ECONOMY
Nepal missing opportunity to earn from local herbs
Nepal missing opportunity to earn from local herbs
GORKHA, May 26: Nepal is being compelled to import medicinal plants including mimosa pudica (touch me not), tulasi, malabar nut (asuro), and gaitihare from India, as there has been little effort to farm and utilize these plants locally.
May 26, 2019
SOCIETY
'Fake flood victims' get relief grants in Surkhet, real ones ignored
'Fake flood victims' get relief grants in Surkhet, real ones...
SURKHET, May 26: The devastating flood that originated from the Bheri River washed away a whole settlement in Barahatal Rural Municipality-2, Thapadera, on August 14, 2014.
May 26, 2019
Editorial
Congratulations, Mr Modi
Congratulations, Mr Modi
The results of India’s biggest parliamentary election are talks of town across the world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured astounding back-to-back victory in the lower house of parliament since 1984.
May 26, 2019
OPINION
Save the open space
Save the open space
As open spaces continue to shrink and big houses are blossoming around, there is less chance of surviving if an earthquake of a big magnitude hits Kathmandu again
May 26, 2019
OPINION
Cheaper to talk
Cheaper to talk
Empty rhetoric that ignores economic reality and common sense will not help the planet
May 26, 2019
OPINION
Doctors and development
Doctors and development
Some doctors are not sympathetic to their patients. They launch their stethoscopes at private clinics and hospitals against their patients to make quick bucks
May 26, 2019
OPINION
Letter to celebrities
Letter to celebrities
Dear celebrities, spread the message that beauty is not about make-up, not about what and how you dress or anything that you possess but about how high your self-esteem is
May 26, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: From fringe to Mainstream, The rise of the BJP
Infographics: From fringe to Mainstream, The rise of the BJP
Narendra Modi’s BJP has won at least 297 out of 543 parliamentary seats in India’s Lok Sabha general elections according to the latest predictions and is therefore expected to keep its absolute majority, granting Modi another term as premier.
May 26, 2019
SOCIETY
Journo Maharjan sets record climbing Everest from both sides
Journo Maharjan sets record climbing Everest from both sides
KATHMANDU, May 25: Journalist and mountaineer Kalpana Maharjan has become the first woman journalist to climb the world’s highest peak Mount Everest from both the north and the south sides.
May 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Judiciary to remain closed to mourn former CJ Khatri’s demise
Judiciary to remain closed to mourn former CJ Khatri’s demis...
KATHMANDU, May 25: The judiciary is to remain closed on Sunday to mourn the demise of former Chief Justice Nayan Bahadur Khatri.
May 25, 2019