SOCIETY
Pokhara faces shortage of professional guides
Pokhara faces shortage of professional guides
POKHARA, Sept 8: Pokhara started welcoming tourists in 1970. Nearly half century down the line, Pokhara is among the nation's topmost tourist destinations.
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY
67 firms seek license for payment-related services
67 firms seek license for payment-related services
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Over 67 companies have sought license from Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to provide payment-related services.
Sep 08, 2016
POLITICS
NC fails to fill vacant posts of office bearers
NC fails to fill vacant posts of office bearers
KATHMANDU, Sep 8: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has failed to appoint office bearers, central committee members and heads of departments in vacant posts of the party for nearly six months after the party's general convention.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Veteran tabla maestro Pt Upadhyaya dies
Veteran tabla maestro Pt Upadhyaya dies
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya, veteran Nepali tabla maestro, died on Wednesday at Om Hospital, Kathmandu, Dr Hari Kishor Shrestha, managing director of the hospital, informed.
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY, SPECIAL
Hidden interests said to be behind ginger wash plant lying idle
Hidden interests said to be behind ginger wash plant lying i...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: With the country's export-bound raw ginger stockpiling following a ban by India and a hue and cry over non-cooperation by the Indians, the only ginger washing plant in Duwagadhi, Jhapa also remains idle.
Sep 08, 2016
SOCIETY
Garbage piled up in Bheri Hospital
Garbage piled up in Bheri Hospital
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 8: Bheri Zonal Hospital, the biggest government hospital in Bheri zone, is spreading disease instead of curing it. That is what the patients and visitors say as piles of unattended garbage continue to trouble them.
Sep 08, 2016
Editorial
Common nonsense
Common nonsense
The government should be doing everything in its ambit to support the ailing tourism industry, which is yet to completely recover from last year’s devastating earthquakes and the nearly five months of the border blockade.
Sep 08, 2016
POLITICS
Drop statute of limitations from anti-torture bill: Rights groups
Drop statute of limitations from anti-torture bill: Rights g...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Human rights organizations and activists have urged the parliament to amend the recently tabled bill to criminalize torture by removing the provision of statute of limitations so that the perpetrators of torture during the armed conflict era could be booked under the new law with...
Sep 08, 2016
OPINION
Democracy, Nepali-style
Democracy, Nepali-style
Democracy finds itself in the soup once again in a population with over 70 percent literacy and high political consciousness
Sep 08, 2016
ECONOMY
Dashain on our doorsteps
Dashain on our doorsteps
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: With Dashain and Tihar festivals around the bend, festive shoppers are thronging major market centers across the country to purchase stuffs for Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals.
Sep 08, 2016