SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Early-age abortions on rise in urban areas
Early-age abortions on rise in urban areas
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Abortion trends at private and government hospitals and at abortion centers in Kathmandu show an alarming increase in abortions among girls and women below 20 years of age in urban areas.
Jan 12, 2017
Interview
The real danger is when both India and China conclude Nepal is a burden
The real danger is when both India and China conclude Nepal...
The Director of Center for South Asian Studies, Nischalnath Pandey, is a keen student of diplomacy in South Asia and of the strategic rivalry between India and China in Nepal. As Nepal and China prepare for a joint military drill, Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal caught up with him on Wednesday afte...
Jan 12, 2017
POLITICS
SC sets precedent on same-sex rape
SC sets precedent on same-sex rape
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The Supreme Court has set a precedent that a woman can rape another woman and the sexual violence would be equally punishable just like a man rapes a woman.
Jan 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Govt tells missions abroad to monitor adopted children
Govt tells missions abroad to monitor adopted children
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Amid growing concerns over the condition of Nepali children adopted abroad, the government has asked its diplomatic missions in various countries to monitor the children's condition and report to the line ministry on a regular basis.
Jan 12, 2017
POLITICS
Government reviving sick industries: PM Dahal
Government reviving sick industries: PM Dahal
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Prime Minster Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday said that the government was working to breathe new life into sick industries.
Jan 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Red Cross officials left alone despite rampant irregularities
Red Cross officials left alone despite rampant irregularitie...
DOLAKHA, Jan 12: Although Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) in Dolakha chapter has been found indulging in rampant irregularities, no action has been taken against the humanitarian organization which 'works to relieve human suffering during disasters and emergencies'.
Jan 12, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Laprak quake victims await NRN to deliver houses
Laprak quake victims await NRN to deliver houses
LAPRAK, Jan 12: In the past three weeks, Laprak received two heavy snowfalls that left the area covered in thick layers of snow. With the temperature continuously dipping down, there is no sign of the snow melting. The biting cold has made life very hard for the quake victims who are still living in...
Jan 12, 2017
POLITICS
Dismissal of NRA Chief Gyewali widens rift between ruling coalition and oppn parties
Dismissal of NRA Chief Gyewali widens rift between ruling co...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The already troubled relation between the ruling coalition and the main opposition party is likely to worsen further, with the government deciding to sack the chief of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali.
Jan 12, 2017
POLITICS
Govt sacks NRA CEO Gyewali, appoints Pokharel
Govt sacks NRA CEO Gyewali, appoints Pokharel
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The government on Wednesday sacked the CEO of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali from the post and appointed former vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission Govinda Raj Pokharel as replacement.
Jan 12, 2017
SOCIETY
100 bigha forest land encroached in Rautahat
100 bigha forest land encroached in Rautahat
RAUTAHAT, Jan 12: Some 106 bigha of forest land in Rautahat district has been illegaly registered in the names of various individuals, it has been learnt. Forest land in wards number 3, 4 and 5 of Rangpur VDC, Rautahat, has come into the ownership of some private individuals who bribed forest offic...
Jan 12, 2017