POLITICS
Dr KC defers hunger strike till Dec 31 at House panel request
Dr KC defers hunger strike till Dec 31 at House panel reques...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Upon request by the parliamentary Education and Health Committee on Monday, Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon and professor at the Institute of Medicine, has deferred his scheduled hunger strike for two weeks.
Dec 18, 2018
ECONOMY
Tanahu Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble
Tanahu Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Italian firm Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna has won two other major contracts in the last 18 months, probably due to a good track record in the tunnel work in Melamchi. But the apparent attempt to abscond by key staff and also poor financial health back in Ital...
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
NC leaders in fix as calls for Hindu state grow
NC leaders in fix as calls for Hindu state grow
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The top leadership of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has found itself in a difficult position in the face of calls by an overwhelming majority of its Mahasamiti members for a Hindu state.
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Killer roads claim 864 lives across Nepal in 4 months
Killer roads claim 864 lives across Nepal in 4 months
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: With an alarming increase in road fatalities across the nation in the past few months, stakeholders from various walks of life have voiced real concern .
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Staff of Italian contractor for Melamchi project detained briefly
Staff of Italian contractor for Melamchi project detained br...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Police have briefly detained eight staffers of the Italian contractor for the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), who were apparently trying to abscond, and released them after confiscating their passports.
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
Economic prosperity of the country from workers' labor: PM Oli
Economic prosperity of the country from workers' labor: PM O...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country would achieve economic prosperity with the labor of skilled and capable workers.
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
Deputy speakers confined to the role of 'time keeper'
Deputy speakers confined to the role of 'time keeper'
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: There were high expectations from women regarding their empowerment when the constitution promulgated in 2015 made it mandatory to have women as either speaker or deputy speaker in the federal parliament and provincial assemblies.
Dec 18, 2018
ECONOMY
Provincial govts struggle to boost capital expenditure
Provincial govts struggle to boost capital expenditure
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: While the newly-implemented federal system of governance was expected to expedite development works, budget spending figures of provincial governments suggest that they are are also struggling to boost their expenditures.
Dec 18, 2018
ECONOMY
Minister unhappy with agri ministry's work progress
Minister unhappy with agri ministry's work progress
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Unhappy with work performance of his ministry and subordinate offices in the first trimester of Fiscal Year 2018/19, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakra Pani Khanal has instructed officials to improve their performance or quit.
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Rape cases double in Dang
Rape cases double in Dang
DANG, Dec 18: On November 18, four-year-old Renu (name changed) of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-12 in Dang was playing outside her home. Later, a 12-year-old boy accompanied her. Suddenly, he started touching the little girl inappropriately and ended up raping her.
Dec 18, 2018