ECONOMY
Melamchi water has not yet been fully distributed
Melamchi water has not yet been fully distributed
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The Melamchi Water Supply Project has not been able to distribute the entire water brought to the capital from Ambathan, the source of Melamchi river in Sindhupalchowk district, eight days ago.
Dec 17, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepal-India Agri Meet cum curtain raiser for the International Year of Millets organized i...
Nepal-India Agri Meet cum curtain raiser for the Internation...
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Embassy of India, Kathmandu, organized an India-Nepal Agri Meet cum Curtain Raiser for the International Year of Millets 2023 on Thursday in hybrid format in association with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
Dec 17, 2022
ECONOMY
Government spends 24 percent budget in five months
Government spends 24 percent budget in five months
Kathmandu, Dec 17: The government’s budget expenditure in the first five months of the current fiscal year stands at 24.26 percent of Rs 1,793 billion allocated for FY 2022/23. A report published by the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) shows that the government’s capital expenditure is w...
Dec 17, 2022
SOCIETY
Pokhara police nab woman who socialized with home-alone elderly women and robbed them of t...
Pokhara police nab woman who socialized with home-alone elde...
POKHARA, Dec 17: The police have arrested a woman on the charge of stealing jewelry and cash from elderly women by tricking them in many ways. According to the Kaski Police, Tika Shrestha, 34, of Modi Rural Municipality-6, Parbat, who currently lives in Pokhara Metropolitan Municipality-4 Ganesh Tol...
Dec 17, 2022
OPINION
Can Nepal Avoid the Debt Trap?
Can Nepal Avoid the Debt Trap?
Many of the so-called ‘projects of national pride’ are being executed through foreign assistance with considerable loan amounts. All these projects are important, however, there are abnormal cost increases in most projects due to unending deadline extensions and low rates of return have increased N...
Dec 17, 2022
POLITICS
Second-rung leaders of NC, Maoist Center oppose the idea of electing ‘non-political’ perso...
Second-rung leaders of NC, Maoist Center oppose the idea of...
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Even as top leaders of the ruling parties including Nepali Congress(NC) and CPN-UML have begun discussions to elect a ‘non-political’ person as the new president, second rung leaders of the ruling parties have strongly objected to any such move.
Dec 17, 2022
Editorial
Paush 1 and Nepali Politics
Paush 1 and Nepali Politics
It was Paush 1 yesterday, a ‘Black Day’ in Nepal’s political history. On this day, 62 years ago, the then King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah staged a coup, overthrowing Nepal’s first democratically-elected government led by the charismatic, popular leader BP Koirala who was arrested and jailed immediatel...
Dec 17, 2022
POLITICS
National Dalit Commission recommends action against Mayor Sampang over a social media pos...
National Dalit Commission recommends action against Mayor S...
DHARAN, Dec 16: The National Dalit Commission has recommended legal action against Mayor Harka Raj Rai (Sampang) who insulted the Dalit community through social media (Facebook).
Dec 16, 2022
POLITICS
61 MPs elected from Karnali
61 MPs elected from Karnali
BIRENDRANAGAR, Dec 16: From Karnali, 61 MPs have been elected directly and proportionally to the Provincial Assembly and the House of Representatives. In the provincial assembly, 24 direct, 16 proportional and in the House of representatives, 12 direct and 9 proportional which summed up to 61 people...
Dec 16, 2022
POLITICS
Electing president of non-political background is unthinkable: Dev Gurung
Electing president of non-political background is unthinkabl...
KATHMANDU, Dec 16: General Secretary of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) Dev Prasad Gurung has said that it is beyond imagination to think of choosing a president without having a political background.
Dec 16, 2022