SOCIETY
'SSDP failed to meet goals'
'SSDP failed to meet goals'
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The School Sector Development Plan (SSDP), a multi-donor program introduced to improve the quality of education in Nepal, has turned ineffective in achieving its target. Education experts in various districts claim that the program has failed to meet its goals. Though the initiativ...
Aug 10, 2017
POLITICS
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers arriving today
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers arriving today
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Foreign ministers from seven Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) member states are arriving in Kathmandu on Thursday to take part in the 15th ministerial meeting of the sub-regional body.
Aug 10, 2017
Interview
The impeachment motion came to forestall verdict on Fewa Lake
The impeachment motion came to forestall verdict on Fewa Lak...
Republica and Nagarik dailies have in the past one month uncovered many cases of irregularities and corruption, amounting to billions of rupees, in our public entities. But no one has been punished so far. Is corruption in our public entities so pervasive that fighting it is a lost cause? And what i...
Aug 10, 2017
SOCIETY
Metropolis starts collecting details of Fewa encroachment
Metropolis starts collecting details of Fewa encroachment
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Pokhara-Lekhanath Metropolitan City has started collecting details of illegal structures developed in the vicinity of Fewa lake.
Aug 10, 2017
ECONOMY
Lending rates less likely to come down until Q2
Lending rates less likely to come down until Q2
KATHMANDU, August 9: While banks have observed growth in their deposit volume in recent weeks, bankers say that the skyrocketing interest rates are less likely to come down at least before the second quarter of the current fiscal year 2017/18.
Aug 10, 2017
POLITICS
Landmark legal reform bills passed
Landmark legal reform bills passed
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: In a landmark move toward legal reforms, parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed two out of six pending bills to replace the 164 years old Muluki Ain (Civil Code). The Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Code, Civil Procedure Code, Sentencing Act and Some Nepal Ac...
Aug 10, 2017
ECONOMY
Rs 1.1 trillion centralized school program at odds with federalism
Rs 1.1 trillion centralized school program at odds with fede...
KATHMANDU, August 10: At a time when the donor-influenced school sector reform program (SSRP) has bitten the dust, the government has extended its Rs 1.1 trillion School Sector Development Program (SSDP) for another seven years. SSDP is being vehemently criticized as a centrally imposed program agai...
Aug 10, 2017
ECONOMY
Tata launches Tigor 'Style Back'
Tata launches Tigor 'Style Back'
KATHMANDU, August 10: Sipradi Trading Pvt Ltd, the sole distributor of Tata Motors for Nepal, has launched Tata Tigor 'Style Back' in the Nepali market.
Aug 10, 2017
SOCIETY
Ex-CJ Karki faced impeachment on day for Fewa hearing
Ex-CJ Karki faced impeachment on day for Fewa hearing
KATHMANDU, August 9: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has revealed that she faced impeachment motion on the day when she was scheduled to hear a case on Fewa land encroachment.
Aug 10, 2017
SOCIETY
Medics, civil society members stage protests to push Dr KC's demands
Medics, civil society members stage protests to push Dr KC's...
KATHMANDU, August 9: Medical personnel and civil society members staged protests across the country on Wednesday to pile pressure on the government to address Dr Govinda KC's demands.
Aug 10, 2017