SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Farmers urged to minimize use of antibiotics in poultry farms
Farmers urged to minimize use of antibiotics in poultry farm...
POKHARA, Sept 15: The Directorate of Livestock and Fisheries Development under the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Gandaki Province has urged poultry farmers to minimize the use of antibiotics in their poultry farms.
Sep 15, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Dahal urges cadres in Oli’s home district to accept him as party leader
Dahal urges cadres in Oli’s home district to accept him as p...
DAMAK, Jhapa, Sept 15: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, addressing a gathering in the home district of Prime Minister KP Oli, who is also a co-chair of the party, has sought party members’ support to lead the newly-unified party single-handedly in the coming days.
Sep 15, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Chinese Prez Xi will inaugurate tunnel connecting Keirung, says DPM Pokharel
Chinese Prez Xi will inaugurate tunnel connecting Keirung, s...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Days after China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi returned home, China, holding a series of meetings in Kathmandu with Nepalese leaders including the head of state, a senior minister of the KP Oli government has announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit...
Sep 15, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
My country
My country
My country is humor superseded by political derision
My country is a novice aided by perfunctory ruling
Sep 15, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Tourism Minister Bhattarai underscores development of Karnali River as dolphin attraction
Tourism Minister Bhattarai underscores development of Karnal...
KAILALI, Sept 14: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai on Saturday emphasized developing the Karnali River as a dolphin habitat and attraction.
Sep 15, 2019
WORLD
Houthi drones hit Saudi oil heartland, sources say crude flows disrupted
Houthi drones hit Saudi oil heartland, sources say crude flo...
RIYADH/DUBAI/LONDON, Sept 14: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, including the world’s biggest petroleum processing facility, in a strike that three sources said had disrupted output and exports.
Sep 15, 2019
WORLD
Arab coalition says it will counter threats to Saudi assets, oil supplies
Arab coalition says it will counter threats to Saudi assets,...
DUBAI, Sept 14: A Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi group said it was investigating drone attacks against Saudi oil plants on Saturday that were claimed by the Houthis, and would confront “terrorist” threats to global energy security.
Sep 15, 2019
Editorial
Blacklist Shailung Construction
Blacklist Shailung Construction
Nepali politicians have for too long promoted and protected contractors who should be in jail for delaying major infrastructure works. Sharda Prasad Adhikari is the perfect example of Nepal’s rotten political protectionism. Co-chair of ruling Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, lives in Adhik...
Sep 15, 2019
OPINION
Misreading savings
Misreading savings
When the basics are not gotten right, analysis becomes wonky and the resulting policy misguided. We can then only pray for Lord Pashupatinath to come to the rescue. It is fashionable among the commentariat, the intelligentsia and the political class to sigh in despair over how little of the remittan...
Sep 15, 2019
OPINION
How can govt communicate effectively during crisis?
How can govt communicate effectively during crisis?
If dengue was a person fighting for a cause it could have easily been described as a long march to Kathmandu in a bid to seek national validation. Dengue has done well to showcase that we have been arrogant and oblivious of its ability to infect people in thousands and even claim precious lives.
Sep 15, 2019