SOCIETY
56 monkeys trapped in four days
56 monkeys trapped in four days
KHOTANG, Feb 25: As a part of a campaign to protect crops, Indian hunters deployed by the local government have managed to catch 56 monkeys in Khotang in just four days.
Feb 25, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse starts week on a negative note
Nepse starts week on a negative note
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Stocks showed some strength in the initial trading on Sunday. However, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index erased its morning gains to trade in red for the remaining trading hours.
Feb 25, 2019
POLITICS
NC CWC endorses party statute bringing changes in key provisions
NC CWC endorses party statute bringing changes in key provis...
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The central working committee (CWC) of Nepali Congress (NC) has endorsed the party's new statute, revising some of the key provisions decided by the party's Mahasamiti meeting two months ago.
Feb 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Students crushing stones to manage educational expenses
Students crushing stones to manage educational expenses
RUKUM, Feb 25: Ten-year-old Kapil Khatri of Banfikot Rural Municipality-7, Dharwang in Rukum is a fifth grader at Nepal Rastriya Secondary School (NRSS).
Feb 25, 2019
SOCIETY
SC orders govt to decide on Sobhraj term waiver
SC orders govt to decide on Sobhraj term waiver
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the government to decide on jail sentence waiver concerning international serial killer Charles Sobhraj Gurmukh in line with the existing laws.
Feb 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Classes interrupted as more students start fainting
Classes interrupted as more students start fainting
JAJARKOT, Feb 25: Regular incidents of students falling unconscious while attending classes have affected the studies in a local school in Nalgad Municipality-8, Jikuwa of Jajarkot district.
Feb 25, 2019
Editorial
Why are you hiding reports?
Why are you hiding reports?
One of the hallmarks of post-2007 governments came to be promising to fulfill every single demand coming from virtually all sections, even forming commissions to study those demands and thereby to address them. In the last 12 years, there have been dozens of agreements between the governments of the...
Feb 25, 2019
OPINION
Selective memory
Selective memory
Nepal’s mainstream party leaders squirm in their seats of power and privilege when faced with a series of foreign policy successes recorded in previous decades
Feb 25, 2019
OPINION
Overhauling education system
Overhauling education system
The biggest shortcoming of our education system is that we have not been able to engage the students. At times, our classrooms feel like jails to students
Feb 25, 2019
OPINION
Brexit’s lost world
Brexit’s lost world
When Britain leaves the EU, it will be forced to negotiate with the Chinese on its own, without the leverage of Germany, which has far stronger bilateral trade ties with China
Feb 25, 2019