Editorial
Pick the right candidates
Pick the right candidates
For many months now, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has been considering changing some of the ministers in his cabinet in the face of growing public criticisms against the government. Indeed, some ministers have landed in controversies. Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahas...
Nov 18, 2019
OPINION
State of local governance
State of local governance
Last month, some of us met visiting executive directors of the World Bank in Kathmandu. The fact that nine of 25 EDs came to Nepal demonstrated a level of curiosity the bank has about Nepal now. Nepal also seems to be increasing its engagement with the bank by entering into new loan agreements and s...
Nov 18, 2019
OPINION
A living wage for capitalism
A living wage for capitalism
LONDON – At 3.6 percent, unemployment in the United States remains near its lowest level since the late 1960s. There are even signs that people who had previously dropped out of the labor force are being attracted back into it as employers scour a tight labor market for the marginal employee. Consis...
Nov 18, 2019
OPINION
Preventing suicide
Preventing suicide
Some months ago I heard the heartbreaking news of suicide of eleven years old child in the village of Kanchanpur district through his close relatives. When I first heard this news, I was dumbfounded. How does the eleven years old boy think of hanging himself from the roof with the scarf? I came to k...
Nov 18, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Three-fourth of taxes will be collected from internal sources: FinMin
Three-fourth of taxes will be collected from internal source...
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada said the government was making needful preparations to mobilize three-fourths of total taxes from internal sources.
Nov 18, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Sudurpaschim govt spends Rs 4.2 million monthly on salaries and allowances for ministers,...
Sudurpaschim govt spends Rs 4.2 million monthly on salaries...
KAILALI, Nov 18: The Sudurpaschim provincial government has been spending more than four million rupees on salaries, residents, communication, water, and electricity supply to ministers and provincial assembly members, excluding the amount provided to them for fuel.
Nov 18, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Youtube becoming a learning platform for school teachers
Youtube becoming a learning platform for school teachers
ROLPA, Nov 18: During leisure hours, the teachers of Nepal Higher Secondary School of Kotgau, Rolpa, can be seen searching for studies reference videos on Youtube. Most of these teachers try their best to enter classrooms after preparing their teaching materials based on the video. Youtube has trans...
Nov 18, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Won’t cede even an inch of Nepali territory: PM
Won’t cede even an inch of Nepali territory: PM
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Prime Minister KP Oli has said that Nepal ‘will not cede even an inch of Nepali territory’ but clarified that the leftist government remains committed to resolving border issues with India through bilateral discussions. Addressing a convention of National Youth Association, the si...
Nov 18, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM secures party nod for cabinet reshuffle
PM secures party nod for cabinet reshuffle
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Sunday gave its nod to the plan of Prime Minister KP Oli to reshuffle the cabinet.
Nov 18, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Panel proposes Bhatta for TRC head, Mallick for CIEDP chief
Panel proposes Bhatta for TRC head, Mallick for CIEDP chief
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: A committee formed to recommend chiefs and members in the two transitional justice (TJ) bodies has named Ganesh Datta Bhatta for head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Lokendra Mallick for head of the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons...
Nov 18, 2019