ECONOMY
Sinohydro completes work at Upper Tamakoshi powerhouse
Sinohydro completes work at Upper Tamakoshi powerhouse
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, the contractor for the powerhouse of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, has completed the civil works of the underground powerhouse.
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Disabled people in Jumla deprived of ID cards
Disabled people in Jumla deprived of ID cards
JUMLA, Jan 19: A large number of people with various kinds of disabilities in Jumla have been deprived of identity cards for the disabled in the current fiscal year.
Jan 19, 2019
SPORTS
Province 2 still struggling to fix its name
Province 2 still struggling to fix its name
JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 19: Despite several efforts, Province 2 is still struggling to settle the row over naming the province and fixing its permanent capital. On Friday, the commission formed for recommending the name and capital of the province organized a program for collecting suggestions.
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Representatives busy attending feasts and functions
Representatives busy attending feasts and functions
DAMAK, Jan 19: People's representatives who were elected with the hope of bringing change and development in the society have been found engaging themselves in matters which have very little public importance.
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Homestay heals you from the inside: Yogi Bikasananda
Homestay heals you from the inside: Yogi Bikasananda
POKHARA, Jan 19: Homestay is not a healing center. However, that can certainly be made so, according to Yogi Bikasananda. ‘Even now, people are getting healed in a certain way when they spend time meeting ‘organic’ people, far from the maddening crowd .’
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Media professionals seek transparency in drafting media law
Media professionals seek transparency in drafting media law
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Concerned over non-transparency in the process of media law formulation, stakeholders have urged the government to hold discussions with them before endorsing such media law. They suspect the move could curtail journalists' access to government information.
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
EC, PSC demand revision of order of precedence
EC, PSC demand revision of order of precedence
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Members of the Election Commission (EC) and Public Service Commission have demanded that the government revise the recently introduced order of precedence saying that the decision has undermined the institutional dignity of the constitutional bodies.
Jan 19, 2019
ECONOMY
Finance minister meets top officials over Nepal Leaks report
Finance minister meets top officials over Nepal Leaks report
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada on Friday held an internal meeting concerning the money laundering exposed by Nepal Leaks. The minister had a meeting with officials of all government units involved in money-laundering investigations, in the wake of the Nepal Leaks disclosure a...
Jan 19, 2019
SOCIETY
Local units preferred choice in civil service adjustments
Local units preferred choice in civil service adjustments
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: An overwhelming majority of civil servants who submitted online applications mentioning the adjustments of their choice in the three tiers of government, seem to prefer local units over the federal and provincial governments.
Jan 19, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Dr KC's condition critical but stable
Dr KC's condition critical but stable
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Dr Govinda KC, who was staging fast-unto-death in Ilam, was airlifted to Kathmandu on Thursday midnight and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. His condition is critical but stable, according to doctors involved in his treatment.
Jan 19, 2019