OPINION
Decoding RPP split
Decoding RPP split
Much to the disappointment of its cadres and supporters across the country, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) witnessed a vertical split on August 6, 2017. After two weeks of bitter accusations and counter-accusations, RPP-Democratic was formally recognized by the Election Commission, following a...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Typhus alert
Typhus alert
Until August 20th, at least 22 Scrub typhus cases were diagnosed among patients with fever who visited the out-patient department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital as well as among those referred there from various hospitals of Kathmandu. Many patients who were positive for Scrub...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Guilty Man
Guilty Man
NEW YORK: In 1940, with Britain standing alone against Nazi Germany, a short book called Guilty Men was published under the pseudonym of “Cato.” Its authors were the future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, the Liberal journalist Frank Owen, and the Conservative journalist Peter Howard. Guilty Men w...
Aug 27, 2017
OPINION
Sanctions against North Korea
Sanctions against North Korea
Washington has slapped new sanctions on Chinese and Russian entities for allegedly supporting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes and attempting to evade previous U.S. sanctions.
U.S. prosecutors are also seeking to recover US$11 million from companies based in China and Singapore that the...
Aug 27, 2017
POLITICS
Mixed reaction about PM's India visit
Mixed reaction about PM's India visit
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Commerce Minister Min Bahadur Bishwakarma has said Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's India visit has been successful.
Aug 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Lightning kills two boys
Lightning kills two boys
SOLUKHUMBU, Aug 26: Two persons from Jubu village of Dudhkaushika rural municipality have died after being struck with lightning.
Aug 26, 2017
SOCIETY
CoAS inspects Far West Division
CoAS inspects Far West Division
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Rajendra Chhetri has inspected Sangram Shardul Company based in Bajhang district and Shree Samarjit Company based in Bajhang under Far West Division on Saturday.
Aug 26, 2017
WORLD
27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, August 26: Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria's Borno state in the past week, residents said.
Aug 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Political cloud over media: how detrimental to press freedom?
Political cloud over media: how detrimental to press freedom...
KATHMANDU: "Citizens need facts, not fake news and propaganda. Most of all they need reliable media working in a transparent and ethical way to give them the information they need to make a democracy work." This is a famous quote from Aidan White, Director of the Ethical Journalism Network.
Aug 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Floods, landslides claim 1000 plus lives in five years
Floods, landslides claim 1000 plus lives in five years
KATHMANDU, Aug. 26: A total of 1,037 people have lost their lives in the last five years in floods and landslides while 534 have gone missing. Likewise, the number of injured is exactly the same with that of missing ones, the Ministry of Home said.
Aug 26, 2017