POLITICS
NC's Koirala asks how Baluwatar land landed in NCP leader's name
NC's Koirala asks how Baluwatar land landed in NCP leader's...
KATHMANDU, May 7: Key leaders of both the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) exchanged arguments over the involvement of a ruling party leader in the Bulawatar land scam, during a parliamentary meeting on Monday.
May 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Some Valley schools affected by rumor of Chand strike
Some Valley schools affected by rumor of Chand strike
KATHMANDU, May 7: About 10 percent schools in Kathmandu Valley were closed on Monday owing to a rumor of general strike in Valley.
May 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Viral fever outbreak in Bajura villages under control
Viral fever outbreak in Bajura villages under control
BAJURA, May 7: Following the mobilization of enough health workers, a viral fever outbreak which created panic in three villages of Himali Rural Municipality of Bajura district over the last couple of weeks, is slowly coming under control.
May 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Chandannath Municipality bans plastic bags
Chandannath Municipality bans plastic bags
JUMLA, May 7: With the aim of reducing environmental and health hazards, Chandannath Municipality in Jumla district has banned the use of non-reusable plastic bags.
May 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Daughters perform final rites of their mother
Daughters perform final rites of their mother
DHADING, May 7: Going against the Hindu tradition, which bars females from performing the final rites of their parents, two daughters in Dhading have lit the funeral pyre of their mother.
May 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Manjushree Park in limbo as jurisdiction dispute drags on
Manjushree Park in limbo as jurisdiction dispute drags on
KATHMANDU, May 7: Though a huge statue of Manjushree, the ancient Buddhist saint, has been built in the Manjushree Park at Chobhar, Kirtipur Municipality, through local initiatives, confusions have surfaced over its operation due to a dispute between a local consumers' committee and the municipality...
May 07, 2019
Editorial
Road map for new party
Road map for new party
On Monday, Naya Shakti Party Nepal led by former prime minister and former Maoist leader Baburam Bhattari and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) headed by sitting Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Upendra Yadav announced unification between the two parties inking a nine-point deal to form...
May 07, 2019
OPINION
Erosion of political capital
Erosion of political capital
The present economic model of Nepal has a number of interesting structural characteristics. First, it focuses on imports. The government gets most of its revenue from import which is the basis for financing public expenditure, mostly regular expenditure necessary for the functioning of the state. In...
May 07, 2019
OPINION
Ukraine sends in the clown
Ukraine sends in the clown
KYIV – In the 2000s, The West Wing was everybody’s favorite television show about an aspirational US administration—one that fought terrorism without waging war on an entire region or religion, refused to trample on the rule of law, and generally made decisions that were in the country’s best intere...
May 07, 2019
OPINION
Sanskrit for Dalits
Sanskrit for Dalits
It was reported on May 31, 2018 that Bikash Karkidholi, eight years old, was not admitted in Shree Krishna Dwarpayan Gurukul Bedbidhya Asharam in Bhadrapur, Jhapa because he was a Dalit. I wanted to know if all Sanskrit schools are denying admissions to Dalit children. I went to Bhagwat Sanyas Ashra...
May 07, 2019