ELECTION
Pre-poll alliances make fielding candidates tough for parties
Pre-poll alliances make fielding candidates tough for partie...
JHAPA, Oct 11: Pre-poll alliances between various political parties have forced many of the influential leaders out of the nomination race to contest the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections in Jhapa district - home to some of the influential leaders of the country's three big political p...
Oct 11, 2017
ECONOMY
'Dry fruits price to won't increase this Tihar'
'Dry fruits price to won't increase this Tihar'
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) has said that price of dry fruits won't go up this Tihar.
Oct 11, 2017
Editorial
Smoking gun
Smoking gun
Contractor’s shooting
Oct 11, 2017
ELECTION
MoHA to hire 98,000 temporary police for polls
MoHA to hire 98,000 temporary police for polls
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) is hiring 98,000 temporary police personnel for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial assembly elections. The move is reportedly being taken without consulting the Election Commission (EC), that too at a time when a lesser number of security...
Oct 11, 2017
ELECTION
Province 7 set to have a second-rung leader as chief minister
Province 7 set to have a second-rung leader as chief ministe...
DHANGADHI, Oct 11: The possibility of a second-rung leader becoming the chief minister of Province 7 has come closer to reality after the established 'heavyweight' leaders of the major political parties chose to contest the parliamentary elections.
Oct 11, 2017
OPINION
English dreams
English dreams
For every child who may enter a profession where English is needed, there are a hundred others who perform poorly in math and science because of their poor English.
Oct 11, 2017
SOCIETY
Fire renders six dalit families homeless
Fire renders six dalit families homeless
BAJURA, Oct 101: Six houses were destroyed on Monday night after a fire broke out in Dalit community of Swamikartik Rural Municipality-3, Jajarkot.
Oct 11, 2017
OPINION
Nostalgic for King Mahendra
Nostalgic for King Mahendra
Nepalis fondly recall King Mahendra who promoted national interests and who established Nepal as an honorable member of international community.
Oct 11, 2017
OPINION
Miles to go
Miles to go
Neither 1950 treaty nor any other agreement between the two countries provides for border regulation.
Oct 11, 2017
Infographic
Infographics: More than half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh
Infographics: More than half a million Rohingya have fled to...
Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing to Bangladesh in a new surge of refugees driven by fears of starvation and violence denounced by the UN as ethnic cleansing.
Oct 11, 2017