'Youths can help to respond to disasters better'

Published On: February 13, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Jerold Kayden, professor of urban planning and design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (USA), has said that the trend of a huge number of youths going abroad for higher education and job is a big problem for Nepal.

Supreme Court stays IGP pick

Published On: February 13, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Gyan P Neupane

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The government decision to appoint Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Jay Bahadur Chand as Inspector General (IGP) of Nepal Police has run into trouble, with the Supreme Court staying the decision within hours of its implementation. The apex court has said the stay order is only for until it decides whether or not an interim order is required.

FM to ask EU to lift ban on Nepali airlines

Published On: February 13, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that he would ask the European Union (EU) leaders to remove a ban on Nepali airlines in the EU skies.

EC registers over 250,000 new voters

Published On: February 13, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Over 250,000 new eligible voters have been registered with the Election Commission (EC) during a nation-wide mobile voter registration campaign launched in view of upcoming three sets of elections.

CSAS Director Pandey to address conclave in Mumbai

Published On: February 12, 2017 10:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Director of Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS), Kathmandu Nishchal N Pandey is addressing the “Gateway of India Geo-Economic Dialogue: Where Ge-Economics Meets Business” co-hosted by the Gateway House and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Mumbai on February 13-14.

Local body staffers halt work in protest

Published On: February 12, 2017 10:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: The agitating staffers of the local bodies have halted their work across the country on Sunday. They claimed that the government's plan to integrate local body staffers in the new federal set up is discriminatory against them.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has complained that political parties were yet to institutionalize the democratic system.

Insurgency's achievements will not let go waste: PM Dahal

Published On: February 12, 2017 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today said achievements made through the Maoist 'people's war' would not be allowed to go in vain at any cost.

Maoists mark 'People's War Day' as victims observe it 'black day'

Published On: February 12, 2017 02:34 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 12. While Maoist cadres are marking the 22nd 'People's War Day' on Sunday, the Conflict Victims National Society observed it as a 'black day' and staged an hour long sit-in protest near the southern gate of the Singha Durbar.

Elections a must to save country from crisis: NC leader Koirala

Published On: February 12, 2017 01:44 PM NPT By: Republica

DANG, Feb 12: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Shekhar Koirala today suggested organizing local elections to save the country from any untoward accident.