SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Lack of prey behind increasing leopard attacks in Tanahun
Lack of prey behind increasing leopard attacks in Tanahun
POKHARA/TANAHUN, Jan 7: On Sunday, an eight-year-old boy Pujan Sinjali was attacked by a leopard in Aanbu Khaireni Rural Municipality-8 in Tanahun district. The boy was attacked by the leopard when he was returning home from his maternal uncle's house.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Residents of Pyuthan village forced to spend hours to fetch water
Residents of Pyuthan village forced to spend hours to fetch...
PYUTHAN, Jan 7: Numi Devi Nagarkoti, 60, a resident of Jhimruk Rural Municipality-6, Phyuthan, goes to a public tap to fetch water everyday before sunrise. After waking up at four in the morning, her first job is to go to the nearby tap to fetch water.
Jan 07, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Negotiate with evidence
Negotiate with evidence
The inclusion of Kalapani land in the new official political map of India followed President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Mamallapuram of India for an informal summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October, 2019.
Jan 07, 2020
Editorial, Latest Updates
Why IT Bill must not be passed
Why IT Bill must not be passed
The government, which has been receiving widespread criticisms over a number of flawed bills that it introduced in the parliament in recent months, has been heavily criticized again over Information Technology (IT) Bill which has been endorsed by the house committee recently, despite reservations fr...
Jan 07, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Debunking the nonsense on MCC
Debunking the nonsense on MCC
Having served on the Board of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal as a civil society representative in its formative days, the author of this piece had an opportunity to look at the Project in greater detail much before it came into wider public discourse. For the last couple of months o...
Jan 07, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC district presidents demand withdrawal of Deuba’s ‘unilateral’ decisions
NC district presidents demand withdrawal of Deuba’s ‘unilate...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Nepali Congress (NC) district presidents from various 47 districts have asked party president Sher Bahadur Deuba to withdraw his unilateral decision to increase the number party’s central departments and defer the party’s 13th general convention slated for February 2021.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
3 newborns die within 24 hrs at Saptarishi Hospital
3 newborns die within 24 hrs at Saptarishi Hospital
LAHAN, Jan 7: Three newborns died at a Lahan-based private hospital on a single day, it has been learnt. The babies born on Friday at Saptarishi Hospital, Lahan were declared dead one after another within 24 hours.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Consultations to be held in all 7 provinces to expedite TJ process
Consultations to be held in all 7 provinces to expedite TJ p...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: In a bid to restart the long-stalled transitional justice (TJ) process, the government is holding consultations with conflict victims and other stakeholders in all seven provinces from January 13.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY, Latest Updates
Internet service providers open to criminal liability under new IT bill
Internet service providers open to criminal liability under...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: A provision in the Information Technology bill awaiting parliamentary endorsement makes internet service providers (ISPs) open to ‘criminal liability’ if they fail to comply with the order of any public institution or court of law to remove any information stored in their system an...
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
MPs demand court nod for tapping personal phone calls
MPs demand court nod for tapping personal phone calls
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Lawmakers have demanded mandatory court permission before the national intelligence agency can intercept phone calls, messages or other communications by Nepali citizens.
Jan 07, 2020