Jul 13, 2017

SOCIETY

Humla children sell timbers to cover education expenses

Humla children sell timbers to cover education expenses

HUMLA, July 12: Young children carrying timber on their backs from Dadafya to Simkot, the district headquarters of Humla, have become a common sight. The children have been carrying heavy loads on a daily basis in order to manage money to pay their school expenses. It is not their will, but compulsi...

HUMLA, July 12: Young children carrying timber on their backs from Dadafya to Simkot, the district headquarters of Humla, have become a common sight. The children have been carrying heavy loads on a daily basis in order to manage money to pay their school expenses. It is not their will, but compulsi...

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

POLITICS

Lawmakers advocate lenient provisions for civil servants

Lawmakers advocate lenient provisions for civil servants

KATHMANDU, July 12: Most of the lawmakers from the major political parties have demanded lenient provisions for civil servants in the Civil Servants Adjustment Bill in the parliament.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Most of the lawmakers from the major political parties have demanded lenient provisions for civil servants in the Civil Servants Adjustment Bill in the parliament.

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

Editorial

On different planes

On different planes

Wasteful bureaucrats

Wasteful bureaucrats

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

OPINION

Corridors of life

Corridors of life

Nepal aims to increase the number of tigers to double the current level by 2018. But it has been tough to balance its conservation and infrastructure development.

Nepal aims to increase the number of tigers to double the current level by 2018. But it has been tough to balance its conservation and infrastructure development.

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

Interview

UML’s success owes to linking of blockade with statute amendment

UML’s success owes to linking of blockade with statute amend...

It is said that one reason the ruling Congress-Maoist coalition could not muster two-thirds majority in favor of the constitution amendment bill was the vacillating stand of Rastriya  Prajatantra Party (RPP). Was RPP, as a party, in favor of or against the bill? Is it even one united party? Is it j...

It is said that one reason the ruling Congress-Maoist coalition could not muster two-thirds majority in favor of the constitution amendment bill was the vacillating stand of Rastriya  Prajatantra Party (RPP). Was RPP, as a party, in favor of or against the bill? Is it even one united party? Is it j...

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

POLITICS, ELECTION

Ethnic parties in eastern hills lose election deposits in their own strongholds

Ethnic parties in eastern hills lose election deposits in th...

ILAM, July 12: Ethnicity-based fringe parties, which have their stronghold in the eastern hill districts, have lost their election deposits in their own bastion after failing to secure even 10% of the votes in the elections.

ILAM, July 12: Ethnicity-based fringe parties, which have their stronghold in the eastern hill districts, have lost their election deposits in their own bastion after failing to secure even 10% of the votes in the elections.

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017

Infographic

Militants kill Hindu Pilgrims in Kashmir

Militants kill Hindu Pilgrims in Kashmir

Militants kill Hindu Pilgrims in Kashmir

Militants kill Hindu Pilgrims in Kashmir

Jul 13, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

SPORTS

Murray beaten in Wimbledon quarter-finals by Querrey

Murray beaten in Wimbledon quarter-finals by Querrey

LONDON, July 12: Andy Murray's Wimbledon title defence ended in a 3-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1 quarter-final defeat to Sam Querrey on Wednesday as the hip injury that has dogged the world number one throughout the tournament finally got the better of him.

LONDON, July 12: Andy Murray's Wimbledon title defence ended in a 3-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1 quarter-final defeat to Sam Querrey on Wednesday as the hip injury that has dogged the world number one throughout the tournament finally got the better of him.

Jul 12, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

SOCIETY

Man in Bhanu Bhakta's guise to scale Mt Everest with Ramayan in his hand

Man in Bhanu Bhakta's guise to scale Mt Everest with Ramayan...

KATHMANDU, July 12: He dresses himself in Daura Suruwal, with Patuka around his waist and a shawl across the shoulder. Slipping into the guises of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta, he carries a Rayaman scripture in his hand and dashes off one litterateur's place to another as well as literary institutions in th...

KATHMANDU, July 12: He dresses himself in Daura Suruwal, with Patuka around his waist and a shawl across the shoulder. Slipping into the guises of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta, he carries a Rayaman scripture in his hand and dashes off one litterateur's place to another as well as literary institutions in th...

Jul 12, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

Lifestyle

Ariana Grande to become Manchester honorary citizen

Ariana Grande to become Manchester honorary citizen

LONDON, July 12: Manchester officials say they are making U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande an honorary citizen of the city because of her response to the deadly concert attack in May.

LONDON, July 12: Manchester officials say they are making U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande an honorary citizen of the city because of her response to the deadly concert attack in May.

Jul 12, 2017