ECONOMY
Mid-season hike in permit fees worries trekking operators
Mid-season hike in permit fees worries trekking operators
Trekking agencies’ association warns of protests
Nov 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Red tape, other charges mar free-visa-free-ticket scheme
Red tape, other charges mar free-visa-free-ticket scheme
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: When Nepal introduced the free-visa-free-ticket policy in July 2015, workers and rights groups hailed it and hoped the internationally acclaimed scheme would bring down the costs of finding work overseas. But that couldn’t happen mainly because of the failure of the Nepali side to...
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Pashupati dharmashala yet to come into operation
Pashupati dharmashala yet to come into operation
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Even as more than two months have elapsed since its official inauguration, Pashupati Dharmashala is yet to come into operation owing to the dilemma of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) over its operation modality.
Nov 06, 2018
POLITICS
Slain NC cadre cremated in Sarlahi
Slain NC cadre cremated in Sarlahi
SARLAHI, Nov 6: Seven days after Nepali Congress (NC) cadre Rambilas Mahato was shot dead in Ramnagar Rural Municipality of Sarlahi, his body was cremated on Monday morning on the banks of the local Manushmara River.
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
MPs make on-site aerial visit of Nijgadh airport
MPs make on-site aerial visit of Nijgadh airport
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: A sub-committee formed by the parliament's International Relations Committee has concluded an 'on-site visit' of the Nijgadh International Airport construction site on Monday. The team flew to the site by a Nepal Army helicopter.
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Farmers unable to sow seeds
Farmers unable to sow seeds
KAILALI, Nov 6: Chedaram Rana, a farmer from Krishnapur Municipality-9, sows wheat seeds in his farm by the end of October every year. By the beginning of November, the seeds would even start bearing saplings. This year, however, Rana has not even plowed his field.
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Army to hang fewer portraits at barracks
Army to hang fewer portraits at barracks
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Nepal Army has started limiting the number of portraits of army chiefs and division, battalion and brigade commanders that are traditionally hung at its barracks. The move comes within a couple of months after Purna Chandra Thapa took charge as the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS).
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Average 160 people die a year in Valley road accidents: Traffic police
Average 160 people die a year in Valley road accidents: Traf...
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Despite various efforts by traffic police to reduce road accidents, on an average 160 people are killed every year in around 5,300 major road accidents in the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley, according to the figures provided by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTP...
Nov 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Kukur Tihar and Narake Chaturdashi being observed today
Kukur Tihar and Narake Chaturdashi being observed today
KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, is being celebrated at every household today, to mark the second day of Yamapanchak of the Tihar festival. Tihar is the second biggest festival of the Nepali Hindus.
Nov 06, 2018
SPORTS
The underappreciated beauty of PPL
The underappreciated beauty of PPL
POKHARA, Nov 6: The inaugural season of Pokhara Premier League (PPL) under the lap of the Himalayas caused many hearts throb in Nepal and elsewhere. The jaw-dropping backdrop of Mount Machhapuchhre along with its peers Annapurna and other mountains in the range made a majestic view for the cricket b...
Nov 06, 2018