POLITICS
Dahal visit improved relations: Chinese experts
Dahal visit improved relations: Chinese experts
BEIJING, March 30: Despite concerns to the contrary in Nepal, Chinese foreign policy experts see Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's seven-day visit to China as a positive development in bilateral relations and in strengthening economic cooperation between the two neighbors.
Mar 30, 2017
ECONOMY, Interview
ADB, AIIB can work together in infrastructure sector
ADB, AIIB can work together in infrastructure sector
Kenichi Yokohama, chief of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Nepal Representative Mission (NRM), has completed his tenure in Nepal. He is moving to New Delhi, India for his next assignment. Before flying to New Delhi to take over his next assignment, Yokohama talked with Kuvera Chalise of Republica o...
Mar 30, 2017
ECONOMY
20 NEA employees, five foreigners convicted
20 NEA employees, five foreigners convicted
KATHMANDU, March 30: The Special Court has convicted 20 employees of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), including two former managing directors Rameshwar Yadav and Jivendra Jha, in the substandard transfer procurement case.
Mar 30, 2017
POLITICS
Big party mayoral aspirants in Pokhara, Bharatpur
Big party mayoral aspirants in Pokhara, Bharatpur
POKHARA / CHITWAN, March 30: Before they could fight the upcoming local polls, influential leaders of the major political parties are battling to win their party's candidacy for the much-awaited election.
Mar 30, 2017
ECONOMY
Bank deposits witness tepid growth
Bank deposits witness tepid growth
KATHMANDU, March 30: While banks have heaved a sigh of relief after the regulation issued the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) allowed them to use their funds to extend credits even without getting new deposits, the real problem of 'credit crunch' is yet to go away as their deposit base has not expanded sign...
Mar 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Jajarkot tense after murder of NC leader
Jajarkot tense after murder of NC leader
JAJARKOT, March 30: Locals enforced a banda (general strike) in Jajarkot on Wednesday, demanding legal action against the killers of Rabindra Shumsher Shah, a leader of Nepali Congress (NC) in the district.
Mar 30, 2017
POLITICS
IACFP working in quake-hit districts without permit: NRA
IACFP working in quake-hit districts without permit: NRA
KATHMANDU, March 30: Inter-Agency Common Feedback Project (IACFP) under the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office has been found working in earthquake-affected areas without the required permission, according to the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA).
Mar 30, 2017
Editorial
Looking up
Looking up
The good news is that both the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank expect Nepal to achieve around six percent GDP growth in 2017. It’s nearly two decades since the country witnessed a six percent (or higher) GDP growth.
Mar 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Swine flu detected in Kathmandu Valley
Swine flu detected in Kathmandu Valley
KATHMANDU, March 30: Twenty cases of H1N1 influenza, generally known as swine flu, were detected in the Kathmandu Valley recently, according to health experts.
Mar 30, 2017
OPINION
When women win
When women win
The new constitution offers a valuable opportunity to ensure that women and girls have the same prospects in life as their male counterparts
Mar 30, 2017