The Week
For the love of classical music
For the love of classical music
Every evening at the Pashupatinath temple one can see hundreds of people sitting on the stone steps facing the banks of the river Bagmati waiting for the aarati to start. The light from the oil lamps makes the entire riverside shine with a coppery red glow. A ritual that started 12 years ago, the Pa...
Feb 22, 2019
ECONOMY
Women Entrepreneurship Summit on March 1
Women Entrepreneurship Summit on March 1
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Nepalese Young Entrepreneur Forum (NYEF), US Embassy in Kathmandu and Nepal-US Alumni Network (NUSAN) are jointly organizing Women Entrepreneurship Summit in Kathmandu on March 1.
Feb 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Provincial parliamentarian Uttar Kumar Oli dies
Provincial parliamentarian Uttar Kumar Oli dies
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Provincial Assembly parliamentarian from Dang 3(B) Uttar Kumar Oli has died while undergoing treatment at Medi Citi Hospital, Lalitpur.
Feb 22, 2019
ECONOMY
Public not getting promised returns from hydropower companies, say investors
Public not getting promised returns from hydropower companie...
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Work at the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project (UTHP) remained standstill for about a year due to non-performance of an Indian contractor. The mega infrastructure project, which is being built by mobilizing domestic resources, is in the last leg of construction now.
Feb 22, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
How Kamalpokhari land morphed into Chhaya Center
How Kamalpokhari land morphed into Chhaya Center
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Stone inscriptions, historical documents, people of the guthi concerned and local old-timers all agree that the land used to build the Chhaya Center complex at Thamel actually belongs to Kamal Pokhari.
Feb 22, 2019
POLITICS
MPs for open competition for joint secretary
MPs for open competition for joint secretary
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Against the government proposal to bar recruitment to the joint secretary post through open competition, lawmakers have tabled a number of amendments to the Federal Civil Service Bill demanding that non-civil servants be allowed contest for the post.
Feb 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Where is Bomjon? Police say, “We have no idea”
Where is Bomjon? Police say, “We have no idea”
SINDHULI, Feb 22: While lawmakers have been putting pressure on the police to arrest Ram Bahadur Bomjon for his alleged involvement in the disappearance of five of his followers, police in Sindhuli where Bomjon is supposed to be currently living, say they are clueless about his whereabouts.
Feb 22, 2019
SOCIETY
School management committee intervenes to tackle tardiness issue
School management committee intervenes to tackle tardiness i...
ROLPA, Feb 22:It is a regular occurrence at Balkalyan Model High School, one of the schools in Liwang, the district headquarters of Rolpa.
Feb 22, 2019
POLITICS
Austrian foreign minister in Kathmandu
Austrian foreign minister in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Austria's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Karin Kneissl, arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday for a three-day official visit to Nepal.
Feb 22, 2019
SOCIETY
KMC's lighting program in the dark
KMC's lighting program in the dark
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: When the Policies and Programs for fiscal year 2018/19 were launched by Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) at the very start of the current fiscal year, it included a very ambitious program titled the “Mayor Lighting Program.”
Feb 22, 2019