SOCIETY
Musahars start using toilet four years after Udayapur attained ODF status
Musahars start using toilet four years after Udayapur attain...
UDAYAPUR, June 20: It has been four years since Udayapur was declared an Open Defecation Free (ODF) Zone but the locals of Musahar community living in various parts of the district have just started making and using toilets.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
No clear strategy in big infrastructure projects: Experts
No clear strategy in big infrastructure projects: Experts
KATHMANDU, June 20: Nepal officially started building the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway in 2017. The government recently announced it is to build a railway line along the same route, extending all the way to Raxaul across the Indian border.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
NCP struggles to pick heads, members of House panels
NCP struggles to pick heads, members of House panels
KATHMANDU, June 20: Formation of parliamentary committees has been delayed because the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has failed to name members and heads of the committees as a number of senior leaders have started intense lobbying to bag the positions of committee heads.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Construction of trans-Himalayan railway govt's top priority: PM Oli
Construction of trans-Himalayan railway govt's top priority:...
KATHMANDU, June 20: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Tuesday reached Beijing on a six-day official visit to China, leading a 119-member Nepali delegation.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Democratic system in jeopardy under communist rule: NC Prez Deuba
Democratic system in jeopardy under communist rule: NC Prez...
KATHMANDU, June 20: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that democratic system in the country has fallen in jeopardy under the communist rule.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Policies formulated by local units contradict constitution
Policies formulated by local units contradict constitution
DANG, June 20: Bangachuli Rural Municipality of Dang district recently passed a policy on education. The policy states that the management committee of each community school of the rural municipality shall be chaired by the ward chairperson concerned.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
SC orders govt to formulate six-month 'save Bagmati action plan'
SC orders govt to formulate six-month 'save Bagmati action p...
KATHMANDU, June 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to formulate a six-month long action plan to save the Bagmati River and submit its report to the apex court. A division bench of justices Dr Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Sapana Pradhan Malla issued the order on Tuesday.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
Decision to ban larger vehicles on BP Highway challenged in court
Decision to ban larger vehicles on BP Highway challenged in...
KATHMANDU, June 20: Forum for Protection of Consumer Rights Nepal has filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court, seeking an order to the government for allowing larger passenger and cargo vehicles on BP Highway.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
NRB under pressure to tame bank rates at desired level
NRB under pressure to tame bank rates at desired level
KATHMANDU, June 20: The central bank is under immense pressure to tame the sky-rocketing interest rates at the ‘desired level’ amid shortage of lendable fund in the banking industry as it prepares to unveil monetary policy for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018/19.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Village shrouded in darkness as landslide destroys hydropower canal
Village shrouded in darkness as landslide destroys hydropowe...
KHOTANG, June 20: A massive landslide in Patheka of Khotang district has destroyed a canal of a local mini hydropower project, shrouding the whole village in darkness.
Jun 20, 2018