ELECTION
Even candidates don't know how to vote!
Even candidates don't know how to vote!
DHANUSHA, Sept 12: Sumitra Devi Pasman has filed her candidacy for the post of ward member of Nagarain Municipality-9 in the upcoming third phase of local elections. These days she has been visiting every doorstep of her locality in order to persuade the voters.
Sep 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Gorkha locals flock to Tibetan market to purchase food items
Gorkha locals flock to Tibetan market to purchase food items
GORKHA, Sept 12: For the people residing in the remote parts of northern Gorkha, it is easier to reach Tibetan market than the district headquarters. That is why they eagerly wait for the border to open once a year so that they can import food items in bulk that would suffice for some months.
Sep 12, 2017
Republica Watch
1,500 cars for local units likely to cost Rs 3 billion
1,500 cars for local units likely to cost Rs 3 billion
KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Local representatives from across the country have joined hands to press the government to provide at least three cars to each local unit. The four-wheelers were demanded for chief, deputy chief and secretary of each municipality and rural municipality, according to the Ministry...
Sep 12, 2017
ELECTION
Calender for provincial, parliamentary polls out
Calender for provincial, parliamentary polls out
KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday unveiled the poll schedule for the provincial and parliamentary elections. The EC plans to hold the two elections simultaneously in two phases on November 26 and December 7.
Sep 12, 2017
ELECTION
Dalits in Saptari disappointed over election ticket snub
Dalits in Saptari disappointed over election ticket snub
RAJBIRAJ, Sept 12: In Tirhut Rural Municipality of Saptari, Dalit communities accounts to almost half of the total voters. Despite having 44 percent of the total voting population, ie 7,369 voters out of the total 16,818 voters, none of the political party has given election ticket to Dalit aspirant...
Sep 12, 2017
Editorial
54 jeers
54 jeers
New cabinet expansion
Sep 12, 2017
OPINION
Misreading Nepal
Misreading Nepal
Nepalis know that they cannot afford to be anti-India but when they witness open Indian meddling they won’t stay quiet either.
Sep 12, 2017
OPINION
Twisted CSR
Twisted CSR
CSR is not so much about how you spend your money as much as it is about how you earn it.
Sep 12, 2017
OPINION
Combating hatred
Combating hatred
We owe it to those who suffered under past authoritarian regimes to together stand up now for democratic values.
Sep 12, 2017
Infographic
Infographics: Humanitarian crisis looms as Rohingya flee
Infographics: Humanitarian crisis looms as Rohingya flee
Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring aid agencies helping hundreds of thousands of refugees suffering from previous spasms of violence.
Sep 12, 2017