SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Mira Rai is the 2017 Adventurer of the Year
Mira Rai is the 2017 Adventurer of the Year
Each year National Geographic honors 10 extraordinary people as part of our annual Adventurers of the Year awards. We look for people from all over the world who have realized big dreams in exploration, conservation, cultural restoration, adventure sports, and humanitarianism. And each year we ask...
Jan 27, 2017
POLITICS
NRA to quiz ministry over lack of design approval
NRA to quiz ministry over lack of design approval
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to seek clarification from the Ministry of Health about negligence on the part of various international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and local NGOs in the reconstruction of health posts and other health institutions...
Jan 27, 2017
POLITICS
No polls without Madhesis, Tharus on board: PM
No polls without Madhesis, Tharus on board: PM
PARBAT/KATHMANDU, Jan 27: As Madhes-based parties press the government not to announce the date for any of the three elections without first completing the process of constitutional amendment, the prime minister, who had been claiming that local elections would be held by mid-May, said on Thursday t...
Jan 27, 2017
POLITICS
‘Local polls a month before term expiry’
‘Local polls a month before term expiry’
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: A parliamentary panel has forged an understanding to revise the Local Level Election Bill with a provision for holding local polls a month before the expiry of term of the elected body.
Jan 27, 2017
The Week
Children at work
Children at work
Hiring minors as bus conductors is indeed a common urban phenomenon in Nepal. So much so we don’t even give it a second thought when we see one at the stops anymore.
Jan 27, 2017
The Week
All that glitters
All that glitters
If something is worth smuggling, you can be pretty sure that the officialdom at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) is game for it.
Jan 27, 2017
The Week
Saturday blues
Saturday blues
I tell my wife that we should skip our Saturday plans and stay home and watch YouTube videos about what to do in Malaysia and Singapore because I want to take my wife there this Dashain.
Jan 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Republic monument to be ready by Republic Day
Republic monument to be ready by Republic Day
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: If everything goes as planned, the government will complete the construction of a Republic Monument inside the Narayanhiti Palace by mid-May and it will be ready for inauguration on the upcoming Republic Day.
Jan 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Govt's ambitious plan may ease Valley traffic
Govt's ambitious plan may ease Valley traffic
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Commencement of the much-awaited Kathmandu Sustainable Urban Project (KSUP) from mid-March is likely to bring some respite to the denizens of the Kathmandu Valley who have to spend hours in traffic jams on a daily basis.
Jan 27, 2017
ECONOMY
Liquidity-starved banks enforce interest rate cartel
Liquidity-starved banks enforce interest rate cartel
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: In what seems to be an interest rate cartel, bankers have agreed to cap deposit rates at 12 percent.
Jan 27, 2017