WORLD
Pakistani officials say 48 police trainees killed in attack (update)
Pakistani officials say 48 police trainees killed in attack...
QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 25: Gunmen stormed a police training center late Monday in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 48 police trainees, authorities said.
Oct 25, 2016
SOCIETY
Negative impact of orientation programs on use of abortion pills
Negative impact of orientation programs on use of abortion p...
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 25: The orientation and training given to pharmacy workers on using of abortion pills have accordingly resulted negative impact at a time when scores of women are losing their lives due to incorrect consumption of abortion pills.
Oct 25, 2016
POLITICS
Big and small party youth wings all for impeachment
Big and small party youth wings all for impeachment
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: While Nepali Congress and some other small political parties are still undecided over whether or not to support the impeachment motion against CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, the student and youth wings of the parties have been demanding that their mother parties support the motion...
Oct 25, 2016
ECONOMY
IFC wants to increase portfolio in Nepal
IFC wants to increase portfolio in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) wants to increase its portfolio in Nepal.
Oct 25, 2016
SOCIETY
Revival of water sources possible: Study
Revival of water sources possible: Study
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Villages lying high in the mid-hills of Nepal started facing increasing shortage of water since the early 1980s, according to a recent research report.
Oct 25, 2016
SOCIETY
Village shamans join campaign to abolish Chhaupadi
Village shamans join campaign to abolish Chhaupadi
MUGU , Oct 25: In what appears to be a positive sign for social change, shamans of the district have joined the campaign to abolish social stigma around menstruation.
Oct 25, 2016
Editorial
Pregnant pause
Pregnant pause
Around 1,500 Nepali women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2015, according to the World Health Organization. Seven percent of them (105 women) would have died due to unsafe abortion.
Oct 25, 2016
ECONOMY
Eastern region self-reliant on meat products
Eastern region self-reliant on meat products
BIRATNAGAR, Oct 25: Eastern development region has become self-sufficient in meat products, thanks to flourishing commercial animal husbandries in the region.
Oct 25, 2016
OPINION
Faulty tool
Faulty tool
What would have happened if there was a referendum in 2007 on whether to accept the peace deal with the Maoist rebels?
Oct 25, 2016
POLITICS
House panel instructs govt to complete Melamchi by mid-October 2017
House panel instructs govt to complete Melamchi by mid-Octob...
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Parliament's Development Committee has instructed the government to complete the Melamchi Drinking Water Project and distribute drinking water from the project to the residents of the Kathmandu Valley by mid-October, 2017 at any cost.
Oct 25, 2016