SOCIETY
Why were our kin disappeared? Killed? Conflict victims’ families
Why were our kin disappeared? Killed? Conflict victims’ fami...
ILAM, Sept 2: On September 29, 2002, Khadananda Adhikari of Paanchthar’s Yangwarak Rural Municipality-1, Chyangthapu was shot dead while walking. His family members saw the brutal scene of him being shot by 36 bullets. “Why was my husband killed?” questioned his wife Homa, adding, “I have been askin...
Sep 02, 2018
Editorial
Summit is over, think of Valley residents
Summit is over, think of Valley residents
The fourth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit has concluded successfully, so far as the commitments, pledges and resolutions are concerned.
Sep 02, 2018
OPINION
Nation of challenges
Nation of challenges
There has been a serious breach of norms in making of provinces. Whose interest were our parties trying to serve by chopping Province 2 off from the hills?
Sep 02, 2018
OPINION
Standing up for the UN
Standing up for the UN
To restore UN’s standing and influence to the level it attained under Annan will require stronger support from Europe, Canada and Japan
Sep 02, 2018
OPINION
Why privacy bill should be amended
Why privacy bill should be amended
The state has no right to control people’s freedom and liberties while introducing right to privacy laws. No law should encroach on people’s right to know
Sep 02, 2018
OPINION
Learn from China
Learn from China
China is rising to superpower status in 40 years after Deng Xiaoping initiated reforms. We have lost 30 years of post-1990 doing nothing
Sep 02, 2018
Infographic
Infographics: The world – 250 million years from now
Infographics: The world – 250 million years from now
With Earth’s tectonic plates constantly moving, renowned geologist Christopher Scotese predicts a new super-continent will emerge in around 250 million years, dubbed “Pangaea Proxima”.
Sep 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Yeti Airlines narrowly escapes accident at TIA
Yeti Airlines narrowly escapes accident at TIA
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: A jet stream aircraft belonging to Yeti Airlines has narrowly escaped an accident at Tribhuvan International Airport, on Saturday.
Sep 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Sri Lanka proposes to support master plan of Lumbini
Sri Lanka proposes to support master plan of Lumbini
RUPANDEHI, Sept 1: Visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has announced his government's readiness to support completing the Lumbini Master Plan, if a proposal was floated from the Government of Nepal.
Sep 01, 2018
POLITICS
Laws granting capital punishment not possible-Deputy Speaker
Laws granting capital punishment not possible-Deputy Speaker
KATHMANDU, Sept 1: Deputy Speaker Shivamaya Tumbahangfe clarified that it was not possible to frame laws in a way to grant capital punishment to rapists in the present situation.
Sep 01, 2018