The Week
Re-examining gender based violence
Re-examining gender based violence
The Social Welfare Council of Nepal listed over two hundred INGOs working in Nepal in the fiscal year 2072/073. Although these organizations have wide-ranging interventions, most engage in some form of dealing with gender based violence (GBV) with a specific focus on women as the victims.
May 19, 2017
The Week
WannaCry
WannaCry
The ubiquity of computers has gained unprecedented momentum in today’s digitalized world. While personal computers have made work easy for individuals, they have also made cataloguing and data processing easier for big companies and government bodies. This has led to a digitalization of information...
May 19, 2017
SPECIAL, The Week
Long way from home
Long way from home
We often get our vehicle tires checked by the same neighborhood mechanic we have been going to for years, our homes painted by the person whose kids we have seen since they were toddlers, and if there is anything that needs fixing around the house, in almost every family, there is that one face that...
May 19, 2017
POLITICS
Longest House session prorogued after 381 days
Longest House session prorogued after 381 days
KATHMANDU, May 18: The longest running House session in Nepal’s parliamentary history came to an end Thursday. The session commenced on May 3, 2016 and ran for 381 days.
May 19, 2017
ELECTION
EC deploys staff for second round local polls
EC deploys staff for second round local polls
KATHMANDU, May 18: In view of the second round of local elections scheduled for June 14, the Election Commission (EC) has deployed chief returning officers and returning officers to the 41 districts that will be going to the polls.
May 19, 2017
ELECTION
Results declared for two-thirds local units
Results declared for two-thirds local units
KATHMANDU, May 18: The Election Commission (EC) published election results for more than two-thirds of local units on the fourth day of vote counting on Thursday.
May 19, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day
May 19, 2017
POLITICS
Election of new PM after budget: Maoist leaders
Election of new PM after budget: Maoist leaders
KATHMANDU, May 19: With the successful conclusion of the first phase local polls, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been consulting leaders of his party on handing over government leadership to Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba immediately after presentation of the budget, said...
May 19, 2017
POLITICS
Hearing on IGP row adjourned yet again
Hearing on IGP row adjourned yet again
KATHMANDU, May 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a writ petition filed by Nepal Police DIG Nawaraj Silwal seeking his appointment as Nepal Police chief. The petition was listed for hearing on Thursday.
May 19, 2017
ELECTION
Maoists lose influence in Gorkha
Maoists lose influence in Gorkha
GORKHA, May 19: CPN (Maoist Center), then UCPN (Maoist), had won all three election constituencies of Gorkha in Constituent Assembly (CA) elections of 2008 and 2013. Its leader Baburam Bhattarai, who is now the coordinator of Naya Shakti Nepal, had won one of the constituencies, getting highest numb...
May 19, 2017