POLITICS
CPN (Maoist Center) leaders criticize jumbo committee
CPN (Maoist Center) leaders criticize jumbo committee
KATHMANDU, July 6: CPN (Maoist Center) politburo members criticized the party leadership for extending the size of the party general convention organizing committee to 1500, during Tuesday's politburo.
Jul 06, 2016
ECONOMY
Finance Committee approves Nepal Rastra Bank bill
Finance Committee approves Nepal Rastra Bank bill
KATHMANDU, July 6: The Finance Committee of the parliament has endorsed the bill to amend Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Act, 2002, restricting NRB deputy governors and executive directors from working in any bank and financial institutions (BFIs) after leaving the central bank.
Jul 06, 2016
POLITICS
PHSC starts studying complaints against CJ and CEC nominees
PHSC starts studying complaints against CJ and CEC nominees
KATHMANDU, July 6: The Parliamentary Hearings Special Committee (PHSC) has started studying complaints registered at the committee against the chief justice and chief election commissioner nominees from Tuesday.
Jul 06, 2016
ECONOMY
SEZ Bill passed by house panel
SEZ Bill passed by house panel
KATHMANDU, July 6: Employees and trade unions of industries operating in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been banned from organizing protests and strikes.
Jul 06, 2016
SOCIETY
Historic sites restored with Indian aid
Historic sites restored with Indian aid
KATHMANDU, July 6: Indian envoy to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, has inaugurated five historical-cultural sites in Lalitpur district Saturday.
Jul 06, 2016
SOCIETY
Indian envoy lays foundation for water scheme
Indian envoy lays foundation for water scheme
KATHMANDU, July 6: Indian ambassador Ranjit Rae on Friday laid the foundation stone for the construction of Chhapbhanjyang drinking water supply project for Jyamrung VDC in Dhading.
Jul 06, 2016
POLITICS
TRC member for including use of child soldiers as heinous crime
TRC member for including use of child soldiers as heinous cr...
KATHMANDU, July 6: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner Madhavi Bhatta has filed a written proposal at the commission seeking clear vision for looking into the use of child soldiers during the armed conflict and an explanation of various TRC Act and regulations.
Jul 06, 2016
ECONOMY
House panel tells govt to test quality of all LPG cylinders
House panel tells govt to test quality of all LPG cylinders
KATHMANDU, July 6: The Industry, Commerce and Consumer Welfare Protection Committee of the parliament on Tuesday directed the government to test quality of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in circulation in the market and take action against the concerned bottlers if the cylinders are substan...
Jul 06, 2016
ECONOMY
4.5 percent of Rs 23 billion irrigation budget for minister's district
4.5 percent of Rs 23 billion irrigation budget for minister'...
KATHMANDU, July 6: The budget allocated district-wise for irrigation and coping with water-induced disasters in the next fiscal year has been increased disproportionately in Saptari, home district of Minister for Irrigation Umesh Yadav. He was elected from Saptari constituency no. 3 on a CPN (Maoist...
Jul 06, 2016
Editorial
Photo-shopped fame
Photo-shopped fame
Climbing Mount Everest is expensive. For a good reason. It is the highest peak in the world. Those who want to have the rare privilege of scaling it must, goes the justification, be ready to pay a price that is as steep as the arduous climb.
Jul 06, 2016