SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Former President Dr Yadav stresses on applied education
Former President Dr Yadav stresses on applied education
TANAHUN, Jan 31: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has stressed the need to keep technical education on priority.
Jan 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bolivian national nabbed with cocaine
Bolivian national nabbed with cocaine
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Nepal Police arrested a foreign national in possession of 2.2-kg cocaine. The Drugs Control Bureau on Wednesday arrested Bolivian national Solyani Cavez Migul for his involvement in cocaine smuggling.
Jan 31, 2020
The Week
Gifts from India
Gifts from India
First of all, let us congratulate India for celebrating its 71st Republic Day with all the usual tadak-bhadak that comes with hosting a parade. I think our government should also do the same and not confine the usual Republic Day program inside Tundikhel. Our netas and Nepal Army should celebrate al...
Jan 31, 2020
The Week
Not shy or anti-social, just an introvert
Not shy or anti-social, just an introvert
Sugam Thapa, second-year student at KUSOM, dreads presentations, especially if they’re group presentations. She would rather present her ideas to a teacher individually, preferably somewhere quiet. This is because she feels extremely anxious speaking up in front of large crowds and can’t open up eas...
Jan 31, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt seeks more teeth to make market inspection effective
Govt seeks more teeth to make market inspection effective
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The government is making amendment to the Competition Promotion and Market Protection Act, 2007 at a time when authorities have been failing to implement provisions in the existing act, allowing unscrupulous traders a free hand to form cartels and exploiting consumers.
Jan 31, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepse surges as insurance, banking stocks post gains
Nepse surges as insurance, banking stocks post gains
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index maintained positive bias for most of the session on Thursday. A steady advance with alight dips saw the benchmark index add 19.51 points, or 1.49%, to close the day at 1,325.38 points on the last trading day of the week.
Jan 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Land revenue peon accused of amassing Rs 90 million illegally
Land revenue peon accused of amassing Rs 90 million illegall...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Rajendra Basnet, a peon working at Chabahil-based Land Revenue Office, has been accused of amassing Rs 89.8 million during his stay at the office.
Jan 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
MPs seek marijuana legalization
MPs seek marijuana legalization
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: As many as four dozen lawmakers from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have registered a motion of public importance in the parliament demanding that marijuana cultivation be legalized in the country.
Jan 31, 2020
SOCIETY
Amnesty concerned over shrinking freedoms in Nepal
Amnesty concerned over shrinking freedoms in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Freedoms came under attack in Nepal in 2019 as the government proposed laws to restrict the right to freedom of expression and subject civil society organizations to greater restrictions, said Amnesty International (AI) in its annual report on events in the Asia-Pacific region.
Jan 31, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP seeks consensus on MCC
NCP seeks consensus on MCC
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: As the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) continues to be divide over the $500 million US grant, party leaders have stressed the need for a common understanding whether to endorse or reject it, before it gets tabled in parliament.
Jan 31, 2020