Gaping holes

Published On: September 25, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Potholes and dusts have almost become one of the defining attributes of the Kathmandu Valley. When it rains these potholes get filled with water, which when the vehicles ram upon, splash around nearby pedestrians and bikers. Kathmandu’s potholes have proven to be death traps too.

Insure everyone

Published On: September 24, 2019 02:05 AM NPT By: Republica

Republica and Nagarik have revealed that a multi-billion-rupee universal insurance scheme is in deep trouble. The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme has not been able to spend the allocated money each year, the drop outs from the scheme is high in many remote districts and the coverage has not reached a majority of the people. In the meantime Health Minister Upendra Yadav is off to New York for a two-week trip.

Monitor the market effectively

Published On: September 23, 2019 02:33 AM NPT By: Republica

The market is getting crowded. People are in buying spree for Dashain. And this is the time that shopkeepers tend to suddenly increase the price of everything. Price of essential goods like rice, lentils, oil, sugar and vegetables have already gone up.  Their demand will increase in the coming days and weeks. In the absence of effective monitoring from the government, shopkeepers will go on a price hike war.

Works after fourth Constitution Day

Published On: September 22, 2019 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

The country celebrated the fourth Constitution Day on Friday with much fanfare. With the exception of some form of protests in parts of Province 2 and few other places, people across the country expressed the need for our government to keep working to fulfill the aspirations of our constitution.

Unhealthy travel

Published On: September 19, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Health Minister Yadav’s unnecessary trips

Supremacy of the House

Published On: September 18, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Days before the country is set to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, Speaker of the House of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara warned parliamentary committees from issuing directives that obstruct the functioning of the government.

Review SSDP, scrap the project if needed

Published On: September 17, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Review SSDP, scrap the project if needed

Accountability starts at the top

Published On: September 16, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Social media is sharply divided over a video that has been making rounds on social media since Saturday evening. A Buddha Air flight from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu was delayed due to Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai, claim the passengers onboard the aircraft.

Blacklist Shailung Construction

Published On: September 15, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Nepali politicians have for too long promoted and protected contractors who should be in jail for delaying major infrastructure works. Sharda Prasad Adhikari is the perfect example of Nepal’s rotten political protectionism. Co-chair of ruling Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, lives in Adhikari’s house in Khumaltar. Adhikari’s company Shailung-Aravali Infrapower JV secured a 15-kilometer Bhatkepati-Nagarkot road project some five years ago. The company bagged the contract by bidding 40 percent below the cost estimated by the government, and the project should have been completed in two years. Adhikari should be in jail for massive delays in the project, but he is being rewarded with ever more lucrative contracts. NCP Co-chair Dahal is one of many politicians who do the bidding for contractors and enjoy the kickback from them.

Good job Nepal Army!

Published On: September 12, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Purna Chandra Thapa announced a series of sweeping changes inside the army. He made his property details public, a first-of-its-kind in the institution’s history.