How hydro companies are cheating shareholders

Published On: February 17, 2020 07:59 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

BHATTEDANDA, LALITPUR, Feb 17: Anil Syangten, a farmer of Bhattedanda village in Lalitpur district, borrowed Rs 100,000 at 24 percent interest from a local moneylender three years ago and invested in shares of Khanikhola Hydropower Co Ltd (KKHC). He was one of the hundreds of investors who believed that investment in initial public offering (IPO) of a hydropower project was like buying gold.

KAVREPALANCHOWK, Feb 16: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has urged the schoolteachers not to knock at the doors of politicians and people's representatives for getting promotion and transferred at their convenient schools.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal and Bangladesh are holding ministerial level dialogues focusing connectivity, energy and trade promotion.

Industrial census to take place in Nepalgunj

Published On: February 16, 2020 06:50 PM NPT By: RSS

NEPALGUNJ, Feb 16: An industrial census and survey will be carried out in Nepalgunj from the fourth week of February.

Kathmandu police arrests 57 for involvement in criminal activities

Published On: February 16, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The police have held 57 people from various areas of Kathmandu district for their involvement in criminal activities.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Kathmandu District Court is conducting the final hearing on a case against former speaker of House of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Policy-makers, experts and practitioners of technical vocational education and training (TVET) have highlighted the need of its reforms in terms of institutions, policy and programme so as to broaden its discernible contributions to the country's development.

Three crocodiles found dead in Chitwan

Published On: February 16, 2020 12:11 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Three crocodiles released into the Rapti and Narayani rivers last year have been found dead.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The 175 Nepalis airlifted from Wuhan of China earlier this morning have been taken to the quarantine set up at Kharipati. The Nepal Electricity Authority training centre has been converted into a temporary quarantine where they will spend at least two weeks before going home.

Jumla continues to be neglected

Published On: February 16, 2020 09:33 AM NPT By: Dhan Bahadur Budha

JUMLA, Feb 16: The then Maoist insurgents used to sing songs for Jumla and the locals back then. Songs like ~I'gau gau bata utha, basti basti baata utha' ~I(rise and get ready to change the face of the nation), a thrilling song by Raamesh, used to resonate in the villages and towns of this small district when the Maoists were waging a war against the government in the name of the people and the nation.