people were killed and 42 others sustained injuries in three different accidents that occurred in various parts of Sarlahi district on Sunday.
Apr 15, 2019
ECONOMY
Revenue to be recovered rises by 56 percent to Rs 252 billion
Revenue to be recovered rises by 56 percent to Rs 252 billio...
KATHMANDU, April 15: Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has included Rs 90 billion in 'revenue to be recovered' after auditing government's financial reports of Fiscal Year 2017/18.
Apr 15, 2019
ECONOMY
Rupandehi sees internal tourism surge
Rupandehi sees internal tourism surge
RUPANDEHI, April 15: There has been a surge in number of internal tourists visit different areas of Rupandehi in the past few days.
Apr 15, 2019
Editorial
Welcome 2076!
Welcome 2076!
We welcome the year 2076 with hope and optimism. The year 2075 was nothing extraordinary for the country. It was rather uneventful year with the government of PM KP Sharma Oli promising bunch of things, most of which remains unfulfilled. The Oli government is not tired of repeating its grand promis...
Apr 15, 2019
OPINION
World Bank must change course
World Bank must change course
BRUSSELS – Critics have called new World Bank president David Malpass an arsonist in charge of a fire department, because of past comments he made on Bank salaries and loans to China. But it’s far more important to focus on improving progress toward the World Bank’s core mission of ending extreme po...
Apr 15, 2019
OPINION
The palanquin press
The palanquin press
The justice system has had a checkered past in Nepal. The chieftain of Gorkha is publicly celebrated for administering victors’ justice to the vanquished. For over hundred years, the word of not just one ruler but the entire Rana clan was the law. There was a brief interregnum in the 1950s when judg...
Apr 15, 2019
OPINION
Work for social good
Work for social good
Today’s social structure is incredibly complex, and our societies are left with many more challenges: judicial, socio-economic, religious and psychological to mention a few. The most important workforces in helping us address these challenges are social workers. They have committed themselves to bri...
Apr 15, 2019