SOCIETY
Crusher plants polluting Seti River
Crusher plants polluting Seti River
POKHARA, April 16 : Seti River is named Seti (white) due to the apparent purity of its water. However, because of the residues and chemical drained into it by haphazardly operated crusher plants along its bank has changed its color remarkably. The water is further made filthy by the people living al...
Apr 17, 2017
POLITICS
Govt move to announce holiday denounced
Govt move to announce holiday denounced
Kathmandu, April 17: The government's decision to announce two-day public holiday on the occasion of President Bidya Bhandari's state visit to India has invited criticism from various quarters.
Apr 17, 2017
SOCIETY
SLCE for 12th graders from April 23
SLCE for 12th graders from April 23
KATHMANDU, April 17: The School Leaving Certificate Examinations (SLCE) is scheduled to begin from April 23, ending the 83 years old history of the School Leaving Certificate (SLC), which started from 1934.
Apr 17, 2017
POLITICS
What do Madhesi parties want?
What do Madhesi parties want?
KATHMANDU, APRIL 17: The Federal Alliance (FA), an alliance of fringe Madhesi and Janajati parties which have been demanding major revision in the statute before the local polls, has unveiled additional programs of protest which its leaders say is "aimed at sabotaging the elections process".
Apr 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Dev partners spending more money outside govt system: Report
Dev partners spending more money outside govt system: Report
KATHMANDU, April 17: Money disbursed by development agencies outside the government system increased significantly in fiscal year 2015/16, despite the government's effort to bring such spending into the government channel.
Apr 17, 2017
ELECTION
Dahal, Deuba for May 14 poll at any cost
Dahal, Deuba for May 14 poll at any cost
KATHMANDU, April 17: Two ruling parties --Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) - have reached an informal understanding to hold the local level election on the stipulated date even if the agitating parties united under the Federal Alliance (FA) do not come on board.
Apr 17, 2017
ELECTION
Neglected village Thawang ready for polls
Neglected village Thawang ready for polls
DANG, April 17: Kamal Rokka, an exiled Nepali Congress leader of Rolpa's Thawang village, recently got a phone call from a political rival of his village which is popularly known as the bastion of Maoist insurgency. The caller was an influential left-wing leader of Thawang, who until recent was aga...
Apr 17, 2017
Editorial
Pushing it
Pushing it
As we have repeatedly said in this space before there is absolutely no reason why the local election cannot be held in two phases, with the first of the two to be held on the scheduled May 14 date.
Apr 17, 2017
POLITICS
NRA bid to fast-track complaint investigation
NRA bid to fast-track complaint investigation
KATHMANDU, April 17: In a bid to expedite the complaint investigation process, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has started preparations to deploy civil engineers to look into grievances filed by the survivors of 2015 Gorkha earthquakes in 11 most-affected districts.
Apr 17, 2017
OPINION
Mind shift
Mind shift
Just as donors have pooled their strengths to establish Governance Facility, a similar Facility can be built to support NGOs committed to fight exclusion
Apr 17, 2017