POLITICS
EC books 30 parties
EC books 30 parties
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The Election Commission (EC) has slapped a fine of Rs 100 to 11 parties including Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) and Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) for not submitting the details of their annual income and expenditure in time. It has also booked additional 19 parties for submittin...
Feb 27, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
No school after marriage
No school after marriage
GORKHA, Feb 27: Sunita Nepali, 14, eloped with her boyfriend six months ago. Since then, the sixth grader of Chandi Lower Secondary School, Darbung, has stopped coming to school. The school administration is not aware where she is living now and whether she would resume school someday. A few teacher...
Feb 27, 2017
SOCIETY, VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day.
Feb 27, 2017
POLITICS
Govt’s dillydallying puts EC in a fix to begin ‘actual preparations’
Govt’s dillydallying puts EC in a fix to begin ‘actual prepa...
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Even as the government has fixed May 14 as the poll date, the Election Commission (EC) is yet to begin ‘actual preparations’ for the local elections thanks to the government’s dillydallying in forging consensus among political parties. The EC also lacks crucial documents required...
Feb 27, 2017
POLITICS
Madhes parties want all tarai districts hived off from hills
Madhes parties want all tarai districts hived off from hills
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: A majority of Madhes-based political parties have proposed delineating the entire tarai region into two provinces and have demanded that all tarai districts be separated from the hills in the new federal setup.
Feb 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Manoj Pun anchored to Tiwari's murder: Police
Manoj Pun anchored to Tiwari's murder: Police
BUTWAL, Feb 27: Unveiling its investigation report on Sunday, Nepal Police backed its earlier claim that Manoj Budha Magar aka Manoj Pun is the mastermind behind the murder of Durga Tiwari, the then chairman of CPN-UML's sister wing Youth Association Nepal, who was shot dead in Rupandehi some two mo...
Feb 27, 2017
ECONOMY
Electricity imports up by 23 percent
Electricity imports up by 23 percent
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Electricity imports increased by 23 percent to 785 million units over the first half of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Feb 27, 2017
POLITICS
Nepal to sign OBOR MoU with China soon: PM
Nepal to sign OBOR MoU with China soon: PM
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Nepal will soon formally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China to become part of its One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.
Feb 27, 2017
POLITICS
NRA plans Rs 100,000 relocation grants to households at risk
NRA plans Rs 100,000 relocation grants to households at risk
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Govinda Raj Pokharel has suggested to the prime minister different plans for relocating earthquake-hit settlements to safer locations.
Feb 27, 2017
POLITICS
SC refuses to register 'right to reject' plea
SC refuses to register 'right to reject' plea
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Going against one of its own previous verdicts, the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday refused to register a writ petition demanding that the right to reject, popularly known as None of the Above (NOTA), be implemented in the upcoming local level elections.
Feb 27, 2017