POLITICS
Deuba picks office bearers amid protests
Deuba picks office bearers amid protests
Nidhi appointed vice-prez, Khadka general secretary, Mahat joint general secretary
May 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Millions of students affected by transport strike
Millions of students affected by transport strike
KATHMANDU, May 5: Millions of students were affected by the transport strike imposed on Friday by various committees of transport entrepreneurs supporting the transport syndicates in the country. The students of Grade 12 who have been taking their final exams were hit the hardest.
May 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Road accidents claim 52 lives in ten months
Road accidents claim 52 lives in ten months
RAJBIRAJ, May 5: As many as 52 people died in road accidents in Saptari in the last ten months. The details of District Traffic Police Office (DTPO), Saptari, show that there have been a total of 239 accidents in the district in the last 10 months of the current fiscal year.
May 05, 2018
ECONOMY
Commuters turn to carpooling
Commuters turn to carpooling
KATHMANDU, May 5: As the protesting transport cartels shut down vehicular movement nationwide on Friday, the general public turned to the environment-friendly practice of carpooling to get around the transportation problem.
May 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Student unions protest at local bodies against fee hike
Student unions protest at local bodies against fee hike
KATHMANDU, May 5: Student unions protesting against the 'illegal' hike in tuition fees by private schools staged demonstration by blowing whistles in front of the offices of local body chiefs and deputy chiefs on Friday. The unions demand, among other things, revocation of the hiked fees.
May 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Transport entrepreneurs arrested in Palpa
Transport entrepreneurs arrested in Palpa
PALPA, May 5: The District Police Office, Palpa has arrested two transport entrepreneurs on the charge of halting vehicular services on Friday.
May 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Local bodies have no right to appoint teachers: SC
Local bodies have no right to appoint teachers: SC
KATHMANDU, May 5: The Supreme (SC) has ordered that the local units do not have the authority to appoint teachers at schools by enacting rules on their own.
May 05, 2018
WORLD
No Nobel Literature Prize after #MeToo turmoil
No Nobel Literature Prize after #MeToo turmoil
The Swedish Academy has been in turmoil since November when Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter published the testimonies of 18 women claiming to have been raped, sexually assaulted or harassed by an influential culture figure with long-standing ties to the Academy.
May 05, 2018
OPINION
Keeping the Nepali roots
Keeping the Nepali roots
Life of Nepali language and culture in the US largely depends on our ability to successfully pass it to the next generation.
May 05, 2018
OPINION
The degree delusion
The degree delusion
Our society gives unusual importance to those people who lack a sense of
pleasure in their work simply because they once had earnedcertain degree
May 05, 2018