SOCIETY
Disaster-hit wary of attending classes
Disaster-hit wary of attending classes
PYUTHAN, Aug 22: Although most of the schools in Pyuthan district reopened in mid-August after the end of monsoon vacation, classes have not resumed properly in lack of students. Children from villages hit by floods and landslides are still reluctant to go to school.
Aug 22, 2016
SOCIETY
EDCD weighs vaccination against cholera
EDCD weighs vaccination against cholera
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) has said that it is considering administering cholera vaccine to the people living in the highly affected areas of Lalitpur, where the deadly disease has been spreading for the last one mo...
Aug 22, 2016
OPINION
Allures of respectability
Allures of respectability
Ambedkar’s call to “educate, agitate and organize” is applicable for all dominated groups everywhere
Aug 22, 2016
OPINION
Treatable Scrub
Treatable Scrub
We should not panic over the current Scrub typhus outbreak as
deaths from this disease can be prevented with simple drugs
Aug 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Monitoring of public schools mired in formalities
Monitoring of public schools mired in formalities
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The government's efforts to uplift the quality of education at public schools through monitoring remain hamstrung by needless formalities.
Aug 22, 2016
OPINION
Cow vigilantes
Cow vigilantes
If Dalits allow rotting cow carcasses to pile up around the country, perhaps the stink will finally overwhelm it
Aug 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Syndicates rule roost in Pokhara
Syndicates rule roost in Pokhara
POKHARA, Aug 22: From the cost of a boat ride in Phewa Lake and the charge for paragliding to the price of items on a restuarant menu and transport fares, syndicates have had a stranglehold on business in the tourist town of Pokhara since a long time.
Aug 22, 2016
OPINION
Infographics: Measuring generosity
Infographics: Measuring generosity
How generous is YOUR country? Burma is the most charitable while the UK and US drag their feet. The Charities Aid Foundation surveyed 150,000 people in 145 countries to compile its ‘generosity league.’ Those in Burma gave more money and time while citizens in Iraq were the most likely to help a stra...
Aug 22, 2016
Editorial
Trilateral track
Trilateral track
With Chinese President Xi Jinping likely to visit Nepal in October, there is renewed hope that the deals that were signed between Nepal and China during then-Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s China visit back in March could finally be operational. Chief among these agreements was a landmark transit tre...
Aug 22, 2016
SOCIETY
Quake-hit monuments on the verge of collapse due to rainfall
Quake-hit monuments on the verge of collapse due to rainfall
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Despite sustaining heavy damages by last year's earthquakes, Thapathali's Gorakhnath Temple was still standing. But in lack of proper preservation, the already vulnerable Rana-era temple collapsed due to heavy rainfall two weeks ago.
Aug 22, 2016