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Children as Highway Hawkers in Kathmandu streets

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One Saturday morning, my phone buzzed with a series of notifications. Among them was a message from my workplace, requesting to meet some officials at eight in the morning at Kalanki. It was already 7:30, and I was still in bed. Hurriedly, I got ready and took a microbus for Kalanki. Luckily, I was...
Aug 30, 2018
My City

From Texas to Chulo Chauka

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Reality struck him hard when 24-year-old Avineet Malla could not find a home away from home, in the US, in 2014. During his undergrad year at Texas Wesleyan University, he invested much of his time selling sunglasses at a mall in Texas. For someone who had barely bothered starting a conversation bey...
Aug 30, 2018
POLITICS

Bangladesh PM Wazed arrives in Kathmandu for BIMSTEC (with p...

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed has arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
Aug 30, 2018
My City

Nepal’s Cleanup crusaders

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Is it possible for a single person to clean the world? If yes, how is it possible, and for how long? Questions like these pop into our minds when we think about cleaning the world.
Aug 30, 2018
POLITICS

Indian PM Modi arrives in Kathmandu for BIMSTEC (with photos...

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
Aug 30, 2018
POLITICS

Open Bajeko Sekuwa  outlets, properties still on hold: SC

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: A single bench of Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla has issued an interim order against government’s decision to shut down Bajeko Sekuwa outlets.
Aug 30, 2018
ECONOMY

Nepse ends lower after failed rebound attempt

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: After posting a modest gain in the earlier trading session, stocks ended lower on Wednesday. Subsequently, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index pared all its previous gains and posted a loss of 4.79 points to close at 1,172.30 points.
Aug 30, 2018
SOCIETY

Greater Nepal's President Phanindra Nepal arrested just befo...

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Phanindra Nepal, President of Greater Nepal has been arrested on Thursday morning from his home by Nepal Police on the suspicion that he might show black flag during the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Aug 30, 2018
ECONOMY

FinMin says some time needed for fiscal federalism managemen...

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KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada has urged one and all to show patience, saying that it would take some time for management of fiscal federalism. He also said it won’t be wise to expect results from budget for the Fiscal Year 2018/19 now, as the second month of the fiscal y...
Aug 30, 2018
ECONOMY

Road disruption hits revenue collection at Rasuwahgadhi cust...

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RASUWA, Aug 30: Revenue collection by Rasuwagadhi Customs Office has come to a grinding halt as recent floods and landslides have affected vehicular movement along the lone trade route between Nepal and China. According to Gopal Koirala, the chief customs officer at Rasuwagadhi Customs Office, the o...
Aug 30, 2018
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