SOCIETY
Annual inter-school English elocution contest held
Annual inter-school English elocution contest held
KATHMANDU, June 15: Wendy House High School in Kathmandu hosted an 'Annual Inter-school English Elocution Competition' on Friday. Students from six schools participated in the competition.
Jun 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Court convicts 2 Maoists for tearing up ballots in Chitwan
Court convicts 2 Maoists for tearing up ballots in Chitwan
CHITWAN, June 15: After more than two years of the incident, Chitwan District Court on Thursday convicted Drona Bahadur Shiwakoti and Madhu Neupane for tearing up ballot papers during the election in Bharatpur Metropolis in 2017. Shiwakoti and Neupane – two cadres of the then CPN (Maoist Center) – w...
Jun 15, 2019
SOCIETY
4 Nepali abductees rescued in Libya, 3 more seek rescue
4 Nepali abductees rescued in Libya, 3 more seek rescue
KATHMANDU, June 15: Four Nepalis abducted by a little-known armed group in Libya, have been rescued with the help of the United Nations (UN) agency and the Nepali Embassy in Egypt, according to Nepali ambassador to Egypt Jhabindra Aryal.
Jun 15, 2019
POLITICS
Parliamentary panel fails to settle controversial provisions in IT Bill
Parliamentary panel fails to settle controversial provisions...
KATHMANDU, June 15: A sub-committee under the Development and Technology Committee of parliament submitted to the committee on Friday its report on the Information Technology Bill without making any changes to various controversial provisions in it.
Jun 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Govt apathy to bring uniformity in price and quality of similar drugs hitting consumers ha...
Govt apathy to bring uniformity in price and quality of simi...
KATHMANDU, June 15: The government's apathy to bring regulations for ensuring uniformity in the price and quality of similar drugs in the market has been hitting the consumers hard.
Jun 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Crusher plants operating unabated near human settlements
Crusher plants operating unabated near human settlements
SIRAHA, June 15: Sankatmochan crusher plant at Charnath Municipality – 8 of Dhanusha is situated around half a kilometer west of Rashtriya Primary School. Toddlers to grown-up kids that study at this school are always affected by the sound and dust pollution of this plant.
Jun 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Alarm as dengue spreads to Itahari
Alarm as dengue spreads to Itahari
ITAHARI, June 15: After Dharan, dengue has spread to Itahari. A week ago, one person was found infected with dengue in Itahari, but now the number has reached six, with two more cases detected on Friday.
Jun 15, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepal signs labor pact with UAE
Nepal signs labor pact with UAE
KATHMANDU, June 15: Nepal has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for sending Nepali workers to the Gulf country with employers responsible to bear all costs, including but not limited to recruitment, employment, residency, agency fees, airfare, insuran...
Jun 15, 2019
ECONOMY
NRB urged to focus on addressing shortage of lendable fund, lower interest rates
NRB urged to focus on addressing shortage of lendable fund,...
KATHMANDU, June 15: Leaders of the private sector, including bank and financial institutions (BFIs), have urged Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to focus its upcoming monetary policy 2019/20 toward addressing the current shortage of lendable fund in the banking system
Jun 15, 2019
ECONOMY
Contractors fear regressive changes in Public Procurement Act
Contractors fear regressive changes in Public Procurement Ac...
KATHMANDU, June 15: Contractors fear that the provisions 'regressive' for the construction industry will stay in the seventh amendment of Public Procurement Act, similar to those in the recent sixth amendment, which had riled the contractors.
Jun 15, 2019