SOCIETY
600 atop Everest this season
600 atop Everest this season
KATHMANDU, May 25: As many as 600 individuals have climbed Mount Everest as of Friday even as the weather window for this season is closing.
May 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Locals demand more police posts, quick response during emergency
Locals demand more police posts, quick response during emerg...
PANCHTHAR, May 25: The brutal murder of nine people of two families recently in Panchthar and the subsequent hanging of the suspect in a tree has left the entire Miklajung Rural Municipality in a state of shock. Even though a large number of police personnel have been deployed in and around the crim...
May 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Rising cases of C-section mar women's reproductive health
Rising cases of C-section mar women's reproductive health
KATHMANDU, May 25: According to the latest research conducted on women's reproductive health, the cases of Caesarean section (C-section) delivery in Nepal are on the rise. As per the medical records, Bharatpur Hospital of Province 3 was found to have performed the highest number of C-sections in pre...
May 25, 2019
POLITICS
Freedom Forum for amending 20 provisions in Media Council Bill
Freedom Forum for amending 20 provisions in Media Council Bi...
KATHMANDU, May 25: At a time when journalists and media stakeholders are protesting various provisions in the Media Council Bill now registered in parliament , the press freedom advocacy organization Freedom Forum has suggested amendments to 20 provisions in 15 sections of the bill.
May 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Groom dissatisfied with dowry walks out of wedding, arrested
Groom dissatisfied with dowry walks out of wedding, arrested
BIRATNAGAR, May 25: A groom who walked out of his wedding after the bride's family could not meet his dowry demands was arrested by police on Thursday.
May 25, 2019
SOCIETY
Girls at this community school make their own sanitary pads
Girls at this community school make their own sanitary pads
SINDHULI, May 25: Girls studying at the community schools in the rural parts of the country often skip their classes while menstruating. The unavailability of sanitary pads is considered a major reason forcing girls to skip school, every month, hampering their education.
May 25, 2019
OPINION
Marx, Adam Smith and tea workers
Marx, Adam Smith and tea workers
In between the morning sips of my favorite cup of tea, I could not help wry smiles as I listened to the song Aljhechha Kyare Pacchyauri Timro Chiya ko Buta maa (perhaps your shawl is caught in the tea bush), in the backdrop of beautiful tea gardens and maidens picking up the tea leaves in my telev...
May 25, 2019
OPINION
Longing for the past
Longing for the past
The other day I read a Facebook post which said “I saw a guy at Starbucks. He had no smartphone, tablet or laptop. He just sat there drinking his coffee like a psychopath.” This really threw me back. Actually, I was troubled and shocked at the thought of someone who did not know the reality of the...
May 25, 2019
OPINION
Understanding black hole
Understanding black hole
At the backdrop of the euphoria amongst scientific community about the recent first-ever photo of a black hole last month, one of my colleagues, who was not a science student in his high school, got intrigued by the concept of black hole and things thereof. He kind of posed a challenge to me to make...
May 25, 2019
SPORTS
PM Cup One-Day Cricket National Tournament: Army makes winning start
PM Cup One-Day Cricket National Tournament: Army makes winni...
KATHMANDU, May 24: The Tribhuvan Army Club of Nepal Army has made a winning start to the 3rd Prime Minister Cup One-Day Cricket National Tournament by beating State 2 with 171 runs.
May 24, 2019