OPINION
Green City: An Inevitable Necessity
Green City: An Inevitable Necessity
A growing city should cope with a variety of growing demands. These demands acknowledge industrialization and urbanization, which are two major factors responsible for global unsustainability. As such, the natural environment experiences deforestation, rapid consumption of fossil fuels, leading to t...
Mar 07, 2023
Editorial
Despicable delay to deliver transitional justice
Despicable delay to deliver transitional justice
The recent order by the Supreme Court (SC) to register two petitions that seek to hold Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in his capacity as head of the former rebel party, CPN (Maoist), responsible for the loss of life, damage, and destruction during the Maoist insurgency has sent ripples across Nep...
Mar 07, 2023
POLITICS
Nine ruling parties pledge to conclude transitional justice issues without further delay
Nine ruling parties pledge to conclude transitional justice...
KATHMANDU, March 6: Nine political parties represented in the House of Representatives (HoR) have pledged to complete the rest of the transitional justice work without delay.
Mar 06, 2023
SOCIETY
'Lack of coordination between customs office and Food Quality Certification Office created...
'Lack of coordination between customs office and Food Qualit...
KATHMANDU, March 6: Consumer rights activists have demanded the government to probe over the issue of substandard rice that the government has received under the World Food Program of the United Nations to distribute to school-going children in five remote districts of Nepal.
Mar 06, 2023
ECONOMY
Industrialists affiliated to FNCCI organize Holi meet as their new election nears
Industrialists affiliated to FNCCI organize Holi meet as the...
KATHMANDU, March 6: Industrialists as well as other business entrepreneurs affiliated to the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) on Monday organized a Holi gathering to exchange greetings on the occasion of the festival of colors.
Mar 06, 2023
ECONOMY
Nepal and India start construction of Bhairahawa-Sunauli ICP after 18 years of signing agr...
Nepal and India start construction of Bhairahawa-Sunauli ICP...
KATHMANDU, March 6: The construction of the integrated check post (ICP) in Bhairahawa, which has been put on hold for the past 18 years, has started after the Nepali authorities finalized the land acquisition towards the Nepal side of the border.
Mar 06, 2023
ECONOMY
28.304 MW Madhya Chameliya Hydropower Project finalizes its EIA report
28.304 MW Madhya Chameliya Hydropower Project finalizes its...
KATHMANDU, March 6: The 28.304 MW Madhya Chameliya Hydropower Project has prepared the environment impact assessment (EIA) report to construct the project.
Mar 06, 2023
ECONOMY
Cooperatives struggle to recover loans taken by their BoDs: NEFSCUN
Cooperatives struggle to recover loans taken by their BoDs:...
KATHMANDU, March 6: At a time when banks and financial institutions (BFIs) have been struggling to recover their loan amount, savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOS) have also been found landing on similar problems mainly due to the credit taken by their board members.
Mar 06, 2023
SOCIETY
Prosperity of eastern Nepal is possible by promoting trade with China: Dr. Ruit
Prosperity of eastern Nepal is possible by promoting trade w...
TAPLEJUNG, March 6: Senior ophthalmologist Dr Sanduk Ruit, known as the 'God of vision', has said that the prosperity of eastern Nepal is possible with good relations and trade promotion with China.
Mar 06, 2023
ECONOMY
Substations built for rural electrification drive
Substations built for rural electrification drive
DAMAULI, March 6: The rural electrification campaign is taking place in different areas of Tanahun district where substations for power supply are being constructed. The substations are being built with support from the Tanahun hydropower project for the electrification drive.
Mar 06, 2023