OPINION
Letter to SEE graduates
Letter to SEE graduates
I extend my warmest congratulations on your recent SEE results. If you have achieved what you deserved, be happy. If you haven’t got good grades, do not worry. The result is not always in our hands. Needless to say that it is not the sole indicator of your performance. So, relax and don’t lose your...
Jul 01, 2019
OPINION
Boris’s big lie
Boris’s big lie
BRUSSELS – Three years after the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, the UK is no closer to figuring out how to leave the European Union, and what comes next, than it was when the result was announced. And now a Conservative Party leadership election to replace outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May is...
Jul 01, 2019
Infographic
Great South American Eclipse
Great South American Eclipse
The only total solar eclipse of 2019 will plunge parts of Chile and Argentina into darkness. Outside the 150km-wide path of totality, skywatchers will experience a partial eclipse. Winter cloudiness looms as the only potential spoiler.
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Bribery rampant in government offices
Bribery rampant in government offices
BARA, July 1: On June 27, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Hetauda, arrested Aaspuran Kushwaha red handed while accepting bribe. Later, it was learnt that he was deployed by the section officer of the Planning Department of Prasauni Rural Municipality, Binod Yadav,...
Jul 01, 2019
ECONOMY
118 locals units still to unveil their budget
118 locals units still to unveil their budget
KATHMANDU, July 1: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) had made it mandatory for local units across the country to unveil the budget before June 25. However, around 118 local units are yet to do so despite missing their deadline. The dispute between local representati...
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY
Vehicles plying without route permit in Mugu
Vehicles plying without route permit in Mugu
MUGU, July 1: Ever since Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, was linked to the national road network on December 16, 2012, every village started constructing roads in their neighbourhood. The competition among the villages resulted in opening of tracks in many areas. But that gave rise to o...
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
The last-minute rush: Development or deception?
The last-minute rush: Development or deception?
DANG, July 1: Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City is extremely busy in implementing development projects these days. It has been working on repairing and widening roads, constructing new infrastructures, among others round the clock. However, in doing so, the office has wholly neglected quality standards....
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
2 killed, 25 injured in Dhading bus-vans collision
2 killed, 25 injured in Dhading bus-vans collision
DHADING, July 1: Two persons died while 25 others were injured in a collision between a bus and two microvans at Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-7 of Dhading, along the Prithvi Highway on Sunday.
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
132 complaints filed in CIAA from west-Rukum and Salyan
132 complaints filed in CIAA from west-Rukum and Salyan
RUKUM, July 1: The Commission for the Investigation of Authority (CIAA) has received more than 100 complaints from West-Rukum and Salyan districts in the past two years.
Jul 01, 2019
SOCIETY
SC bans factories in Lumbini development area
SC bans factories in Lumbini development area
KATHMANDU, July 1: In order to protect the birthplace of the Buddha, the Supreme Court on Sunday has ordered a ban on new factories in the Lumbini area.
Jul 01, 2019