SOCIETY

‘Increasing tropospheric ozone affecting Nepal’s population, agriculture’

‘Increasing tropospheric ozone affecting Nepal’s population, agriculture’

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: After a continuous struggle for over three decades to protect the depleting ozone layer, the UN has...

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: After a continuous struggle for over three decades to protect the depleting ozone layer, the UN has...

Sep 16, 2019

SOCIETY

US$ 10.5b education project in trouble: Mid-term review

US$ 10.5b education project in trouble: Mid-term review

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The much-hyped School Sector Development Plan (SSDP), which has a budget of US$ 10.5 billion to be s...

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The much-hyped School Sector Development Plan (SSDP), which has a budget of US$ 10.5 billion to be s...

Sep 16, 2019

POLITICS

BRI purely an economic cooperation initiative: Dahal

BRI purely an economic cooperation initiative: Dahal

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who earlier courted controver...

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who earlier courted controver...

Sep 16, 2019

ECONOMY

SC declines stay order in Sumargi's case

SC declines stay order in Sumargi's case

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Supreme Court on Sunday declined to issue a stay order sought by businessman Ajaya Raj Sumargi i...

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Supreme Court on Sunday declined to issue a stay order sought by businessman Ajaya Raj Sumargi i...

Sep 16, 2019

POLITICS

Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay

Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has said sorry to Budhha Air passengers after he found himself at...

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has said sorry to Budhha Air passengers after he found himself at...

Sep 16, 2019

WORLD

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 15: A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and ha...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 15: A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and ha...

Sep 15, 2019

Editorial

Accountability starts at the top

Accountability starts at the top

Social media is sharply divided over a video that has been making rounds on social media since Saturday evening. A Buddh...

Social media is sharply divided over a video that has been making rounds on social media since Saturday evening. A Buddh...

Sep 16, 2019

OPINION

How Nepali women were misled into Maoist conflict

How Nepali women were misled into Maoist conflict

Using women in guerilla wars and revolutions is not a new thing, and there are examples of this in Ethiopia, Namibia, Zi...

Using women in guerilla wars and revolutions is not a new thing, and there are examples of this in Ethiopia, Namibia, Zi...

Sep 16, 2019

OPINION

Alternatives to corporal punishment is even more effective

Alternatives to corporal punishment is even more effective

I was deeply saddened when a ninth grader, Madhav Kalauni of Mahakali Bal Vidyalaya of Kanchanpur district, died after b...

I was deeply saddened when a ninth grader, Madhav Kalauni of Mahakali Bal Vidyalaya of Kanchanpur district, died after b...

Sep 16, 2019

OPINION

The Amazon and You

The Amazon and You

NEW YORK – Nearly everyone has seen the dramatic images of the Amazon ablaze. Tens of thousands of fires—intentionally s...

NEW YORK – Nearly everyone has seen the dramatic images of the Amazon ablaze. Tens of thousands of fires—intentionally s...

Sep 16, 2019