SOCIETY
Local, provincial govts spending on same project
Local, provincial govts spending on same project
SURKHET, Dec 16: Some 85 households of Dhoreni in Gurvakot Municipality-13 have been facing an acute shortage of drinking water since long back. So, the municipality designed a survey for a drinking water project last fiscal year.
Dec 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Officials say 33kg gold seized from 2 Nepalis in Kolkata could be that 'lost' from TIA
Officials say 33kg gold seized from 2 Nepalis in Kolkata cou...
KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Eleven months after 33.5 kg gold 'disappeared' mysteriously from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), officials involved in the investigation of the scam have said that the gold bars confiscated in equal quantity in India last week could be the same one.
Dec 16, 2018
Editorial
Modi should receive EPG report ASAP
Modi should receive EPG report ASAP
It has been almost five months since the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of India has been trying to meet the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to present EPG’s final report. EPGs of both Nepal and India agreed on a single joint report during its ninth meeting on June 30, 2018, in Kathmandu.
Dec 16, 2018
OPINION
Mechanization challenges
Mechanization challenges
Inconsistent government policies, inaccessibility of credit in remote areas and scarcity of machinery are among the major challenges of agriculture mechanization
Dec 16, 2018
OPINION
Lies, damned lies, and AI
Lies, damned lies, and AI
By taking existing structures and processes to their logical extremes, artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing us to confront the kind of society we have created
Dec 16, 2018
OPINION
Debates on naming of Province 2
Debates on naming of Province 2
Instead of inserting an elitist identity of Mithila, it would serve greatly if “Tharuhat,” an identity of a subdued community, is included as a prefix
Dec 16, 2018
OPINION
Unholy and unsecular
Unholy and unsecular
Using state coffers and machineries for promotion of a particular religious organization is against the spirit of secularism enshrined in our constitution
Dec 16, 2018
Infographic
Infographics: Indian Prime Minister Modi’s party loses key state elections
Infographics: Indian Prime Minister Modi’s party loses key s...
India’s ruling party has suffered a setback in elections to five state assemblies, handing Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest loss since taking office in 2014, and just months before national elections. According to results announced by India’s Election Commission, the opposition Congress part...
Dec 16, 2018
POLITICS
Oli-led govt derailing from its communist ideals: Paudel
Oli-led govt derailing from its communist ideals: Paudel
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Ram Chandra Paudel has said that the Oli-led led government has done nothing to achieve its goal ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali.’
Dec 15, 2018
SOCIETY
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Week Dec 9- Dec 15
Dec 15, 2018