WORLD
Clinton accuses Trump of 'hiding something' in taxes
Clinton accuses Trump of 'hiding something' in taxes
NEW YORK, Sept 27: Hillary Clinton emphatically accused Donald Trump of purposely keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters, declaring during Monday night's presidential debate, "There's something he's hiding."
Sep 27, 2016
ECONOMY
25% of migrant workers' earning goes to repay loans: NRB report
25% of migrant workers' earning goes to repay loans: NRB rep...
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Nearly 52.1 percent of Nepali migrant workers still rely on informal channel like local landlords and traders for loans to finance their foreign employment trip, requiring them to allocate a major chunk of their earnings for the repayment.
Sep 27, 2016
SOCIETY
Ban on security guards for conflict countries ending
Ban on security guards for conflict countries ending
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Some four months since the imposition of a ban on the employment of Nepali migrant workers in four conflict-ravaged countries, the government is making final preparations to allow security guards to work in those countries under stringent security-related conditions.
Sep 27, 2016
ECONOMY, SPECIAL
Pensioned govt staff rake in double moolah as consultants
Pensioned govt staff rake in double moolah as consultants
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Retired government employees, particularly of the higher ranks, are re-appointed at different government entities and also as consultants by different government-run projects.
Sep 27, 2016
POLITICS
Minister Thapa roots for technological reforms
Minister Thapa roots for technological reforms
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Health Minister Gagan Thapa has vowed to bring about major improvement in the health sector by introducing some technological reforms that, he claimed, would also lay the grounds for good governance in his ministry.
Sep 27, 2016
ECONOMY
Melamchi contractor eyes new projects
Melamchi contractor eyes new projects
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Buoyed by the progress made in Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), the civil contractor of the mega project is now looking for other contracts mostly in hydropower projects.
Sep 27, 2016
POLITICS
Change in standards a ploy to delay local polls: Commission member
Change in standards a ploy to delay local polls: Commission...
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Officials of the commission formed to fix the number and boundaries of local bodies have said that the commission will not be able to submit its report to the government by mid-March, 2017 if it has to begin the task of local body restructuring from scratch.
Sep 27, 2016
SOCIETY
Dearth of tourists steals Pokhara's tourism day fanfare
Dearth of tourists steals Pokhara's tourism day fanfare
POKHARA, Sept 27: There is little excitement in Pokhara, one of the top tourist destinations in the country, while the world is celebrating 37th tourism day.
Sep 27, 2016
Editorial
Not like this
Not like this
The hush-hush manner in which the ruling parties have gone about the task of amending the new constitution has created suspicions among common folks that their top leaders are once again up to no good. Various aspects of the proposed amendments, which are now apparently being discussed among top lea...
Sep 27, 2016
POLITICS
UDMF objects three-party agreement on local govt units
UDMF objects three-party agreement on local govt units
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has expressed serious objections over an understanding between the three major political parties to fix the number of village councils and municipalities taking the previous units (ilaka) as the basis for delineating the local units.
Sep 27, 2016