TECHNOLOGY
India’s rising temperatures already deadly: Study
India’s rising temperatures already deadly: Study
NEW DELHI, June 8: India is now two and a half times more likely to experience a deadly heat wave than a half century ago, and all it took was an increase in the average temperature of just 0.5 degrees Celsius (less than 1 degree Fahrenheit), a new study shows.
Jun 08, 2017
SPECIAL, ELECTION
Squatters: We don’t sell our votes
Squatters: We don’t sell our votes
JHAPA, June 7:Mangal Murmu of Bhadrapur-10 was elated when government announced local level elections after a hiatus of 19 years. But his excitement waned away after he heard false rumors and baseless claims about his community members making rounds. Murmu, who is one of the eldest residents of a sq...
Jun 08, 2017
POLITICS
Deuba’s return to power: Can he prove doubters wrong?
Deuba’s return to power: Can he prove doubters wrong?
KATHMANDU, June 7: Few Nepali politicians have been luckier than Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. He led the government three times before reaching the prime of his political career. Deuba first became the prime minister in 1995, benefiting from a bitter power struggle between the then...
Jun 08, 2017
POLITICS
Paudel miffed by Deuba's ministerial picks
Paudel miffed by Deuba's ministerial picks
KATHMANDU, June 8: Ram Chandra Paudel-led faction of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has expressed serious dissatisfaction with the party president and prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba over what it described as an opaque deal on government formation and ministers selection.
Jun 08, 2017
SOCIETY
No high-quality lab to test drugs for market
No high-quality lab to test drugs for market
KATHMANDU, June 8: The government has shown gross negligence over the quality of medicines the public uses. Hundreds of medicines are available in the market, but the government has yet to set up a laboratory to test the quality of the medicines.
Jun 08, 2017
Interview
RJPN is a stranded ship that has lost its compass
RJPN is a stranded ship that has lost its compass
Even as the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) sticks to the demand of constitution amendment before it agrees to take part in the second phase of local election, Upendra Yadav’s Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) not only participated in the first phase but is also campaigning for the second phas...
Jun 08, 2017
POLITICS
Old faces all in Deuba's new cabinet
Old faces all in Deuba's new cabinet
KATHNMANDU, June 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba formed an eight-member small cabinet on Wednesday, appointing all old faces and mostly repeat ministerial appointees.
Jun 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Inflation remains at 5 percent
Inflation remains at 5 percent
KATHMANDU, June 8: While Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has aimed to contain annual average inflation below 7.5 percent in the current fiscal year, prices rose at an average of 5 percent in the three quarters of the current fiscal year.
Jun 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Creating investment-friendly environment top priority: FinMin
Creating investment-friendly environment top priority: FinMi...
KATHMANDU, June 8: Newly appointed Minister for Finance Gyanendra Bahadur Khadka has said that his priorities would be on creating investment-friendly environment in the country for both domestic and foreign investors.
Jun 08, 2017
POLITICS
New FM Mahara forms taskforce on foreign employment issues
New FM Mahara forms taskforce on foreign employment issues
KATHMANDU, June 8: Immediately after his appointment on Wednesday, newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara has decided to form a high-level taskforce to resolve problems faced by those going for overseas employment.
Jun 08, 2017