SOCIETY
Three children die in Rasuwa house fire
Three children die in Rasuwa house fire
RASUWA, Feb 10: Three children in Rasuwa, including two from the same family, lost their lives after getting engulfed in a house fire on Saturday.
Feb 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Couple held with pistol and explosives
Couple held with pistol and explosives
MAKWANPUR, Feb 10: Makwanpur Police on Saturday arrested a couple in possession of weapons and explosives.
Feb 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Vehicular movement to be halted for six hours on Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road
Vehicular movement to be halted for six hours on Galchhi-Ras...
NUWAKOT, Feb 10: It has been more than a month since vehicular movement on the Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road section is being halted for eight hours a day in order to speed up construction and complete the road section within the given time frame.
Feb 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Local units start resolving legal issues
Local units start resolving legal issues
DAMAK, Feb 10: On Friday, the workstation of Dipendra Thapa, vice-chairperson of Gauriganj Rural Municipality, was jam-packed with people. While some were raising grievances and making accusations, others were found refuting the accusations. Thapa on the other hand was trying his best to address the...
Feb 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Chameliya finally starts generating electricity
Chameliya finally starts generating electricity
DARCHULA, Feb 10: The 30 MW Chameliya Hydroelectric Project started generating electricity from Saturday. The project which saw several cost variations, controversies and frustrations over delays has now been connected to the national grid, nearly 11 years after works started in January, 2007. The p...
Feb 11, 2018
Interview
Land belongs to the government
Land belongs to the government
Sushma Swaraj came to meet a friend (Oli). We don’t need to read too much into it.
Feb 11, 2018
POLITICS
All provinces to elect speakers by Feb 15
All provinces to elect speakers by Feb 15
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: As the schedule for the election of speakers draws nearer, the left alliance and Madhes-based political parties have either finalized their candidates for speakers or are working to finalize them.
Feb 11, 2018
Infographic
Merkel's grand coalition cabinet
Merkel's grand coalition cabinet
Members of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrat Party (SPD) must approve the deal between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc and their own party, led by Martin Schulz.
Feb 11, 2018
Editorial
Cyber risk
Cyber risk
A report by an international think tank says that 58 percent of Nepali children aged between eight and 12 are exposed to cyber risks. The risk involves cyber bullying, video game addiction, online grooming and online sexual behaviors. The study found cyber bullying (49 percent) to be the most preva...
Feb 11, 2018
OPINION
Enabling semester system
Enabling semester system
Unlike in annual system of education where teachers predominantly depended on lecture method of teaching and barely engage with students outside the classroom, teachers today are seen in continuous academic engagements from the beginning to the end of academic session. This change started in Tribhuv...
Feb 11, 2018