SOCIETY
Quake-rattled Singati rises from the rubble but landslide fear still haunts
Quake-rattled Singati rises from the rubble but landslide fe...
SINGATI/DOLAKHA, Dec 4: Outsiders visiting Singati Bazaar these days will doubt if this small market was really badly rattled by the 2015 devastating earthquake. Except landslide debris just above the settlement, anyone visiting the place for the first time will find no marks of the devastation that...
Dec 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Jomsom airport runway being repaired after two decades
Jomsom airport runway being repaired after two decades
POKHARA, Dec 4: After nearly two decades runway of the Jomsom Airport is being repaired. The runway was in dire need of repairs for a long time now. According to Pushparaj Neupane, an engineer with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the repair project worth Rs 800 million has already kick...
Dec 04, 2018
POLITICS
53% UML, 47% Maoist leaders in NCP provincial committees
53% UML, 47% Maoist leaders in NCP provincial committees
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has inducted 53 percent leaders from the erstwhile CPN-UML and 47 percent from the erstwhile CPN (Maoist Center) to the provincial committees of the party.
Dec 04, 2018
SOCIETY
3 killed in two road accidents in Tikapur
3 killed in two road accidents in Tikapur
TIKAPUR, Dec 4: Three people died while three others were seriously injured in two different road accidents in Tikapur Municipality on Sunday.
Dec 04, 2018
ECONOMY, POLITICS
Finance ministry set to dole out Rs 85m to Sajha Prakashan
Finance ministry set to dole out Rs 85m to Sajha Prakashan
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is reportedly preparing to dole out Rs 85 million to Sajha Prakashan, the government-owned publishing house which has been reeling under a series of controversies of massive irregularities for the past one decade.
Dec 04, 2018
POLITICS
Nepal sends Prez to COP 24 while neighbors make do with ministers
Nepal sends Prez to COP 24 while neighbors make do with mini...
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Although austerity measures in all public spending has been a big part of the agenda of the KP Oli government, Nepal is the only country in South Asia sending a head of state to the UN Climate Change Conference in Poland, at a cost of several millions to state coffers.
Dec 04, 2018
POLITICS
CC fails to pick CJ, next meeting Saturday
CC fails to pick CJ, next meeting Saturday
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: A meeting of the Constitutional Council (CC) on Monday morning failed to pick new chief justice and heads of other constitutional bodies. Now the meeting has been rescheduled for Saturday.
Dec 04, 2018
POLITICS
No complaint filed against envoy nominees
No complaint filed against envoy nominees
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Not a single complaint has been registered at the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) against four ambassadorial nominees, prior to their hearings.
Dec 04, 2018
ECONOMY
A very Large number of Nepali population will use Nokia networks to connect to internet by...
A very Large number of Nepali population will use Nokia netw...
Vinish Bawa is the head of customer team of Emerging Business & Enterprise for Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd. He was in Nepal for the Nokia Innovation Day 2018.
Dec 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepse snaps three-day losing run
Nepse snaps three-day losing run
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The benchmark equity index traded flat in the initial hour of Monday's trading session. However, the local bourse witnessed a broad rally as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climbed more than 13 points in mid-day.
Dec 04, 2018