SOCIETY
Three ex-security officials shortlisted for the post of IFA executive director
Three ex-security officials shortlisted for the post of IFA...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Three retired security officials have been shortlisted for the post of executive director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) – a think tank affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
Feb 12, 2019
POLITICS
NSU president resigns
NSU president resigns
Nain Singh Mahar, the president of Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) resigned from his position on Monday, paving the way for the formation of an ad hoc committee for the conduction of the student body's long overdue general convention.
Feb 12, 2019
POLITICS
Int'l, local rights bodies ask govt to pick independent experts for TJ bodies
Int'l, local rights bodies ask govt to pick independent expe...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Rights bodies and conflict victims have urged the government to begin consultations on transitional justice-related law and appoint competent professionals to fill the leadership void in Transitional Justice bodies without further delay.
Feb 12, 2019
OPINION
Aiding socialist movement
Aiding socialist movement
Foreign aid is helping to accelerate Nepal’s transition to a socialist State. By working largely through government systems, foreign aid has magnified the dependency on the State, stunted the maturity of civilian non-State institutions and nullified change agents.
Feb 12, 2019
SOCIETY
Quake victims running away from elected reps!
Quake victims running away from elected reps!
GORKHA, Feb 11: Some quake victims in Gorkha have started running away from their elected representatives as the latter started pressurizing the former to rebuild their houses at the earliest possible.
Feb 12, 2019
SOCIETY
Second group of Nepali govt officials taking Financial Management training in India
Second group of Nepali govt officials taking Financial Manag...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The second group of 20 officials of the Ministry of Finance (MoFA) has joined a training course on 'Global Perspectives on Public Financial Management' at the Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF) in India.
Feb 12, 2019
SOCIETY
Male leopard found dead in Bhanu
Male leopard found dead in Bhanu
TANAHUN, Feb 11: Officials of the Division Forest Office (DFO) on Monday recovered the dead body of a male leopard in a forest of Bhanu Municipality-4.
Feb 12, 2019
SOCIETY
Road construction done without research causing depletion of water sources
Road construction done without research causing depletion of...
PYUTHAN, Feb 11: Jhimruk Rural Municipality has allocated Rs 5 million from its current budget for the construction of roads in Kauche, Wange, and the Bauda-Arghakhanchi road section. Last year, the local unit had allocated Rs 2.4 million for the same roads, which falls under its top priority projec...
Feb 12, 2019
Editorial
Making foreign employment systematic
Making foreign employment systematic
Now Department of Foreign Employment has prohibited as many as 53 Malaysian companies from hiring Nepali workers due to their ‘dismal track record.’ Total of 67 companies—including four Qatari companies, and five companies each from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have been blacklisted.
Feb 12, 2019
OPINION
Creating smart schools
Creating smart schools
The biggest push to integrate ICT in education in Nepal came in the form of ICT in Education Master Plan
2013-2017.
Feb 12, 2019