WORLD
India announces election dates as Modi fights to retain power
India announces election dates as Modi fights to retain powe...
NEW DELHI, March 11: India will count ballots on May 23 following six weeks of voting in an election that will determine whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a second term as leader of the world’s largest democracy.
Mar 11, 2019
POLITICS
Nepal to follow its own transitional justice model: Law minister
Nepal to follow its own transitional justice model: Law mini...
KATHMANDU, March 11: As confusion surrounds the future transitional justice (TJ) process, the government has said that it wants to resolve the conflict-era cases according to its own model and urged the conflict victims to come up with a common voice for the future TJ process.
Mar 11, 2019
POLITICS
Govt has prevented potential civil war: Madhes experts
Govt has prevented potential civil war: Madhes experts
LAHAN, March 11: The 11-point agreement signed between CK Raut, who actively championed a Free Madhes movement for the past seven years, and the KP Oli-led government on Friday has sparked a debate in the Madhesi political circle. Various Madhes affairs analysts have interpreted the points of the ag...
Mar 11, 2019
Editorial
After accord with CK Raut, dispel the doubts
After accord with CK Raut, dispel the doubts
The government of K P Sharma Oli on Friday signed an agreement with secessionist leader CK Raut paving the way to bring him into mainstream politics from the treasonous movement that he was leading for the past six years. Prime Minister Oli and Raut shook hands and praised each other.
Mar 11, 2019
POLITICS
Friday deal will be void if Raut continues referendum rant
Friday deal will be void if Raut continues referendum rant
KATHMANDU, March 11: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Sunday said that Friday's agreement between the government and secession campaigner CK Raut will be null and void if Raut interpreted "people's mandate" mentioned in the agreement as an understanding to hold “referendum” on secession.
Mar 11, 2019
ECONOMY
Three months on, no headway in Melamchi
Three months on, no headway in Melamchi
KATHMANDU, March 11: The government has not been able to decide future course of Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) even though it has been nearly two and half months since CMC -- the Italian contractor -- abandoned the project site.
Mar 11, 2019
ECONOMY
Women lead the way in commercial farming in Surkhet
Women lead the way in commercial farming in Surkhet
SURKHET, March 11: Gumi village in eastern Surkhet was popular as 'Lahure Basti' in the past as most of the village youths were working for the Indian Army. Well-off families soon migrated to urban areas, leaving fertile land barren.
Mar 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Getting allowance an ordeal for elderly people
Getting allowance an ordeal for elderly people
TANAHUN, March 11: On Sunday, 82 years old Prem Bahadur Gurung of Khairekot, Syangja, reached the branch of Kumari Bank situated at Dulegauda Bazaar of Tanahun to receive his and his wife's elderly allowance.
Mar 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Teenager sent to rehab for attempting to rape a minor
Teenager sent to rehab for attempting to rape a minor
DOLPA, March 11: A teenager arrested for attempting to rape a six years old girl has been sent to a rehabilitation center by the District Court, Dolpa.
Mar 11, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse ends flat as trading remained largely affected by technical glitch in system
Nepse ends flat as trading remained largely affected by tech...
KATHMANDU, March 11: Local equities opened the day's session on a flat note as the index remained unchanged in the initial trading. The index shed more than 9 points by mid-day.
Mar 11, 2019