Complete merger process, focus on delivery

Published On: April 21, 2019 02:25 AM NPT By: Republica

Nearly two years after then CPN-UML and Maoist Center announced electoral alliance in October, 2017 and a year after the two parties formally merged into single political entity of Nepal Communist Party, which rules the country now, the unification process of the party’s lower committees has not yet completed.

For Congress, an opportunity to rise

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

At a time Nepali Congress has been criticized for failing to play the role of constructive opposition in the parliament and national politics, it has announced ‘public awareness campaigns’ to be held across the country starting from next week.

State of dishonor

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

Civilian awards 2019

Monitor fees of private schools

Published On: April 16, 2019 02:05 AM NPT By: Republica

For long, Baisakh has become a cruel month for parents who want to admit their children in schools for new academic session. Monthly and admission fees scare them off. Some schools in Kathmandu and out of the valley are charging exorbitantly high amount—as much as Rs 40,000 per month in monthly fees.

Welcome 2076!

Published On: April 15, 2019 02:05 AM NPT By: Republica

We welcome the year 2076 with hope and optimism. The year 2075 was nothing extraordinary for the country. It was rather uneventful year with the government of PM KP Sharma Oli promising bunch of things, most of which remains unfulfilled.  The Oli government is not tired of repeating its grand promises of Happy Nepali and Prosperous Nepal. We can only hope that the government will start working earnestly to lay the foundations to expedite big development works.

Recover the tax money

Published On: April 11, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Issuing the full text of its final verdict on the protracted row of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) of Ncell telecommunication company, the Supreme Court has finally resolved the issue.

Who tricks the prime minister?

Published On: April 10, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli made a rather worrying statement on Monday.

Ensure fair distribution of relief, aids

Published On: April 9, 2019 02:05 AM NPT By: Republica

The deadly rainstorm that hit the poor settlements in Bara and Parsa districts on March 31 left 28 people dead, displaced hundreds and destroyed large number of houses. Right after deaths and devastation were reported, actors—from common citizens to political party leaders to chief ministers to prime minister—sprang into action to reach out and help the survivors in every possible way.

Replicate the model of Bheri-Babai

Published On: April 8, 2019 01:25 AM NPT By: Republica

Here is something for which the government of K P Sharma Oli can take credit, though his administration alone may not have contributed to it. The construction of 12.2-kilometer long tunnel of Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project, a major component of Nepal’s national pride project, is almost complete and this is happening a year before the deadline and without raising additional budget costs.

Obstruction in essential services unpardonable

Published On: April 7, 2019 02:25 AM NPT By: Republica

Nepal’s essential service sectors—such as hospitals and educational institutions—have been victims of protests and obstructions. Whenever the employees therein have to express their resentment with the government’s decisions and policies they resort to protests, halting services and in the process causing great inconvenience to service seekers.