OPINION

Balancing People and Nature: Rethinking the Land Reform Bill

Balancing People and Nature: Rethinking the Land Reform Bill

An ordinance is meant for situations of genuine urgency, a point still debatable in the context of when this law was int...

An ordinance is meant for situations of genuine urgency, a point still debatable in the context of when this law was int...

Aug 17, 2025

ECONOMY

Banks’ NPL deepens despite improvement in profit earnings

Banks’ NPL deepens despite improvement in profit earnings

According to the unaudited reports unveiled by the banks, the average NPL of the banks stood at 4.22 percent in mid-July...

According to the unaudited reports unveiled by the banks, the average NPL of the banks stood at 4.22 percent in mid-July...

Aug 17, 2025

Editorial

Fertilizer Shortage: Time to Take Decisive Action

Fertilizer Shortage: Time to Take Decisive Action

Despite these directives, the system failed to deliver. If fertilizer cannot be supplied even when the Prime Minister pe...

Despite these directives, the system failed to deliver. If fertilizer cannot be supplied even when the Prime Minister pe...

Aug 17, 2025

ECONOMY

NTC posts 57.21 percent decline in its net profit

NTC posts 57.21 percent decline in its net profit

Nepal Telecom (NTC) witnessed a massive decline in its net profit in the last Fiscal Year (FY).

Nepal Telecom (NTC) witnessed a massive decline in its net profit in the last Fiscal Year (FY).

Aug 16, 2025

WORLD

In high-stakes summit, Trump, not Putin, budges

In high-stakes summit, Trump, not Putin, budges

Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader...

Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader...

Aug 16, 2025

ECONOMY

Non-life insurers’ net profit shrinks 31 pc with surged liabilities for natural disasters

Non-life insurers’ net profit shrinks 31 pc with surged liabilities for natural disasters

The net profit of non-life insurance companies shrunk 30.88 percent in the last Fiscal Year (FY) due to their increased...

The net profit of non-life insurance companies shrunk 30.88 percent in the last Fiscal Year (FY) due to their increased...

Aug 16, 2025

SOCIETY

Rabi Lamichhane taken to Nakkhu via alternative route, supporters left waiting at TIA

Rabi Lamichhane taken to Nakkhu via alternative route, supporters left waiting at TIA

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane was flown to Kathmandu on Saturday evening on a Buddha Air flig...

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane was flown to Kathmandu on Saturday evening on a Buddha Air flig...

Aug 16, 2025

WORLD

China's top diplomat Wang to visit India for border talks

China's top diplomat Wang to visit India for border talks

China's top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing's foreign ministry said o...

China's top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing's foreign ministry said o...

Aug 16, 2025

SOCIETY

President Paudel offers prayers at Krishna Temple

President Paudel offers prayers at Krishna Temple

President Ram Chandra Paudel visited the Krishna Temple in Patan on Saturday to mark the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmas...

President Ram Chandra Paudel visited the Krishna Temple in Patan on Saturday to mark the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmas...

Aug 16, 2025

WORLD

Trump seeks US-Russia-Ukraine summit after Putin meeting fails to secure ceasefire

Trump seeks US-Russia-Ukraine summit after Putin meeting fails to secure ceasefire

US President Donald Trump failed to secure a Ukraine war ceasefire at a high-stakes summit with Russia's President Vladi...

US President Donald Trump failed to secure a Ukraine war ceasefire at a high-stakes summit with Russia's President Vladi...

Aug 16, 2025