POLITICS
PM Deuba names Nidhi as acting party prez
PM Deuba names Nidhi as acting party prez
KATHMANDU, August 24: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has appointed the party's senior leader Bimalendra Nidhi as acting president.
Aug 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Over 40 percent of air tickets for Dashain already booked
Over 40 percent of air tickets for Dashain already booked
KATHMANDU, August 24: Passengers have started booking air tickets for Dashain even though the festival is still about a month away.
Aug 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Four more rhinoceros rescued from India
Four more rhinoceros rescued from India
CHITWAN, August 24: Four more rhinoceros have been rescued by Chitwan National Park (CNP) officials after they were swept to India during the floods on August 11. Chitwan National Park Office reported that three rhinoceros were seen first in the Indian side of the border but one more rhino was seen...
Aug 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Japan envoy hands over flood relief items
Japan envoy hands over flood relief items
KATHMANDU, August 24: Japanese ambassador to Nepal Masashi Ogawa on Wednesday handed over emergency relief goods to Nepal amidst a special function at the Humanitarian Staging Area at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Aug 24, 2017
POLITICS
Nepal pushing for exchange facility for scrapped bankotes again
Nepal pushing for exchange facility for scrapped bankotes ag...
KATHMANDU, August 24: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is requesting his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to provide exchange facility for demonetized Indian currency in Nepal.
Aug 24, 2017
SOCIETY
14-year-old girl raped in Mugu
14-year-old girl raped in Mugu
MUGU, August 24: A man in Mugu has been accused of raping a fourteen-year-old girl.
Aug 24, 2017
Editorial
Cancerous growth
Cancerous growth
Cabinet expansion.
Aug 24, 2017
OPINION
Doklam clouds over Nepal
Doklam clouds over Nepal
After the border blockade and recent floods in Tarai, partly attributable to India-built roads
and dams, there are very few intellectuals in Nepal who are ready to take up India’s cause.
Aug 24, 2017
Interview
How are we more independent by barring Indian investment and buying from India?
How are we more independent by barring Indian investment and...
Biswo Poudel has a Phd in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkley. He has for the past two years been serving as an economist with the Office of the Millennium Challenge. Lead author of “Vision 2030”, Poudel has closely studied Nepal’s economic ties with India...
Aug 24, 2017
Infographic
Infographics: Who vetoed the must in the UN?
Infographics: Who vetoed the must in the UN?
Founded after World War II, the UN Security Council issued its first resolution on January 25, 1946. Many have followed suit ever since, of which 220 have been vetoed by at least one of the Permanent Members.
Aug 24, 2017