SOCIETY
Country’s only mental hospital struggling for resources
Country’s only mental hospital struggling for resources
LALITPUR, Dec 24: Bir Bahadur Sunuwar’s brother Chandra Sunuwar started showing signs of mental illness during the last few years. Initially, the family from Surkhet tried to treat him through the help of shamans. But when that did not work, they went to a local health post. Officials there suggeste...
Dec 24, 2018
POLITICS
Govt registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
Govt registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The government has registered a bill in parliament to amend 56 existing laws that contradict the constitution promulgated in 2015.
Dec 24, 2018
SOCIETY
1,600 govt doctors threaten to quit to press demands: GODAN warns
1,600 govt doctors threaten to quit to press demands: GODAN...
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Government doctors across the country have threatened to resign in mass if their 14 demands were not addressed by the government. They have however not issued any deadline for fulfilling the demands.
Dec 24, 2018
SOCIETY
Fires claimed 87 lives, gutted property worth Rs 4b in a year
Fires claimed 87 lives, gutted property worth Rs 4b in a yea...
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Figures maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) show that 2,414 fire accidents took place across the country in the last one year (between December 23, 2017, and December 23, 2018) killing 87 people, damaging property worth over Rs 4 billion and affecting 3,460 families...
Dec 24, 2018
POLITICS
Congress raps govt over ‘authoritarian ambitions’
Congress raps govt over ‘authoritarian ambitions’
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The Mahasamiti meeting of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), concluded in the capital on Sunday endorsing a 15-point proposal on contemporary issues.
Dec 24, 2018
Editorial
Tragedy in Dang should be a wakeup call
Tragedy in Dang should be a wakeup call
Thirty-four students accompanied by two teachers of Ghorai-based Krishna Sen Ichchhuk Polytechnic Institute were on an educational tour.
Dec 24, 2018
OPINION
Culture of learning
Culture of learning
The illusion of being informed is so strong that even the educated have lost the ability to differentiate between misinformation, disinformation and ‘genuine’ fake news
Dec 24, 2018
OPINION
Away with hearing system
Away with hearing system
Our parliamentary hearing system has not become anything more than a ritual. We need to do away with it through constitution amendment
Dec 24, 2018
OPINION
RIP Brexit?
RIP Brexit?
How did a country with 400 years of constitutional governance and culture of political compromise end up here?
Dec 24, 2018
Infographic
Infographics: Trump orders 7,000 troops to leave Afghanistan
Infographics: Trump orders 7,000 troops to leave Afghanistan
The Trump administration has ordered the military to start withdrawing around 7,000 troops from Afghanistan – an abrupt shift in the 17-year-old war there and a decision that stunned Afghan officials.
Dec 24, 2018