OPINION
The specter of war
The specter of war
Iran has announced that it is withdrawing from the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. Pulling out of the deal that was constraining its uranium enrichment is a clear sign that Iran is considering acquiring a nuclear weapon. This is a major blow to the nonviolent efforts initiated by the Obama administration to...
Jan 09, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
122 Chinese nationals deported
122 Chinese nationals deported
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Three days after the District Administration Office (DAO) released 122 Chinese nationals, who were arrested earlier on the charge of being involved in suspicious activities including cyber crimes, the Department of Immigration (DoI) deported them to China on Wednesday evening.
Jan 09, 2020
OPINION
Putin’s Pipelines to Power
Putin’s Pipelines to Power
MOSCOW – Over the last year, predictions of serious struggles for Russian President Vladimir Putin – or even his political demise – have been increasingly frequent. A recent article in The Economist, “An awful week for Vladimir Putin,” is just one example. But it is Putin biographer and New York Tim...
Jan 09, 2020
ECONOMY, POLITICS, Latest Updates
Purchase of security press through G2G deal to cost Rs 7b more
Purchase of security press through G2G deal to cost Rs 7b mo...
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: The government has expedited the process to procure a security printing press worth billions of rupees without competitive bidding process in the name of government to government (G2G) deal.
Jan 09, 2020
OPINION
Act now to end STIs
Act now to end STIs
There are two things everyone should know about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). First, almost all STIs can be prevented through ready access to and use of a highly effective technology—condoms. The four most common STIs – chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomonas vaginalis can be cured...
Jan 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Frequent power-trips mock govt call for more electricity use
Frequent power-trips mock govt call for more electricity use
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Consumers have started facing recurring problem of power-trips at a time the government itself has been pushing the people to increase the use of electricity for daily household needs. This has left many consumers opting to buy electrical appliances for household use highly disappo...
Jan 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepalis worry for their loved ones in Middle East
Nepalis worry for their loved ones in Middle East
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Nearly two million Nepalis working in the Middle East are alarmed by the prospect of war between the United States and Iran. People are huddling in tea shops and chautaris across the country to discuss the possibility of World War III and families of our migrant workers are rightly...
Jan 09, 2020
WORLD
Trump says U.S. does not have to use military against Iran
Trump says U.S. does not have to use military against Iran
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States did not necessarily have to use its military power against Iran, in an apparent attempt to defuse a crisis over the American killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Jan 09, 2020
POLITICS, AUDIO/VIDEO, Latest Updates
NIC Commissioner Baskota urges government to ensure people's right to seek information (wi...
NIC Commissioner Baskota urges government to ensure people's...
KATHMANDU, Jan 8:Chief Information Commissioner of National Information Commission Krishna Hari Baskota has suggested government to ensure people's right to seek information at a program organized to mark the end of his 5-year tenure ship at the NIC here in Kathmandu today.
Jan 08, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Project linked to prosperity in priority: Minister Nembang
Project linked to prosperity in priority: Minister Nembang
TAPLEJUNG, Jan 8: Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport, Basanta Kumar Nembang, has said the projects linked to national prosperity were given utmost priority.
Jan 08, 2020