SOCIETY
Road accident casualties up in Panchthar
Road accident casualties up in Panchthar
PANCHTHAR, March 26: The number of causalities from road accidents in Panchthar district has already reached 15 in the current fiscal year.
Mar 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Fire destroys thousands of hectares of forest
Fire destroys thousands of hectares of forest
UDAYAPUR, March 26: Of late, thousands of hectares of forest along the Chure Range in Udayapur district have been destroyed by forest fires. Community forests in the eastern side of the district are the most affected.
Mar 26, 2018
POLITICS
Call for clipping CJ's wings to curb corruption
Call for clipping CJ's wings to curb corruption
KATHMANDU, March 26: Endorsing a 28-point declaration and calling for curtailing the powers of the chief justice (CJ) to control corruption in the judiciary, the 14th National Conference of Lawyers concluded in Nepalgunj on Sunday.
Mar 26, 2018
SOCIETY
NRA mulls setting up its own units in quake-hit districts
NRA mulls setting up its own units in quake-hit districts
KATHMANDU, March 26: After many district bodies overseeing reconstruction works at the district level on behalf of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) are set to be dissolved with the restructuring of the local bodies in line with the new federal setup, the NRA is considering setting up its...
Mar 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Karnali Province to ban Facebook during working hours
Karnali Province to ban Facebook during working hours
SURKHET, March 26: As the officials of various ministries of the provincial government seemed too busy using Facebook instead of development works, Karnali Province has announced to ban Facebook during the working hours from Tuesday onward.
Mar 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Women enjoying economically independent lives in Dhading
Women enjoying economically independent lives in Dhading
DHADING, March 26: Until two years ago, Sita Shrestha of Siddhilek Rural Municipality-5, Kumpur had to wait for her husband's salary to buy anything. But now, that has changed thanks to the establishment of a women's group in her village in Dhadhing which has made the locals like her financially ind...
Mar 26, 2018
Editorial
Where are they?
Where are they?
‘Missing’ police personnel
Mar 26, 2018
OPINION
Lest we ignore
Lest we ignore
Provisions of positive discrimination are meant to benefit under-represented groups and
its very purpose is defeated if an already dominant ethnicity is brought under its ambit
Mar 26, 2018
OPINION
Reexamining OBOR
Reexamining OBOR
With significant increase in Nepal’s trade with China, improved connectivity and cross-border infrastructure have become our real needs
Mar 26, 2018
OPINION
What Putin won
What Putin won
Russians have voted for less social and political freedom and more economic stagnation. They have decided to go back in time, to a future that they once dreaded
Mar 26, 2018