Teaching with computers

Published On: March 31, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Hitesh Karki

Teaching with computers

Out of more than 4, 00,000 students appearing for SEE examinations this year, there will be thousands who will be appearing their Computer Science paper. Out of these thousands, there will be a significant sizeable population who will be appearing the subject without having used or even seen computers throughout their school life thus far.

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Marshalling foreign investment

Published On: March 30, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Ram C Acharya

Marshalling foreign investment

The government of Nepal has organized Nepal Investment Summit, only two years after holding a similar conference, with more than 600 delegates from foreign governments, multinational institutions and companies around the world. Government has showcased 77 projects with cost of US$ 33.6 billion, and the private sector has proposed 17 projects at $1.8 billion, making the conference price tag $36.4 billion.

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Nepal as tax-free zone

Published On: March 30, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Nepal as tax-free zone

It has been a long time when this historical event took place but the old timers among us may recall the sensation created in 1975 when late King Birendra announced to the international community his proposal of Nepal to be recognized as Zone of Peace. He asked the country’s foreign missions to work vigorously with their host countries to push the United Nations to declare Nepal a Zone of Peace country.

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Limit their screen time

Published On: March 30, 2019 12:05 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

Limit their screen time

The other day while waiting to board Qatar airlines I noticed a family rushing in to meet the boarding time with a toddler in tow. They were sitting just a few seats away from me. I was not paying much attention to them, but something caught my ears.  The toddler was repeatedly saying something that to me sounded like iPad.

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Rage and reason

Published On: March 28, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal

Rage and reason

We need to bring around every actor from the plains as well as the hills to agree on some basic fundamentals of citizenship. Otherwise, citizenship debate will prolong indefinitely

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What next for CK Raut?

Published On: March 27, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

What next for CK Raut?

CK Raut’s party can take up irrigation as main agenda for ending extreme poverty in Madhesh and turning agriculture into the pivot for region’s growth and modernization

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Doctors in distress

Published On: March 27, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Dr Prakash Banjade

Doctors in distress

Doctors are paid poorly. They do not get housing and transport perks and even salaries are, at times, delayed or unpaid for months

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Showing Europe’s true colors

Published On: March 27, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Romano Prodi and Stefano Micossi

Showing Europe’s true colors

Let us show our flag to the world, as the symbol of our unity and our dreams, and as a sign of a new beginning in our efforts to preserve and deepen European unity

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All hail CK Raut

Published On: March 26, 2019 01:25 AM NPT By: Bishal Thapa

All hail CK Raut

What CK Raut couldn’t achieve with years of protests and agitation, he secured with the stroke of a pen. Earlier this month, the government signed a peace pact with the Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM), a largely peaceful but secessionist movement that seeks to break out an independent Madhes from Nepal. Raut, the coordinator for AIM, signed the peace pact.

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Costs of unsafe roads

Published On: March 26, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Shreesha Bista/Dinesh Thapa

Costs of unsafe roads

Amidst the silent horns seeping through the bright “No Horn Please” signs distributed carefully throughout the city, one can hear the screeching sounds of vehicles just moments before crashing into what later becomes ‘a horrendous accident.’ Newspaper reports attribute it to innumerable causes: rash driving, bad road, and foggy weather, careless pedestrians crossing roads and what not.

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