SOCIETY
Six held for robbing jewelry shop
Six held for robbing jewelry shop
KATHMANDU, April 3: Police on Sunday arrested six persons who allegedly looted 64 tolas of gold and cash from a jewelry shop in Kathmandu on March 31 with the involvement of police.
Apr 03, 2017
OPINION
What’s missing?
What’s missing?
The education sector in Nepal is still a black box. The government invests significantly in increasing access and quality of public and private education systems, although the budget share towards education has been declining recently. Public universities and colleges have become a political battlef...
Apr 03, 2017
ECONOMY
Five govt officials, one JV representative charged with corruption
Five govt officials, one JV representative charged with corr...
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed charges against Nalsing Gad Hydropower Development Committee Executive Director Moti Bahadur Kunwar and five other people at the Special Court on Sunday.
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Temporary police aspirants partake in physical test (photo features)
Temporary police aspirants partake in physical test (photo...
With the upcoming polls just around the corner, youths, especially plus two level students across the country, who are temporary police aspirants, are participating in different physical activities as part of the test they need to pass to be selected as a temporary police for the local polls slated...
Apr 03, 2017
OPINION
A resilient China
A resilient China
NEW HAVEN: Another growth scare has come and gone for the Chinese economy. This, of course, is very much at odds with Western conventional wisdom, which has long expected a hard landing in China. Once again, the Western perspective missed the Chinese context—a resilient system that places a high pre...
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS, Republica Watch
Democracy becomes much dearer
Democracy becomes much dearer
KATHMANDU, April 2: The upcoming election is going to be about twice as costly as that of 17 years ago, even after adjusting for inflation. Government data shows that spending for the parliamentary election in 1999 was Rs 2.75 billion while the estimated spending for the upcoming local election is p...
Apr 03, 2017
SPECIAL
Nepal leads South Asia in women parliamentarians
Nepal leads South Asia in women parliamentarians
KATHMANDU, April 2: Despite a decline since the previous Constituent Assembly (CA), Nepal has made it to top position in South Asia in the representation of women in parliament, according to a global study.
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Over 14 million eligible to vote in local polls
Over 14 million eligible to vote in local polls
KATHMANDU, April 2: As part of final preparations for the May 14 local elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday finalized the list of eligible voters.
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Aspiring candidates eyeing only higher positions
Aspiring candidates eyeing only higher positions
UDAYAPUR, April 2: As the local level election draws nearer, political parties' have started forming strategies to grab all the higher level positions in the local units due to which smaller positions have been undermined.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Students preferring temporary police job to exams
Students preferring temporary police job to exams
JAJARKOT, April 2: Soniya Budha, a local of Dasharatpur, Surkhert is a 12th grader at Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School of Khalanga. She has to sit for her final examinations scheduled to begin on April 23.But without giving much priority to the exams, Budha has applied at the District Police Office...
Apr 03, 2017