ECONOMY
Govt told to ensure smooth supply of petro products
Govt told to ensure smooth supply of petro products
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: A parliamentary committee has directed the government to prepare a strategy for diversification of petroleum products including liquified petroleum (LP) gas.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
Nepal trade information portal launched
Nepal trade information portal launched
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The government has launched an online trade information portal to help support investment and trade facilitation.
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
Govt calls taxi drivers' demands irrational
Govt calls taxi drivers' demands irrational
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Even as taxi drivers in the Kathmandu Valley intensified their protest against police crackdown for discouraging meter fraud and overcharging, the government authorities continued to maintain that they would not bow to the irrational demands raised by the drivers.
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
Implementing previous govt's deals with China is my priority: Poudyal
Implementing previous govt's deals with China is my priority...
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Former Chief Secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, who has been recommended as Nepal's ambassador to China, said he accepted the position mainly with a commitment to implement the bilateral agreements reached between Nepal and China earlier this year.
Sep 29, 2016
Editorial
Safe together
Safe together
An air crash, anywhere in Nepal, is big news, for the sheer spectacle of it. There are few things that garner people’s attention more than an air-crash site: the pulverized main body that has been ploughed into the ground, debris everywhere; the mystery of what went wrong up there, the search for th...
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
SC paves the way for construction of Chilime transmission facilities
SC paves the way for construction of Chilime transmission fa...
RASUWA, Sept 29: The Supreme Court has quashed a writ petition filed against Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), paving the way for construction of a key transmission line project in the Trishuli River basin.
Sep 29, 2016
OPINION
Getting IT right
Getting IT right
IT creates employment and facilitates dissemination of information only with the right planning and only when end-users appreciate value of information
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
MPs ask govt to bring time-bound plan on elections
MPs ask govt to bring time-bound plan on elections
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Lawmakers have asked the government to immediately come up with a time-bound plan for holding elections for all the three levels--local, provincial and federal--under the new federal setup.
Sep 29, 2016
Interview
The Nepali constitution has greater legitimacy than India’s or America’s
The Nepali constitution has greater legitimacy than India’s...
CPN-UML vice-chairman and deputy parliamentary party leader Subas Chandra Nembang had a bird’s eye view of the constitution-making process in Nepal, having served as the chairman of both the first and the second Constituent Assembly.
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
RPP for 2 Madhesh provinces; Hindu republic, Nepali language
RPP for 2 Madhesh provinces; Hindu republic, Nepali language
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: One of Nepal's right wing parties, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), has made its stand clear on key contentious issues.
Sep 29, 2016