Narayan Prasad Ghimire
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SOCIETY
Ensure basic needs before talking of smart city
Ensure basic needs before talking of smart city
KATHMANDU: "Speed and effectiveness to guarantee quality are the prerequisites of service providers to make any city a smart city," said economist Achyut Wagle, adding that 'infrastructure auditing' is essential to know there is solid foundation to transform any city into a smart city.
Jul 22, 2017
SOCIETY
Make foreign employment respected
Make foreign employment respected
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was informing at a press conference the other day that the family of migrant Nepali worker who dies during foreign employment would get up to Rs 2.7 million as temporary life insurance.
Jan 25, 2017
POLITICS
Where is federalism heading?
Where is federalism heading?
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The constitution amendment bill has been stuck at the Legislature-Parliament for the past two weeks. The major opposition, CPN-UML, along with some fringe parties, have been obstructing the parliament business arguing that the bill has jeopardized the geographical unity and integr...
Dec 24, 2016
SOCIETY
Female journalists yet to fare well in Nepali media
Female journalists yet to fare well in Nepali media
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: "I did journalism for more than a decade combining the stints at an FM radio and a television. But I did not like to return to this profession after a break. Actually, I had no option but to quit it for me entering the motherhood, because I was neither paid during the leave nor gu...
Dec 10, 2016
POLITICS
Commentary: A Decade Of Peace Process: What's the achievement?
Commentary: A Decade Of Peace Process: What's the achievemen...
KATHMANDU, Nov 23: It has been a decade since Nepal entered into the formal peace process with the signing of Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006.
Nov 23, 2016
POLITICS
Bureaucracy intertwined with politics ruins public service delivery
Bureaucracy intertwined with politics ruins public service d...
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: "It's because of unstable governments that the development activities have failed to accelerate thereby severely affecting the country as a whole. We (bureaucracy) are compelled to work with three governments in a year. Furthermore, as civil servants are unnecessarily indulging...
Sep 10, 2016
POLITICS
Testing times ahead for the Deuba-Dahal alliance
Testing times ahead for the Deuba-Dahal alliance
KATHMANDU, July 16: The sudden alliance between the main opposition Nepali Congress and one of the ruling partners CPN (Maoist-Center) against the KP Oli-led government took many by surprise, as a similar attempt just in the recent past had failed to bear fruit.
Jul 16, 2016
POLITICS
The Brexit shock, but no effect in Nepal
The Brexit shock, but no effect in Nepal
KATHMANDU: A shock wave ran across the globe as Britain voted last week to exit from the European Union, the regional association to which the country was tied for four decades. Any country with small or large economy, or a tiny nation to the super power, the British severance from the EU did throw...
Jul 02, 2016