POLITICS
Ward chief thrashed during municipal meeting
Ward chief thrashed during municipal meeting
DAILEKH, May 19: The ward chief of Chamundabindrasauni Municipality-5 of Dailekh district was thrashed a school principal during a meeting of the municipality on Friday.
May 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Panchthar villagers ‘recharge’ their electricity supply
Panchthar villagers ‘recharge’ their electricity supply
PANCHTHAR, May 19: People recharging their phones is a common practice. But people 'recharging' their electricity supply is certainly not. However, this is how the people in Saptami Bazaar of Miklajung Rural Municipality-2 and some other nearby villages pay their electricity bills - they 'recharge'...
May 19, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Sacrifice your short term pleasure
Sacrifice your short term pleasure
I wish you could understand it earlier
That life is not meant to stay unproductive even for mere bargainer
It will take away your opportunities
You might pause and regret of not doing your duties
May 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Bus plunges into Trishuli River, three die
Bus plunges into Trishuli River, three die
DHADING, May 19: Three persons have died when a Kathmandu-bound passenger bus met with an accident in Dhading district on Sunday morning.
May 19, 2019
POLITICS
PM vows to revive UN committee on Lumbini
PM vows to revive UN committee on Lumbini
LUMBINI May 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has vowed to revive an international committee formed under the United Nations some 49 years ago for the development of Lumbini, birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha, and garner international support for that purpose.
May 19, 2019
POLITICS
Haste makes waste at Sikta Irrigation project
Haste makes waste at Sikta Irrigation project
NEPALGUNJ, May 19: Breaching all the rules, then director of the Sikta Irrigation Project Ramesh Basnet hastily awarded the contract for the construction of the eastern canal . On July 24, 2017, the construction company Kumar Kalika JV signed the contract for building the 53 kilometer canal with a...
May 19, 2019
POLITICS
Local units fail to fix administrative centers even two years after election
Local units fail to fix administrative centers even two year...
KATHMANDU, May 19: Two parallel administrative centers have been in existence for the past two years in Thulibheri Municipality of Dolpa, following a dispute among the local representatives over the center of the local unit.
May 19, 2019
SOCIETY
In Tikapur, social media sites being blamed for child marriages
In Tikapur, social media sites being blamed for child marria...
DHANGADHI, May 19: Sabitri Ghimire is 21 years old and she already has three kids. A resident of Ghiya village of Tikapur Municipality – 3, she married a man who was a year elder than her when she was 16. “I was studying in ninth standard. I fell in love with a man from a neighboring village, and su...
May 19, 2019
Editorial
Cancel constituency development program
Cancel constituency development program
One most important issue which must be discussed in the parliament—to assess its effectiveness and need—is constituency infrastructure development program, under which certain amount of money is allocated for each electoral constituency and this money is spent for development of projects under the s...
May 19, 2019
OPINION
Sex and society
Sex and society
When I first heard the word nymphomaniac, I loved its exotic sound. I didn’t understand what it meant at that time. But it just sounded so posh. Or so a 12-13 year old me thought at that time.
May 19, 2019