SOCIETY
Hyatt Regency supports Child Protection Home
Hyatt Regency supports Child Protection Home
KATHMANDU, June 29: Hyatt Regency Kathmandu extended its voluntarily work to Child Protection Home, at Siphal, Kathmandu as an initiative to improve the lives of children in Nepal.
Jun 29, 2019
POLITICS
Pokhara ward chairs end protest after mayor’s assurances
Pokhara ward chairs end protest after mayor’s assurances
POKHARA, June 29: Agitating ward chairs in Pokhara Metropolitan City have withdrawn their protest from Friday after the mayor of the city during talks with them assured them of including missing projects.
Jun 29, 2019
ECONOMY
Parliamentary panel tells govt to finalize consturction modality for Nijgadh
Parliamentary panel tells govt to finalize consturction moda...
KATHMANDU, June 29: National Concerns and Coordination Committee (NCCC) under National Assembly on Friday directed the government to decide at the earliest the construction modality for the Nijgadh International Airport.
Jun 29, 2019
SOCIETY
Community schools attain exemplary SEE results
Community schools attain exemplary SEE results
KATHMANDU, June 29: Although private schools are found doing relatively well in the Secondary Education Examinations (SEE), many community schools across the country are also found to have attained excellent results.
Jun 29, 2019
SOCIETY
Final height of Everest may take a year: Survey Dept
Final height of Everest may take a year: Survey Dept
KATHMANDU, June 29: Survey scientists involved in measuring the height of Mt. Everest have said that it might take nearly a year more to come up with a final figure. Although around 85 percent of work related to leveling surveys has been completed, surveyors say the remaining work is being halted fo...
Jun 29, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Elderly people left alone in villages to fend for themselves
Elderly people left alone in villages to fend for themselves
SINDHULI, June 29: When Nara Bahadur Pulami, 72, of Otrekot village in Sindhuli was young, he had two daughters and four sons living with him. Five years ago, his youngest son died. Three other sons are away from home either for foreign employment or for a better life in Kathmandu. His daughters are...
Jun 29, 2019
SOCIETY
Yarsha collectors disappointed over low collection
Yarsha collectors disappointed over low collection
DARCHULA, June 29: Collecting yarshagumba (a caterpillar fungus) is a major income source for the people of the high hills in western Nepal. In Darchula, the locals of five rural municipalities are fully dependent on yarsha collection for their living. Not only men and women but also school children...
Jun 29, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Visually-impaired Lokesh Dangi tops SEE in Rolpa district
Visually-impaired Lokesh Dangi tops SEE in Rolpa district
ROLPA, June 29: A visually-impaired student, Lokesh Dangi of Balkalyan Secondary School at Liwang, Rolpa, has topped the SEE (Secondary Education Examination) in the district. With a GPA of 3.55, Dangi has scored the highest from the community schools running in the district. Along with Dangi, his e...
Jun 29, 2019
OPINION
In instrument we trust
In instrument we trust
Most find it baffling as how aircrafts fly long distances, safely and amidst crisscrossing traffic—seemingly under no control. If that was so, it would have resulted in frequent collisions or other types of midair calamities typically reflecting Kathmandu traffic scene where lack of patience rules s...
Jun 29, 2019
OPINION
Hungary’s fights for impunity
Hungary’s fights for impunity
BUDAPEST – Hungary has become a post-communist mafia state. It is led not by a party but by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s political-economic clan, which treats society as its private domain while formally maintaining a democratic façade. The Hungarian state’s actions are not impersonal but rather di...
Jun 29, 2019