SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Corona virus prevention health desk set up at Jamunaha
Corona virus prevention health desk set up at Jamunaha
BANKE, Feb 3: A 'health desk' has been brought into operation at Jamunaha, the transit point at the Nepal-India border in Banke district, to prevent the entry of corona virus infection.
Feb 03, 2020
Editorial
Listen to your comrades
Listen to your comrades
While much of the focus of the central committee meeting of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was centered on MCC grants of the US government and Indo Pacific Strategy, some of the leaders have voiced the concerns of the general public. They have raised the issue of corruption and accountability. They hav...
Feb 03, 2020
OPINION
Assessing Kathmandu’s pollution
Assessing Kathmandu’s pollution
Kathmandu is becoming unlivable because of the seething air pollution. Photos of people wearing masks battling vehicle exhausts and dust often make up to the front page of national dailies. Air pollution has exacerbated and contributed to pulmonary diseases and deaths. It has affected tourism, stult...
Feb 03, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
The loneliness has no any end (Poem)
The loneliness has no any end (Poem)
There's a void in my heart
It desires but can't get the art
It dies a death millions of times
Feb 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
World Wetlands Day a low-key affair in Nepal
World Wetlands Day a low-key affair in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: As the world celebrated the World Wetlands Day on February 2, Nepal joined the bandwagon. However, it remained a low-key affair, with wetland enthusiasts worried for their poor conservation status.
Feb 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Deforestation rampant in Kailali
Deforestation rampant in Kailali
DHANGADI, Feb 3: Some 30 trees of 'Saal' species were found cut down in a national forest near Sanupal area a few weeks ago. The locals reported it to the District Forest Office but very little has been done to punish those involved in the illegal act.
Feb 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Head-on collision of passenger vehicles leaves five dead
Head-on collision of passenger vehicles leaves five dead
ITAHARI, Feb 3: At least five persons were killed when two passenger vehicles collided head-on along the East-West Highway on Sunday morning.
Feb 03, 2020
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Will the new NCP panel resolve the MCC row?
Will the new NCP panel resolve the MCC row?
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: After its failure to forge a common understanding on the $500 million Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) grant of the US government, the ruling Nepal Communist Party on Sunday formed a three-member committee to study the grant agreement. The committee has been given 10 days to come...
Feb 03, 2020
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Citizens still deprived of fundamental rights in lack of regulations
Citizens still deprived of fundamental rights in lack of reg...
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepali citizens are still deprived of the opportunity to exercise their fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution even a year after the promulgation of all necessary laws for the implementation of those rights.
Feb 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
5 Nepali students in China barred from boarding flights home
5 Nepali students in China barred from boarding flights home
BEIJING, Feb 3: Five Nepali students who were returning home to Nepal have been held at Beijing airports Friday on suspicion of coronavirus infection. The students were flying to Nepal from two airports in Beijing. Amid alarming coronavirus updates, this is the second time Nepalis were barred from f...
Feb 03, 2020