SOCIETY
Patients struggling in lack of treatment
Patients struggling in lack of treatment
MUGU, Jan 6: Locals of Mugu were elated when an MDGP expert was hired by the District Hospital a year ago. Unfortunately, their happiness could not last for long as the MDGP expert Dr Jitendra Kandel left the hospital on November 13, 2017. With this, the hospital has returned back to its early state...
Jan 07, 2018
SOCIETY
High pesticide use pushing beekeeping toward extinction
High pesticide use pushing beekeeping toward extinction
PARBAT, Jan 6: High use of pesticides in farms, especially vegetables that are the grazing area for bees, has significantly affected beekeeping businesses in the district.
Jan 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Elected officials failing to meet promises irks locals
Elected officials failing to meet promises irks locals
JHAPA, Jan 6: After the completion of local level elections, voters breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that their lives would finally improve. They had expected that their locality, their district and the country would head towards progress and development thanks to the elections. But to their dis...
Jan 07, 2018
POLITICS
Police organize march against drug abuse
Police organize march against drug abuse
POKHARA, Jan 6: With the initiative of District Police Office, Kaski and Community Police Service Center, Baidam, a march was organized against drug abuse on Saturday.
Jan 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Nine die including five children
Nine die including five children
JAJARKOT, Jan 6: As many as nine people including five children have succumbed to viral fever coupled with cough and cold in Jajarkot in the last week.
Jan 07, 2018
POLITICS
Govt plans to leave fixing provincial capitals for provincial assemblies
Govt plans to leave fixing provincial capitals for provincia...
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: In a bid to avoid potential tension and protests over provincial capitals, the government has planned not to fix the provincial capitals and leave the task for the provincial assemblies, said a senior government minister on Saturday.
Jan 07, 2018
Editorial
Capital fight
Capital fight
Following media reports that the government has finalized provincial capitals for the seven provinces, people have taken to the streets in various districts demanding their places be declared provincial capitals. Every district and city aspires to be provincial capital, and some of the senior politi...
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
OBOR and agriculture
OBOR and agriculture
OBOR not only provides opportunity for Nepali agriculture, it may also create challenging situation for Nepal.
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
Whither civic sense?
Whither civic sense?
The better educated our citizens are, the better equipped they will be to foster good
governance.
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
Resist the robots, invest in people
Resist the robots, invest in people
MANILA – A knitting factory in Bangladesh brings together the past, present, and future. On one floor, workers knit by hand. On another, people and machines do the work together. And on a third floor, there are only robots.
Jan 07, 2018