OPINION
Go local
Go local
With the air pollution emergency still ranging over Delhi that unlikely will subsidize any time soon, the situation in Kathmandu is not much better either. Perhaps a good majority of citizens of the Valley got used to it but ask any foreign tourist spending some days around the town and you will soo...
Dec 01, 2019
OPINION
Documenting historical forts
Documenting historical forts
Allow me to say something at the outset. I have been in a mission to document history. I have been travelling across the country and hope to go across the border too. The main mission of my travel is to explore how Nepal was under attack from various powers in the past and how Nepal managed to resis...
Dec 01, 2019
OPINION
Can Hong Kong avoid tragedy?
Can Hong Kong avoid tragedy?
HONG KONG – Nearly six months after they began, the protests in our city have reached fever pitch. On one particularly devastating day earlier this month, police fired more than 1,500 rounds of tear gas, a police officer shot a demonstrator at point-blank range while being attacked, and protesters i...
Dec 01, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC's Bhadel becomes provincial assembly member in Bhaktapur-1 (a)
NC's Bhadel becomes provincial assembly member in Bhaktapur-...
BHAKTAPUR, Dec 1: Nepali Congress candidate Krishna Lal Bhadel has been elected as the provincial assembly member in Bhaktapur-1 (a)
Dec 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
By-polls in Pictures
By-polls in Pictures
The by-elections for the 52 vacant positions of different political representatives including one for the House of Representatives, three for provincial assemblies and 48 at local units were held in the country on Saturday. The by-polls were largely peaceful. Voter turnout, too was enthusiastic. Rep...
Dec 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Six killed in road accident
Six killed in road accident
SUNSARI, Dec 1: Six people were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck on the East-West highway at Haripur of Sunsari district at 1am today. Five of the dead are from the same family from Bokse, Triyuga Municipality-10 of Udayapur district.
Dec 01, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
By-elections 2019: Results of local units (with figures)
By-elections 2019: Results of local units (with figures)
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The election results under the by-election for the post of Ward Chair of 39 local levels have been declared so far. Voting under the by-election was held on Saturday for a total 52 seats.
Dec 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Army's medical college to readjust extra fees it charged students
Army's medical college to readjust extra fees it charged stu...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Nepal Army Institute of Health Science (NAIHS) has decided to "readjust" the extra fees it charged MBBS students as per an agreement reached between the government and representatives of various private medical colleges.
Dec 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Enraged locals hold symbolic protest against delay in road repair
Enraged locals hold symbolic protest against delay in road r...
DOLAKHA, Dec 1: Fifty five kilometers long Khadichaur-Charikot road section, which is under renovation since the last five years, still looks dilapidated. Although the project deadline has been extended time and again, the renovation is not yet complete, according to the enraged locals of Khadichaur...
Dec 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Concerned over PM Oli’s health, Modi offers medical help
Concerned over PM Oli’s health, Modi offers medical help
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished for the speedy and full recovery of ailing Prime Minister K P Oli, in a letter to his Nepali counterpart on Saturday.
Dec 01, 2019