SOCIETY
Public uproar on social media after song removed from YouTube
Public uproar on social media after song removed from YouTub...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: After receiving pressure from various forefronts of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on his new satirical song ‘Lutna sake lut’, popular folk singer Pashupati Sharma removed the song from YouTube on Saturday. Claiming that such ‘unethical’ action of the government is a serio...
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS, SPECIAL
Govt ‘muzzling critical voices under pretext of reasonable restriction’
Govt ‘muzzling critical voices under pretext of reasonable r...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The alleged government move to force singer Pashupati Sharma to take down his latest folk song, “Lutna Sakay Loot Kanchha” from YouTube has sparked a debate: is the government trying to curtail freedom of expression and speech by resorting to “reasonable restriction”, a constituti...
Feb 18, 2019
Editorial
117 years of land grab in Kathmandu
117 years of land grab in Kathmandu
Heritage site of Kamalpokhari in Thamel has become the representative case of how rich and powerful connive to get public land under their ownership.
Feb 18, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse opens week in red
Nepse opens week in red
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Stocks rallied in the initial trading on Sunday. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index rallied almost 10 points initially, only to give up all the gains by mid-session.
Feb 18, 2019
ECONOMY, POLITICS
Opposition puts blame on government for negative economic indicators
Opposition puts blame on government for negative economic in...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The deteriorating economic indicators of the past 12 months show that the country's economic sector has suffered under the rule of the two-third majority government, the Nepali Congress party said on Sunday.
Feb 18, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Indian embankment puts 1,300 families at risk of inundation in Kailali
Indian embankment puts 1,300 families at risk of inundation...
KAILALI, Feb 18: An embankment being constructed by India near the Indo-Nepal border neighboring the Kairali Rural Municipality has alarmed locals of inundation in their areas during the rainy season.
Feb 18, 2019
OPINION
What next for Venezuela?
What next for Venezuela?
It is as if the country has been waging total war on itself. Vital operational centers are malfunctioning because routine maintenance has been neglected and investment discouraged
Feb 18, 2019
SOCIETY
UK govt has not kept its word: Ex-British Gurkha soldiers
UK govt has not kept its word: Ex-British Gurkha soldiers
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Former British Gurkha soldiers, on Sunday, demanded that the Nepalis serving in the British Army should be provided with the same facilities as that of their British counterparts.
Feb 18, 2019
ECONOMY
Cottage industry festival from March 7
Cottage industry festival from March 7
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The 15th edition of International Trade fair and Cottage Industry Festival is being organized in March with the objective of achieving better management of small scale industries in Nepal and market homegrown products.
Feb 18, 2019
OPINION
Fantasy of prosperity
Fantasy of prosperity
Constraints of social disharmony, contested constitution and institutions plagued by centuries of nepotism and favoritism will not allow Nepal to be Singapore or Switzerland anytime soon
Feb 18, 2019