117 years of land grab in Kathmandu

Published On: February 18, 2019 08:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Heritage site of Kamalpokhari in Thamel has become the representative case of how rich and powerful connive to get public land under their ownership.

Prosecute Raj Narayan Pathak

Published On: February 17, 2019 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

Raj Narayan Pathak, one of the commissioners at Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), who resigned on Friday, has defamed the country, and our anti-corruption watchdog, the institution people look up to for corruption control, in many ways.

One year of hope, followed by despair

Published On: February 14, 2019 07:45 AM NPT By: Republica

The Oli government had generated a lot of hope and expectations and it had solid foundation. For one, Nepal had got the first two-thirds majority government after nearly three decades. Government instability, we were told, had become one of the hurdles to policy reforms and in expediting development works.

Landowners without certificates

Published On: February 13, 2019 02:21 AM NPT By: Republica

Reasons of landlessness in these representative cases might be different. But there is commonality. This problem arose mainly due to lack of clear government policy to resolve such issues when they arise.

Making foreign employment systematic

Published On: February 12, 2019 02:34 AM NPT By: Republica

Now Department of Foreign Employment has prohibited as many as 53 Malaysian companies from hiring Nepali workers due to their ‘dismal track record.’  Total of 67 companies—including four Qatari companies, and five companies each from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have been blacklisted.

Execute court verdict on Ncell immediately

Published On: February 10, 2019 02:27 AM NPT By: Republica

The exact amount of the figure to be recovered from the telecommunication company and various other issues will be clear when the Supreme Court issues the full text on the verdict.

Heal the wounds, once and for all

Published On: February 7, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Parliament has endorsed the government’s proposal to extend the terms of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for one more year with a possibility of further extension by one more year on Wednesday.

Climate change threatens our survival

Published On: February 6, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment report released by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) raises alarm for the countries lying in the HKH region.

Stay out of Venezuela

Published On: February 5, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Nepalis started googling Venezuela soon after Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda,’ chairman of Nepal Communist Party (NCP), issued a statement on January 25 sharply criticizing America’s “imperialist intervention” in that country.

NSU cadres, behave well

Published On: February 4, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Cadres of Nepal Student Union (NSU), the student wing of Nepali Congress, exhibited such behavior which Nepali society has abhorred for long and against which political parties from all hues have committed complete detachment.