POLITICS, ELECTION
Three women leaders to join provincial assembly in Mahottari
Three women leaders to join provincial assembly in Mahottari
MAHOTTARI, Dec 13: Even in this 21st century, not many Madhesi women dare to join politics. By breaking the traditional gender stereotypes, few women have stepped into politics but they are often criticized by the society.
Dec 13, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Cost of running legislatures to jump threefold
Cost of running legislatures to jump threefold
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Expenditures for the two houses of parliament and the provincial assemblies will be at least three times that of the previous constituent assembly-turned parliament. The annual expenditure of the 601-member parliament was around Rs 1.40 billion, and this expenditure will now so...
Dec 13, 2017
ELECTION
Voters hopeful of change after elections
Voters hopeful of change after elections
DHADING, Dec 13: “We gave you what you asked for and now it’s your turn to address our demands,” said Laxmi Gurung of Nilkantha Municipality ward-4 while congratulating a leader after his victory in the recent parliamentary elections.
Dec 13, 2017
ELECTION
Left alliance bags 116 FPTP seats
Left alliance bags 116 FPTP seats
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The left alliance has so far bagged 116 seats of the 165 first-past-the-post (FPTP) seats in parliament.
Dec 13, 2017
ELECTION
42 pc new faces in parliament under FPTP
42 pc new faces in parliament under FPTP
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Of the total 165 lawmakers in parliament to be elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category, at least 40 percent are going to be new faces. In the 275-member lower house, 110 members are to be nominated under the proportional representation (PR) category after the allocat...
Dec 13, 2017
Editorial
Thumbs down
Thumbs down
High invalid votes
Dec 13, 2017
OPINION
Dissecting CSR
Dissecting CSR
Our lawmakers have hastily copied CSR law from India, without learning anything from India’s implementation.
Dec 13, 2017
OPINION
The second coming
The second coming
KP Oli had long established himself as a good leader but it was the Indian economic blockade that made him a statesman.
Dec 13, 2017
OPINION
Bearing little
Bearing little
Mandarin orange presents great business proposition in mid-hill and over 300 pockets have been developed.
Dec 13, 2017
ELECTION
UML leading in PR vote counts: Bibeksheel bagged one lakh
UML leading in PR vote counts: Bibeksheel bagged one lakh
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: CPN-UML has continued its lead in the vote counts of federal and provincial parliamentary elections under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system till early this morning.
According to the latest vote count results unveiled by the Election Commission, CPN-UML has se...
Dec 13, 2017