SOCIETY
Bimala Tamang's kin prepare to move apex court
Bimala Tamang's kin prepare to move apex court
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The kin of Bimala Tamang are preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court for a re-investigation of her mysterious death. They had filed an application at the high court on August 9 after Kala Adhikari Sanjel, Sangita KC and Tirtha Kumari Shrestha , the three main suspects in the cas...
Aug 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Lamichhane remanded in custody for 5 more days
Lamichhane remanded in custody for 5 more days
CHITWAN, Aug 21: Rabi Lamichhane, Yubaraj Kandel and Asmita Karki, who are under investigation in connection with the controversial suicide case of journalist Salikram Pudasaini, will remain in police custody for five more days.
Aug 21, 2019
POLITICS
Leader Nepal registers note of dissent
Leader Nepal registers note of dissent
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Disagreeing with the party’s recent decisions, mainly the work division of party leaders and his own order of precedence in the party ranking, ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has registered a note of dissent at the Secretariat, the party’s highest body...
Aug 21, 2019
POLITICS
With ink hardly dry on performance contracts, PM shuffles secretaries
With ink hardly dry on performance contracts, PM shuffles se...
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Making a mockery of his own initiative to have top officials sign work performance contracts, Prime Minister K P Oli has transferred the government secretaries just weeks after such contracts were signed between ministers and their respective secretaries.
Aug 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Nepal, India agree to recognize each other’s certification of exportable food
Nepal, India agree to recognize each other’s certification o...
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: In a major agreement that is expected to ease the import and export of various food items between the two countries, Nepal and India have agreed to recognize each other’s inspection, testing and certification of a number of exportable goods such as vegetables and fruits conducted...
Aug 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Chinese contractor selected to complete Melamchi water project
Chinese contractor selected to complete Melamchi water proje...
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The government has selected China's state-owned company Sinohydro to complete the tunnel and head works of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), that was left unfinished by Italian contractor Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna last year.
Aug 21, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Kavre homestay holiday packages getting popular among foreigners
Kavre homestay holiday packages getting popular among foreig...
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Pin Hua Chen of Taiwan had never watched a cow closely until before she landed in Nepal recently. These days, she wakes up very early morning to milk the cow. She gets ready, picks up a bucket and moves towards the shed. “It’s my daily routine, I am learning to milk cow,” said Hua...
Aug 21, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Man sets wife and son ablaze
Man sets wife and son ablaze
DHADING, Aug 21: In an attempt to kill his wife Bimala Darai Lamsal, 25, and two-year-old son Jenish Lamsal, 28-year-old Ganesh Lamsal of Dharapani, Siddhalekh Rural Municipality-1, Dhading set them ablaze on Monday.
Aug 21, 2019
Editorial
Enforce the plastic ban
Enforce the plastic ban
The most easily available objects in the town may be plastic bags. You enter home with vegetables wrapped in these bags. You see them littering literally every inch of Kathmandu’s space. They are there in the piles of garbage and if you have looked into Kathmandu’s rivers after the heavy rains, you...
Aug 21, 2019
OPINION
Time to enhance trust
Time to enhance trust
The Indian External Affairs Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar is arriving in Kathmandu today to co-chair the fifth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission (JC) that was established in 1987. Welcome to Nepal! According to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, the JC will r...
Aug 21, 2019