SOCIETY
Birtamod bulldozing illegal roadside structures
Birtamod bulldozing illegal roadside structures
DAMAK, Dec 24: The drive to widen roads has come into full swing in Birtamod of Jhapa. After a quite a long gap, the government has resumed the work doing it just the way it hoped to avoid. It is bulldozing illegal structures on the roadside following refusal of the owners to cooperate despite the a...
Dec 24, 2017
POLITICS
Leaders of major parties divided over provincial capitals
Leaders of major parties divided over provincial capitals
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: With the government delaying to fix the temporary provincial capitals in the seven provinces, leaders and cadres from across the political spectrum have started lobbying for making their hometowns as provincial capitals.
Dec 24, 2017
POLITICS
Exclusion of Madhesi Dalit from parliament criticized
Exclusion of Madhesi Dalit from parliament criticized
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Dalit activists have expressed deep disappointment over the exclusion of Dalits from the Madhes region in the central and provincial parliaments. They have also criticized the major parties for this failure.
Dec 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Students practicing early marriage to be deprived of various facilities in schools
Students practicing early marriage to be deprived of various...
BAJURA, Dec 24: With the objective of abolishing child marriage, three community schools of Chededaha Rural Municipality have started a joint campaign to deprive the couple practicing early marriage from various facilities and privileges at the schools.
Dec 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Police intensify campaign against drug trafficking in Udayapur
Police intensify campaign against drug trafficking in Udayap...
UDAYAPUR, Dec 24: Police in Udayapur district have arrested as many as 122 people suspected of being involved in drug smuggling and usage. Among the arrested, District Police Office (DPO), Udayapur has filed cases against 56 suspects in the district court.
Dec 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Temporary police intensify protests in Kalikot
Temporary police intensify protests in Kalikot
KALIKOT, Dec 24: Temporary police of Kalikot who were staging protests accusing the District Police Office (DPO) of misappropriating the budget meant for their salaries have intensified their protests after the death of a fellow temporary policeman on Friday.
Dec 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Bardiya's male gharial released in Chitwan
Bardiya's male gharial released in Chitwan
CHITWAN, Dec 24: Few years ago, the number of endangered gharials in the Rapti and Narayani rivers inside the Chitwan National Park (CNP) was comparatively high.
Dec 24, 2017
Editorial
Playing with fire
Playing with fire
Fuel safety regulation
Dec 24, 2017
OPINION
Male chambers
Male chambers
Only six of 165 candidates picked for House of Representatives under FPTP are women, which comes to a paltry 3.63 percent
Dec 24, 2017
OPINION
Left or right?
Left or right?
UML is critical of Western ‘hegemony’ but is then funded by money coming from Western countries
Dec 24, 2017