SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Gorkha gets back school buildings damaged by 2015 earthquake
Gorkha gets back school buildings damaged by 2015 earthquake
GORKHA, Sept 9: A total of 490 schools in Gorkha, which were damaged by the devastating earthquake of 2015, have now received new or repaired buildings. According to Bishnu Prasad Mishra, chief of the project implementation unit in Gorkha, rooms that were partially or fully damaged have been rebuilt...
Sep 09, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
A place called home
A place called home
Feeling tense, it's so hard to breathe
As every night I cry so desperately
To put the hurt in the past
As I walk out of my room, my heart beats so fast.
You shouldn't feel so scared to talk
So scared to joke, or so scared to walk.
Sep 09, 2019
Editorial
Righting the wrongs
Righting the wrongs
One of the main reasons the government of K P Sharma Oli is receiving public criticism is because it has been introducing one after another controversial bill in the parliament. Most controversial in this regard have been Guthi Bill, Media Council Bill, National Human Rights Commission Bill and Nati...
Sep 09, 2019
OPINION
Let women entrepreneurs rise
Let women entrepreneurs rise
Should policy making be more nuanced to accommodate the need of evolving demographic trend in Nepal? If phrased like this, the answer is likely to be an almost unanimous ‘yes.’ And yet, policy making tends to be rigid and changing a policy takes ages. Take for example, policies regarding women entre...
Sep 09, 2019
OPINION
Community mobilization is the key
Community mobilization is the key
Over the past few months, dengue outbreak has been of concern in many districts of Nepal. More than 4,500 people have been infected with dengue virus till the end of August. Deaths are being reported. People are starting to panic, as authorities appear helpless in controlling the outbreak. The outb...
Sep 09, 2019
OPINION
Reclaiming Teej
Reclaiming Teej
These past few days, Facebook has been colored with women adorned in bright saris to mark Teej, a widely celebrated festival in the Hindu hill communities. One also comes across a sizeable number of criticisms of the festival on the social media platform, mostly from men but also from women. In rece...
Sep 09, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: Brexit: what now?
Infographics: Brexit: what now?
Brexit: what now?
Sep 09, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Chinese Foreign Minister arrives in Kathmandu on three-day visit (with photos)
Chinese Foreign Minister arrives in Kathmandu on three-day v...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on Sunday evening.
Sep 08, 2019
WORLD
Russians vote in regional elections after biggest protests in years
Russians vote in regional elections after biggest protests i...
MOSCOW, Sept 8: Moscow citizens voted on Sunday in some of the most closely observed regional elections in years, after the exclusion of many opposition candidates triggered huge protests in the capital.
Sep 08, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Article
Anomaly of life
Anomaly of life
Life will break your heart. Life will take everything you have and everything you hoped for. Life is so beautiful and life is yet so hard.
Sep 08, 2019