POLITICS
Local units cannot spend grant on social security allowance: MoFALD
Local units cannot spend grant on social security allowance:...
KATHMANDU, June 1: Officials at the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) have said that the local units cannot increase social security allowances on their own.
Jun 01, 2017
POLITICS
Mayor’s ‘Clean the City’ campaign starts today
Mayor’s ‘Clean the City’ campaign starts today
KATHMANDU, June 1: Newly-elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Bidya Sunder Shakya has announced that city garbage will be collected before dawn from Thursday as part of a 'Clean the City' campaign. This is the mayor's first major initiative “to improve things” in the capital.
Jun 01, 2017
POLITICS
Govt upgrades Birgunj, Biratnagar to metropolitan cities
Govt upgrades Birgunj, Biratnagar to metropolitan cities
KATHMANDU, June 1: In a controversial move, the government has upgraded Birgunj and Biratnagar into metropolitan city.
Jun 01, 2017
SOCIETY
Musahars deprived of allowance for not having toilets
Musahars deprived of allowance for not having toilets
SIRAHA, June 1: Sixty-three years old Gauri Saday of Sakhuwanankarkatti Rural Municipality is compelled to live a miserable life in her old age. Gauri, who can't even move from one place to another without a stick has no one to look after her. She has visited the rural municipality office many times...
Jun 01, 2017
POLITICS
Nepal lobbying with UN for doubling UN peacekeeper numbers
Nepal lobbying with UN for doubling UN peacekeeper numbers
KATHMANDU, June 1: Defense Minister Bal Krishna Khand said on Wednesday that government has been lobbying with the United Nations for doubling the number of Nepal Army personnel in UN peace keeping mission.
Jun 01, 2017
SOCIETY
74% women in Jumla still sent to sheds during menstruation
74% women in Jumla still sent to sheds during menstruation
JUMLA, June 1: A recent survey conducted by the Women and Children Office (WCO), Jumla, showed that around 74 percent of women in the district are still compelled to live in sheds during menstruation.
Jun 01, 2017
Editorial
Above the law
Above the law
In principle, ceremonial heads of state should keep themselves away from all controversies, by strictly sticking to the role prescribed to them by the constitution.
Jun 01, 2017
ELECTION
'Voters in Madhes eager to elect their representatives'
'Voters in Madhes eager to elect their representatives'
ITAHARI, June 1: Champa Shah, a local of Sunsari Barju Rural Municipality-5, spends her days selling tea. Despite being busy, she went to a program organized to inaugurate the Office of the Returning Officer on Monday, wearing a smile on her face.
Jun 01, 2017
OPINION
Changing tunes
Changing tunes
Delhi-wallas are right that misinformation, miscommunication and misunderstanding have aggravated Nepal-India tensions
Jun 01, 2017
ELECTION
RJPN calls off protest after change in poll schedule
RJPN calls off protest after change in poll schedule
KATHMANDU, June 1: The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) on Wednesday called off its protest program which the party had announced last week to disrupt the second phase of the local elections.
Jun 01, 2017