SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Youths in Rolpa resorting to unsafe abortion instead of using contraceptives
Youths in Rolpa resorting to unsafe abortion instead of usin...
ROLPA , Sept 8: At least 12 health institutions including Rolpa District Hospital in Rolpa provide safe abortion, a non-surgical abortion that is done by using medicines, for unwanted pregnancy of up to nine weeks free of cost. The hospital and two primary health centers also provide safe clinical a...
Sep 08, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Lo-manthang losing its originality to concrete structures
Lo-manthang losing its originality to concrete structures
LO-MANTHANG, Sept 8: Known as a virgin tourist destination until lately, Lo-manthing is being disfigured by a growing number of concrete houses. On the one hand, temperature rise in the recent years in the high altitudes has taken its toll on the ambiance of the place, while on the other hand, growi...
Sep 08, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
11 years on, many Haliyas struggle for their rights
11 years on, many Haliyas struggle for their rights
BAITADI, Sept 8: The state had outlawed the Haliya system, a system in which an agricultural bonded laborer works on another person’s land, 11 years ago. The Federation of Freed Haliya and the government had signed a five point-agreement on September, 5 of 2008 which was supposed to show a roadmap t...
Sep 08, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Clarion call to produce human resources to match the market demand
Clarion call to produce human resources to match the market...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has underlined the need for developing human resources and workforce in line with the demand of labor market.
Sep 08, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Chilime Trishuli Transmission Line project achieves 45% physical progress
Chilime Trishuli Transmission Line project achieves 45% phys...
RASUWA, Sept 8: Chilime Trishuli Transmission Line Project in Rasuwa district has achieved 45% physical progress. While project designing work is at its last leg, excavation works for 15 towers in Haku and Tiru have completed, according to project officials.
Sep 08, 2019
Editorial
Combating dengue
Combating dengue
First it was only in hot and humid regions of the plains. So Kathmandu did not feel the heat of the attack. Then it was reported from Dharan, a hill town in eastern Nepal. Kathmandu was alarmed but did not do much to nip the problem in the bud. Now it’s here, in Kathmandu, the capital city.
Sep 08, 2019
OPINION
The return of black and white
The return of black and white
If you haven’t heard it, here’s some bad news: The black and white worldview is back. Like all inestimable things, the extent of its spread cannot be quantified with precision. But a bird’s-eye view of opinions voiced in current-day Nepal certainly indicates that it is widespread, and already diffic...
Sep 08, 2019
OPINION
Africa needs traditional media
Africa needs traditional media
ABUJA – In June, Senegalese President Macky Sall’s brother, Aliou Sall, resigned from his post as the head of a state-run savings fund, following public outrage over allegations (which he denies) that he was involved in corrupt oil and gas deals. That outrage was expressed via social media and on th...
Sep 08, 2019
OPINION
Media is now a part of the surveillance state
Media is now a part of the surveillance state
India has conquered the moon. In this very proud moment, I am looking at the moon and at the ground beneath my feet simultaneously. My streets have craters and potholes which outnumber the moon. Across the world, democracies on fire in broad daylight are craving the coolness of the moon. But this fi...
Sep 08, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
CM Shahi urges Chinese investors to invest in Karnali Province
CM Shahi urges Chinese investors to invest in Karnali Provin...
KATHMANDU, Chief Minister of Karnali Province Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has urged the Chinese investors to invest in his province.
Sep 07, 2019