SOCIETY
Seeking free education up to Grade 8, petition filed at SC
Seeking free education up to Grade 8, petition filed at SC
KATHMANDU, April 30: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday, seeking free education up to Grade 8 (basic education) as provisioned in the Constitution of Nepal 2015.
Apr 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Five including groom's father killed as jeep carrying wedding procession falls off cliff
Five including groom's father killed as jeep carrying weddin...
PALPA, April 30: Five people were killed when a jeep carrying a wedding procession veered off a cliff in Nisdi Rural Municipality-7 of Palpa on Monday.
Apr 30, 2019
ECONOMY
Stocks retrace on profit booking after four-day gains
Stocks retrace on profit booking after four-day gains
KATHMANDU, April 30: Stocks witnessed slightly volatile trading session on Monday as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index swung between gains and losses.
Apr 30, 2019
ECONOMY
Contract for construction of dry port to be signed next week
Contract for construction of dry port to be signed next week
RASUWA, April 30: The contract award for the construction of dry port at Timure of Rasuwa district will be signed next week, according to government officials.
Apr 30, 2019
ECONOMY
Govt continues sugar import restriction until mid-July
Govt continues sugar import restriction until mid-July
KATHMANDU, April 30: Though Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had said that he was 'tricked' by sugar mills to restrict import of sugar, the government has continued the quantitative restriction until mid-July. The restriction that was in place until Chaitra end (April 13) was extended till mid-July.
Apr 30, 2019
Editorial
Blundering on books
Blundering on books
It’s already two weeks since the new academic session began. The school enrolment campaign that started in the first week of Baisakh with the aim of bringing all out-of-school children to education system has concluded and classes have started.
Apr 30, 2019
OPINION
Failing on water
Failing on water
Has the water and sanitation situation in the country improved in comparison to what was promised and the amount of money spent for that purpose?
Apr 30, 2019
OPINION
False narrative on China
False narrative on China
Fixation on China as an existential threat to American Dream has led to tit-for-tat tariffs, escalating security threats and warnings of a new cold war
Apr 30, 2019
OPINION
Deviating from democracy
Deviating from democracy
Democracy fails when leaders fail to address people’s aspirations, when citizens are fed with false dreams, when leaders live in luxury and people suffer
Apr 30, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: Socialists win Spain elections
Infographics: Socialists win Spain elections
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s governing Socialist party (PSOE) has won Spain’s general election, taking 123 seats in the 350-seat Congress in one of Spain’s most hotly contested elections in decades.
Apr 30, 2019