POLITICS
NEA regional offices transfer over 2,500 junior staff
NEA regional offices transfer over 2,500 junior staff
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Three days after the arrest of 12 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) employees -- including meter readers and technicians -- on charges of meter-tampering, all eight of NEA’s regional offices have transferred over 2,500 employees. NEA officials say these include meter readers, supe...
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY
19 hurt in bus accident in Chitwan
19 hurt in bus accident in Chitwan
CHITWAN: At least 19 people were injured when a passenger bus overturned at Patihani of western Chitwan today. Of the injured, two are in critical condition, police said.
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Worker falls off Bishal bazaar building to death
Worker falls off Bishal bazaar building to death
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: A man died after falling off from the fourth floor of the Bishal bazaar building in Kathmandu Metropolis-22 on Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2017
WORLD
Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration, security policy
Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration,...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mulling restoring a CIA secret detention program as he launched broad but divisive plans to reshape U.S. immigration and national security policy.
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY
History of Indian women’s struggle in diaspora
History of Indian women’s struggle in diaspora
The journey of indentured labour from India to Mauritius and to other destinations such as Suriname, Guyana, Reunion Island, Fiji, after the abolition of slavery in 1834 has been unknown to many. It is a journey that is often forgotten.
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Nepal made scant progress against corruption: TI
Nepal made scant progress against corruption: TI
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Nepal failed to move away in 2016 also from its image as one of the most corrupt countries in the world and made only slight progress in the Corruption Perception Index, Transparency International (TI) said in its annual report published on Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Education Regulation forwarded to Law Ministry for final touch
Education Regulation forwarded to Law Ministry for final tou...
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: The Ministry of Education has forwarded the Education Regulation to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs after approval from the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Jan 26, 2017
POLITICS
Criminalizing of chhaupadi proposed in new legal code
Criminalizing of chhaupadi proposed in new legal code
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: A parliamentary panel has proposed that the practice of chhaupad, which is common mostly in the mid and far-western districts, should be made a criminal act, pointing out that this age-old custom is inhumane and a discrimination again women during menstruation and the postnatal p...
Jan 26, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Man Vs Wild: 158 humans killed in 17 years
Man Vs Wild: 158 humans killed in 17 years
CHITWAN, Jan 26: Chitwan National Park (CNP) is home to thousands of wild animals and birds. Since they roam beyond the park's border they cross ways with humans. The encounters have proven fatal for both: Humans and wildlife. Residents living in adjacent buffer zones say that they love wild animals...
Jan 26, 2017
POLITICS
Various I/NGOs building health posts flouting reconstruction guidelines
Various I/NGOs building health posts flouting reconstruction...
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Various international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and local NGOs involved in the reconstruction of health posts and other health institutions in the earthquake-affected districts are found constructing such structures without having their building designs approved from...
Jan 26, 2017