SOCIETY
TJ officials selection faces multiple snags
TJ officials selection faces multiple snags
KATHMANDU, May 8: The process initiated to recommend officials of two crucial transitional justice (TJ) bodies has further prolonged after a committee formed to recommend office bearers of the TJ bodies said the applications from aspirants were incomplete.
May 08, 2019
POLITICS
‘My govt’ included with due consideration, not by mistake: PM
‘My govt’ included with due consideration, not by mistake: P...
KATHMANDU, May 8: Prime Minister KP Oli has defended the use of the controversial phrase ‘my government’ in the government’s policy and program statement, pointing out that it was included after due consideration.
May 08, 2019
POLITICS
PM, oppn MPs in heated debate after Oli’s ‘demeaning’ remarks
PM, oppn MPs in heated debate after Oli’s ‘demeaning’ remark...
KATHMANDU, May 8: Parliament’s meeting on Tuesday saw heated exchanges between Prime Minister KP Oli and lawmakers from the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) after the NC lawmakers objected to what they described as Oli’s ‘demeaning remarks’ directed at them.
May 08, 2019
WORLD
Two students open fire at Colorado school, killing 1, wounding 7 others
Two students open fire at Colorado school, killing 1, woundi...
HIGHLANDS RANCH, May 8: Two male students armed with guns burst into a Denver-area science and technology school and opened fire on Tuesday, killing one classmate and wounding seven others before being taken into custody, law enforcement officials said.
May 08, 2019
ECONOMY
SC continues stay order on Ncell tax
SC continues stay order on Ncell tax
KATHMANDU May 8: Giving continuity to the short-term stay order it issued on April 25, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the government to put the process of collecting capital gains tax (CGT) from telecommunications company Ncell Private Limited on hold.
May 08, 2019
POLITICS
SC stays citizenship distribution
SC stays citizenship distribution
KATHMANDU, May 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stay order to suspend the issuing of citizenship by descent to the offspring of those who were given citizenship by birth through a special one-time decision one and a half decades ago.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Naubahini distributes allowance at the doorsteps of locals
Naubahini distributes allowance at the doorsteps of locals
PYUTHAN, May 8: As promised during the local election campaigns, Naubahini Rural Municipality of Pyuthan has started distributing social security allowance at the doorsteps of the locals.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Road asphalt wears off within a year of construction
Road asphalt wears off within a year of construction
ROLPA, May 8: The asphalt layer of the 31-kilometer road stretch connecting Ghorahi of Dang to Holeri of Rolpa has worn off even before a year since the construction of the road.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Suspension bridge still a pipedream for tuin users in Jajarkot
Suspension bridge still a pipedream for tuin users in Jajark...
JAJARKOT, May 8: Pathbir Pun of Nalgad Municipality-1,Thulabagar has been crossing the Bheri river by clinging on to perilous cable crossings locally known as 'tuins' since years.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Rolpa schools struggling in lack of funds
Rolpa schools struggling in lack of funds
ROLPA, May 8: Even though the government has pledged free education up to the secondary level as child's fundamental right in the constitution, it does not provide financial resources to all community schools to pay teachers' salary and other resources a school needs.
May 08, 2019