SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Kathmandu wonders if Delhi's pollution comes to haunt it
Kathmandu wonders if Delhi's pollution comes to haunt it
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: In view of the worsening air quality in Delhi, environmentalists in the country have urged the stakeholders for timely measures to prevent a similar level of pollution in Kathmandu.
Nov 04, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Province 1 spends just four percent of development budget in 1st quarter
Province 1 spends just four percent of development budget in...
BIRATNAGAR, Nov 4: The capital expenditure of Province 1 in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2076/2077) stood at only around four percent, according to the Office of the Financial Comptroller General (OFCG), Biratnagar.
Nov 04, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Paschimanchal Campus to start tunnel engineering course
Paschimanchal Campus to start tunnel engineering course
POKHARA, Nov 4: Pokhara-based Paschimanchal Campus is preparing to start a course on tunnel engineering.
Nov 04, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
District court may decide on Mahara's fate today
District court may decide on Mahara's fate today
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Kathmandu District Court is likely to decide on whether to send former lower house speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to jail or to release him on Monday after concluding hearing on charges of attempted rape of a female staffer at the parliament secretariat.
Nov 04, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Children working on road project implemented by Nepal Army
Children working on road project implemented by Nepal Army
GORKHA, Nov 4: Nepal Army, known for opening track at the toughest sites in the country has taken the responsibility of constructing the Benighat–Larke road track near the Nepal-China border. While the army is busy blasting rocks and leveling the track for further construction, children are also see...
Nov 04, 2019
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17 killed, 50 injured in Sindhupalchowk bus accident
17 killed, 50 injured in Sindhupalchowk bus accident
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Nov 4: At least 17 people were killed and 50 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus en route to Kathmandu from Maga-Deurali of Dolkha plunged into the Sunkoshi River in Sindhupalchowk district on Sunday.
Nov 04, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Heed the medical students
Heed the medical students
Medical students are protesting against the colleges for charging them disproportionately high fees. It began from Chitwan in September, when the students rose to protest for 18 days demanding return of the extra fees charged by the college administration and seeking basic infrastructure. Some such...
Nov 04, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Does Doing Business ranking mean anything?
Does Doing Business ranking mean anything?
Nepal’s ranking in World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) improved from last year’s 110th to 94th, mainly due to the improved scores in getting credit, trading across borders, and dealing with construction permit sub indicators. This news brought much needed joy to the finance ministry beset with the incr...
Nov 04, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Global gathering on nutrition
Global gathering on nutrition
A global event on nutrition—Sun Global Gathering—is going to be held in Kathmandu from November 4 to 7. SUN, or Scaling Up Nutrition, is a global movement launched in 2010 with an aim of ending all forms of malnutrition. SUN brings together governments, civil society, private sector, academia, activ...
Nov 04, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Teaching journalists how to survive
Teaching journalists how to survive
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – In 2014, two years after kidnapping my son, James Wright Foley, while he was working as a freelance correspondent in Syria, the Islamic State tortured and killed him. Jim’s murder underscored the extraordinary risks journalists take to report the news in dangerous areas—an...
Nov 04, 2019