SOCIETY
Ilam roads in dire need of repairs
Ilam roads in dire need of repairs
ILAM, Dec 27: Ilam’s poor road has been affecting the tourism industry along with the resident. Locals are worried that if not repaired immediately, transport could be affected in the rainy season.
Dec 27, 2016
SOCIETY
Alarmed by trenches, residents block highway widening project
Alarmed by trenches, residents block highway widening projec...
MAHOTTARI, Dec 26: Upgrading of the Bhittamod - Jaleshwar - Janakpur road section to four-lane highway has come to a grinding halt after Jaleshwar residents protested the way it was being constructed. Residents have demanded that the contractor stop digging deep trenches on the edge of the road for...
Dec 27, 2016
SOCIETY
One killed, 26 injured in night bus accident
One killed, 26 injured in night bus accident
CHITWAN, Dec 27: A person was killed on the spot and 26 others injured when a night bus veered off the road and plunged downhill towards the Kali river at Chandibhanyjang last night.
Dec 27, 2016
POLITICS
SC body again tells police to arrest murder convict Dhungel
SC body again tells police to arrest murder convict Dhungel
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Judgment Execution Directorate at the Supreme Court has yet again asked Nepal Police to arrest CPN (Maoist Center) leader and former lawmaker Balkrishna Dhungel, who was convicted of murdering Ujjan Shrestha and was sentenced to jail by the apex court.
Dec 27, 2016
POLITICS
Dahal, Bhattarai speak about unity
Dahal, Bhattarai speak about unity
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Over a year after Baburam Bhattarai quit the then UCPN (Maoist) to form his own Naya Shakti party, Bhattarai and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal talked about the need for unification between the two at a function in Kathmandu on Monday.
Dec 27, 2016
SOCIETY
Padlocked IOM Office unlocked after three weeks
Padlocked IOM Office unlocked after three weeks
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The padlocked office of the Institute of Medicine has been unlocked from Monday after a six-point agreement was reached with the padlocking group of professors' association.
Dec 27, 2016
SOCIETY
Quake victim seeking help to fix broken leg
Quake victim seeking help to fix broken leg
DHADING, Dec 27: Chandri Maya Tamang broke her leg during the devastating earthquake last year. Over one and half years on, her condition has worsened instead of getting better. Tamang, a local of Jharlang village of Dhading, is bedridden and is seeking support for her treatment.
Dec 27, 2016
Editorial
Death of a boy
Death of a boy
Before his inevitable death on November 27th, the badly emaciated 17-year-old Shambhu Kumar Ram of Saptari district’s Dadha VDC had become the poster-child for the abject failure of child nutrition program in Nepal.
Dec 27, 2016
POLITICS
Commission writes to PM for meeting to submit report
Commission writes to PM for meeting to submit report
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: After Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal started avoiding a meeting with members of the commission formed to restructure local units, the commission sent a letter to him Monday, requesting a meeting to hand over its final report on local restructuring under the federal system.
Dec 27, 2016
OPINION
Dancing with the dragon
Dancing with the dragon
Dahal government hasn’t been able to handle the sensitivities of our northern neighbor with the seriousness the issue deserves
Dec 27, 2016