SOCIETY
Flood victims at risk of disease outbreak
Flood victims at risk of disease outbreak
BIRATNAGAR, August 14: Hundreds of victims displaced by floods in Morang are at the high risk of disease outbreak. The victims who have lost their food and shelter in the floods are obliged to rely on the contaminated water of local rivers for their survival.
Aug 15, 2017
ECONOMY
Dev banks to be allowed to handle govt transactions in local units
Dev banks to be allowed to handle govt transactions in local...
KATHMANDU, August 14: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is preparing to allow development banks to handle government transactions in local units after commercial banks showed reluctant to show their presence in all local units.
Aug 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Death toll reaches 91, six million people affected
Death toll reaches 91, six million people affected
KATHMANDU, August 14: Over six millions people have been affected by flooding and landslides as some parts of the western and central tarai continue to see heavy rains for the fourth consecutive day.
Aug 15, 2017
Editorial
Priceless precaution
Priceless precaution
Post-flood diseases
Aug 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Victims cold and hungry while govt sits on billions in relief funds
Victims cold and hungry while govt sits on billions in relie...
KATHMANDU, August 15: The government has been sitting on billions of rupees in relief funds for the victims of natural disasters even as thousands of people suffer cold and hunger in the districts affected by flooding and landslides.
Aug 15, 2017
SOCIETY
A school more enjoyable than home
A school more enjoyable than home
BAITADI, August 14: Diwas Mahara, a ninth-grade at Siddheshwar Higher Secondary School (SHSS) of Patan Municipality-9, Baitadi, invariably wants to attend his school due to the school's child-friendly environment. He enjoys interacting with teachers and students at the school.
Aug 15, 2017
OPINION
Measure for measure
Measure for measure
It is important that our political class forges a consensual approach to foreign policy and then vigorously pursues the country’s interests.
Aug 15, 2017
SOCIETY
With no place to bury, family dumps 5-year-old dead child in Koshi
With no place to bury, family dumps 5-year-old dead child in...
SAPTARI, August 14: On Sunday, a picture of a five-year-old dead child being swept away by the Koshi River in Saptari district gained widespread attention in the social media. The child has been identified as Kamalu Sada of Tilathi-Koiladi Rural Municipality-6.
Aug 15, 2017
OPINION
Unity in adversity
Unity in adversity
Let’s join hands to turn this challenge in the form of massive floods in Tarai into an opportunity to unite the whole country.
Aug 15, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC's 11th hunger strike longest so far
Dr KC's 11th hunger strike longest so far
KATHMANDU, August 14: Dr Govinda KC has so far spent 143 days in five years fasting-unto-deaths for vital reforms in the medical education sector. However, the government is yet to meet all his demands.
Aug 15, 2017