POLITICS
Election fervor grips parties, voters
Election fervor grips parties, voters
MAHOTTARI, April 3: People are taking about local elections only at teashops, colleges and other public places these days. Though Madhes was not very happy about the new constitution and so was its reaction to the announcement of local polls, the scenario has now changed.
Apr 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Leopard disrupts domestic flights at TIA
Leopard disrupts domestic flights at TIA
Leopard disrupts domestic flights at TIA
Apr 03, 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
Apr 03, 2017
POLITICS
Former PM Bhattarai detained with scores of protesters
Former PM Bhattarai detained with scores of protesters
KATHMANDU, April 3: Police detained scores of protesters at Kantipath on Sunday, including Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) Coordinator Baburam Bhattarai and Hisila Yami, after hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate against the Election Commission’s decision not to give election symbol to par...
Apr 03, 2017
OPINION
Handle with care
Handle with care
With the promulgation of the new constitution on September 20, 2015, the seven-decade-long dream of Nepali people to have a constitution through the Constituent Assembly has materialized. The new constitution is the seventh constitution of Nepal since 1948. Though it was a big challenge, Nepal was e...
Apr 03, 2017
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