ECONOMY
Laxmi Intercontinental launches Hyundai Winter Delight scheme
Laxmi Intercontinental launches Hyundai Winter Delight schem...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Laxmi Intercontinental Pvt Ltd -- the sole authorized-distributor for Hyundai Motors for Nepal -- has announced the ‘Hyundai Winter Delight’ scheme which includes cash discounts and a range of offers for potential. Issuing a statement on Thursday, Laxmi Intercontinental said the s...
Dec 31, 2016
ECONOMY
New leadership at IPPAN
New leadership at IPPAN
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The 15th annual general meeting of the Independent Power Producers Nepal (IPPAN) unanimously elected a new executive committee with Shailendra Guragain as president.
Dec 31, 2016
POLITICS
Local polls only after amendment: NC tells UDMF
Local polls only after amendment: NC tells UDMF
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: In an attempt to allay the concerns of the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) that the major parties were headed toward election without amending the constitution, the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has told the UDMF that that the election will be held only after amendi...
Dec 31, 2016
SOCIETY
Chitwan rhinos to be transferred to Shuklaphanta
Chitwan rhinos to be transferred to Shuklaphanta
MAHENDRANAGAR, Dec 31: The government is all set to transfer one-horned rhinos, a rare and endangered species, to Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Kanchanpur from Chitwan National Park.
Dec 31, 2016
POLITICS
Settle VAW cases within 3 months: CJ
Settle VAW cases within 3 months: CJ
SURKHET, Dec 31: Chief Justice Sushila Karki has instructed judges to settle cases related to violence against women (VAW) within three months of registering the cases at the court saying that women are still deprived of getting access to justice.
Dec 31, 2016
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
A Gurukul struggling against odds in Gorkha
A Gurukul struggling against odds in Gorkha
GORKHA, Dec 31: Prakash Bhattarai, 9, wakes up at four o’clock sharp every day. He takes bath, chants gayatri mantra and sits for mediation and puja religiously. Then he heads to the Bauddhik Gurukul Vidyalaya (BGV) for attending classes attired in dhoti and kurta.
Dec 31, 2016
SOCIETY
Gang sets jeep on fire in capital
Gang sets jeep on fire in capital
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: An unidentified gang set fire to a government vehicle at New Baneshwar in Kathmandu on Friday.
Dec 31, 2016
SOCIETY
Critical health care centralized in capital
Critical health care centralized in capital
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Most of the hospitals outside Kathmandu lack modern facilities, with intensive care units (ICU), trained health workers and equipment concentrated disproportionately in the capital city.
Dec 31, 2016
POLITICS
TRC still faces mountain of work with one month before term ends
TRC still faces mountain of work with one month before term...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which has received 57,753 complaints relating to human rights violations of the conflict period, has yet to go through all the complaints even once. In the meantime, the commission, which also has the jurisdiction to study and discove...
Dec 31, 2016
Editorial
Bed blockers
Bed blockers
In the past few months alone we have reported on the severe shortage of vital medicines at rural healthcare centers, on new medical equipment worth billions gathering dust at government hospitals, on how the medical mafia has been able to time and again subvert the agenda of medical education reform...
Dec 31, 2016