SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Life still in process of returning to normal
Life still in process of returning to normal
TIKAPUR, August 23: Tuesday marks one year since the Tikapur incident in Kailali district, in which eight police personnel and a toddler were brutually lynched. Life in the area is still in the process of returning to normal.
Aug 23, 2016
SOCIETY
Historically important archeological sites in Mahottari await conservation
Historically important archeological sites in Mahottari awai...
MAHOTTARI, Aug 23: Mahottari district does not lack historical and religious sites of great archeological importance. However, many of those sites are in the verge of extinction in lack of proper conservation.
Aug 23, 2016
ECONOMY
PM orders ministers to ease fuel supply
PM orders ministers to ease fuel supply
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: As consumers have been reeling under threat from transportation cartel and the shortage of petroleum products since last week, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday issued directives to the concerned ministers to solve the problems at once.
Aug 23, 2016
POLITICS
RTI will strengthen democracy: PM Dahal
RTI will strengthen democracy: PM Dahal
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that the Right to Information (RTI) will strengthen democracy in the country.
Aug 23, 2016
ECONOMY
Paid-up capital for remittance providers, money changers raised
Paid-up capital for remittance providers, money changers rai...
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has increased paid-up capital requirement for money changers and remittance companies.
Aug 23, 2016
POLITICS
PM: Local polls as per new federal setup
PM: Local polls as per new federal setup
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: At a time when the ruling coalition partner Nepali Congress has been insisting on holding the local elections under the existing setup, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that local polls will be will held under the new local setup envisioned by the new constitution by mid...
Aug 23, 2016
POLITICS
Govt vetting Turkish tourists for Gulen links
Govt vetting Turkish tourists for Gulen links
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: As per the request from the Government of Turkey, authorities in Nepal have intensified vetting of Turkish tourists and other immigrants living in Nepal to check possible infiltration by Islamic leader and cleric Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind behind the failed coup of Ju...
Aug 23, 2016
ECONOMY
Strategic plan to implement SDF likely to be approved
Strategic plan to implement SDF likely to be approved
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The strategic plan to implement SAARC Development Fund (SDF) is being tabled in the upcoming 8th Finance Ministers' Meeting of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Aug 23, 2016
ECONOMY
Nepal fares better in Habitat Commitment Index
Nepal fares better in Habitat Commitment Index
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Nepal has fared marginally better in the recently released Habitat Commitment Index (HCI), which tracks every country's performance record as against the commitments made during Habitat II in Istanbaul in1996.
Aug 23, 2016
Editorial
Open Sesame
Open Sesame
The long queues in front of the petrol pumps witnessed in the last few days have been reminiscent of the four-month-long border blockade last year. Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), the government oil monopoly, blames the ‘long weekend’ for the new panic as three consecutive days of holiday meant that th...
Aug 23, 2016