Beginning of new cricket era

Published On: August 2, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Nepal’s national cricket team played the first One Day International match against the Netherlands in the opponent team’s home ground on Wednesday. This day will remain a milestone in Nepal’s sporting history.

Nijgadh airport must be built

Published On: August 1, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Why we need alternative and additional international airports is obvious. Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airport in the country, has become too crowded, too congested and is too small to contain increasing air traffic.

Punish tainted TU officials

Published On: July 31, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Five days after the government signed nine-point agreement with Dr Govinda KC, who was on 27th day of his 15th hunger strike demanding crucial reforms in health and medical education, a key point of the nine-point agreement faces the risk of not being implemented.

Save open spaces around the country

Published On: July 30, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Locals of Khumaltar, Lalitpur have risen in protest after the government authorities decided to lease out 42 ropanis of public land to private housing companies.  The locals are against this move because this space served as a breathing space and also shelter for them during the times of devastating earthquakes of 2015, where many residents set up temporary tents.

Implement agreements with Dr KC, in letter and spirit

Published On: July 29, 2018 12:15 AM NPT By: Republica

What will happen to Dr Govinda KC? Will the government address his demands? Will his life be saved? For 27 days since the senior orthopedic surgeon of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital started hunger strike, his 15th in a row, on June 30, these questions had troubled the general public.

Federalism should not mean more taxes!

Published On: July 26, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

The new federal government hiked tax rates on several consumer goods through the budget. Similarly, provincial and local governments are also doing the same, overcharging citizens on even basic services like birth registration.

Words have consequences

Published On: July 25, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang resigned on Tuesday. He was not convicted of corruption nor was he proven to have committed financial irregularities.

Give up rigidity, listen to Dr KC

Published On: July 24, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

The ruling Nepal Communist Party has been dealing with the issue of reforms in medical education and health services in a lighthearted manner.

Heat, flood and landslides, making lives more difficult

Published On: July 23, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Rising temperature in part of our southern plains, flash flood, landslides and flood are all making people’s lives miserable. Daily reports of people dying and missing are filling newspaper headlines.

Don’t curb people’s right to expression

Published On: July 22, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica

One of the fundamentals of a vibrant democracy is the people’s right to express their dissatisfaction to the workings of the government.