SOCIETY
TRC still clueless about Rolpa house massacre
TRC still clueless about Rolpa house massacre
ROLPA, Dec 18: They were mere peasants. They would work at landlord’s fields for meager payment and always had a tough time meeting their ends. During the then bloody armed conflict between the Maoists and the government, a few innocents from such families of a single village were burnt alive. Accor...
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Koshi Tappu witnesses further decline in the arrival of migratory birds
Koshi Tappu witnesses further decline in the arrival of migr...
ITAHARI, Dec 18: Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), which has earned itself the reputation of “birds’ paradise”, has welcomed a disappointingly low number of migratory birds this year.
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
Oli criticized in party over poor govt performance
Oli criticized in party over poor govt performance
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Dismayed by poor governance and sluggish party unification process, leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party have come down heavily against Chairman KP Oli, who also heads the government as executive head, and urged him to mend ways.
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
‘Sanskrit dying in its own land’
‘Sanskrit dying in its own land’
DOLAKHA, Dec 18: Until a few years ago, chanting hymns in Sanskrit language was a regular activity at the Sanskrit Secondary School of Hilepani in Kalinchowk Rural Municipality-4. Since Sanskrit was a compulsory subject here, the only Sanskrit school in the district used to boast of its contribution...
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
Dr KC defers hunger strike till Dec 31 at House panel request
Dr KC defers hunger strike till Dec 31 at House panel reques...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Upon request by the parliamentary Education and Health Committee on Monday, Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon and professor at the Institute of Medicine, has deferred his scheduled hunger strike for two weeks.
Dec 18, 2018
ECONOMY
Tanahu Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble
Tanahu Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Italian firm Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna has won two other major contracts in the last 18 months, probably due to a good track record in the tunnel work in Melamchi. But the apparent attempt to abscond by key staff and also poor financial health back in Ital...
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
NC leaders in fix as calls for Hindu state grow
NC leaders in fix as calls for Hindu state grow
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The top leadership of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has found itself in a difficult position in the face of calls by an overwhelming majority of its Mahasamiti members for a Hindu state.
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Killer roads claim 864 lives across Nepal in 4 months
Killer roads claim 864 lives across Nepal in 4 months
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: With an alarming increase in road fatalities across the nation in the past few months, stakeholders from various walks of life have voiced real concern .
Dec 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Staff of Italian contractor for Melamchi project detained briefly
Staff of Italian contractor for Melamchi project detained br...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Police have briefly detained eight staffers of the Italian contractor for the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), who were apparently trying to abscond, and released them after confiscating their passports.
Dec 18, 2018
POLITICS
Economic prosperity of the country from workers' labor: PM Oli
Economic prosperity of the country from workers' labor: PM O...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country would achieve economic prosperity with the labor of skilled and capable workers.
Dec 18, 2018