ECONOMY
Foreign investors will get a level playing field: Industry minister
Foreign investors will get a level playing field: Industry m...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Minister for Industry Nabindra Raj Joshi has promised the representatives of diplomatic missions that the government would treat foreign investors at the same level as domestic investors.
Feb 16, 2017
SPORTS
Sankata faces Durgapur Steel of Kolkata
Sankata faces Durgapur Steel of Kolkata
DHARAN, Feb 16: Dharan Football Club (DFC) has completed preparations for the 19th Budhasubba Gold Cup tournament which will start from Thursday at ANFA Technical Center in Dharan.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY
Road black-topped just to be demolished within a month
Road black-topped just to be demolished within a month
KATHMANDU, Feb 16:Construction and demolition of Kageshwari-Manohara road in the outskirts of Kathmandu is a perfect example to how money from state coffers is wasted in the name of development.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY
Jhapa to have 15 local level units
Jhapa to have 15 local level units
JHAPA, Feb 16: Amidst longstanding disputes, the technical committee of the Local Level Restructuring Commission has finally decided to have 15 local level units in Jhapa.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
‘Madhes needs local polls the most’
‘Madhes needs local polls the most’
JHAPA, Feb 16: The last local level elections took place in the country nearly two decades ago. In the absence of the people’s representatives at the local bodies, local development has critically suffered across the country and Madhes is the hardest hit, say the stakeholders. Poor infrastructure de...
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY
WHO aid for repairing TIA health desk
WHO aid for repairing TIA health desk
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: An international-standard ‘health desk’ that was established within Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) following an outbreak of the Ebola virus in African countries is to be repaired. The Gorkha Earthquake in April 2015 inflicted damages to medical equipment meant for the desk.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY
Govt to remove padlocks from TU colleges
Govt to remove padlocks from TU colleges
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: A cabinet meeting on Wednesday announced to break the padlocks at various Tribhuvan University-affiliated colleges before the free students union (FSU) elections.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY, VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Index
Valley Pollution Index
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.
Feb 16, 2017
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Nepal Red Cross probing leaks on funds misuse
Nepal Red Cross probing leaks on funds misuse
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Rather than investigating misuse of millions meant for earthquake victims, Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) has formed a committee to find out who was involved in leaking information to media about the funds misuse.
Feb 16, 2017
SOCIETY
5 years after death in Saudi, family receives body
5 years after death in Saudi, family receives body
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: In what appears to be government apathy toward migrant workers abroad, it has taken more than five years to bring back the body of a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia.
Feb 16, 2017