SOCIETY
President extends good wishes on occasion of Makar Sankranti
President extends good wishes on occasion of Makar Sankrant...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepali sisters and brother at home and abroad on the occasion of the Maghe Sankranti or Makar Sankranti.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Impunity for politicians encouraging physical assault on bureaucrats?
Impunity for politicians encouraging physical assault on bur...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Differences between political leaders and bureaucrats over policy matters were common in the past also. But such differences leading to physical assault on bureaucrats by their political masters has become typical following the political change in the country in 2006.
Jan 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Prabhu replacing jhankri among folks in Rolpa village
Prabhu replacing jhankri among folks in Rolpa village
ROLPA, Jan 15: Tek Bahadur Gharti became a Christian ‘after his family members got eaten by witches a few years ago’. If he had not converted, he wouldn’t be alive today, according to the locals of Rangsi village in Rolpa district.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
CDO will deploy federal, provincial police: Bill
CDO will deploy federal, provincial police: Bill
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The government has drafted a new law to ensure coordination between federal and provincial police with a provision to deploy both the police by the chief district officer (CDO).
Jan 15, 2019
SOCIETY
PM instructs NRA to expedite reconstruction work
PM instructs NRA to expedite reconstruction work
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Prime Minister KP Oli, on Monday, instructed the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) to expedite its work to ensure that the reconstruction work is completed within the next two years.
Jan 15, 2019
SOCIETY
DDA mulls recalling or banning Valsartan drugs
DDA mulls recalling or banning Valsartan drugs
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA), the apex drugs regulating body, has started discussing how to control the controversial Valsartan drugs, which are used by hypertension and heart patients. The authority is discussing whether to recall the drugs or ban them altogether.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
NCP task force fails to resolve unification row even as deadline expires
NCP task force fails to resolve unification row even as dead...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: An intra-party task force formed by the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to resolve the disputes surfaced in the party and take forward the stalled unification process has failed to accomplish the given task within the given deadline.
Jan 15, 2019
SOCIETY
Fulching sharecroppers rue ‘landlessness’
Fulching sharecroppers rue ‘landlessness’
DOLPA, Jan 15: Chandra Lal Chalaune, 69, feels deeply connected to Fulching village. This is where he was born and raised. During childhood, he always thought that the land where he played and the fields where he worked belong to his family.
Jan 15, 2019
POLITICS
Govt employees file petitions at SC against adjustment of civil servants
Govt employees file petitions at SC against adjustment of ci...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: A day after the Supreme Court (SC) refused to issue a stay order in response to a writ petition filed against the government's plan for the adjustment of civil servants in the three tiers of government, two separate petitions were filed at the apex court on Monday, seeking the cou...
Jan 15, 2019
Editorial
Where’s our drug regulation?
Where’s our drug regulation?
Nepal’s drug monitoring mechanisms seem to be either badly ailing or they are simply turning blind eyes to various irregularities in sale and consumption of vital drugs in the country.
Jan 15, 2019