POLITICS
Parties determined to adopt failed electoral alliance strategy again
Parties determined to adopt failed electoral alliance strate...
LAHAN, May 24: Electoral alliances between various political parties in the first phase of local elections failed to garner the number of votes they had expected. Yet, undeterred by the failure, political parties are mulling to form electoral alliances in the second phase of the local elections slat...
May 24, 2017
POLITICS
EC takes flak for not enforcing code, credibility questioned
EC takes flak for not enforcing code, credibility questioned
KATHMANDU, May 24: Election experts have said that a series of compromises made by the Election Commission (EC) over enforcement of the election code of conduct has raised a question mark over the credibility of the constitutional election body.
May 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC's 11th fast-unto-death from Saturday
Dr KC's 11th fast-unto-death from Saturday
KATHMANDU, May 24: Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, has decided to stage another fast-unto-death from May 27, after extending his ultimatum to the authorities by three days .
May 24, 2017
Editorial
Tricky climb
Tricky climb
Part of the charm of climbing Mount Everest has always been the danger associated with the herculean endeavor. With plenty of steep slopes and deep gorges, and the always imminent likelihood of unplanned snow storms, there is always an element of risk.
May 24, 2017
ELECTION
Preparations in full swing for phase II local polls
Preparations in full swing for phase II local polls
BIRATNAGAR, May 24: With just 21 days left for the second round of local elections, preparations for the polls are in full swing in Morang district.
May 24, 2017
OPINION
Sense and sentiments
Sense and sentiments
When intelligentsia, political class and public intellectuals fail to take clear stands, the whole debate flies into abstractions
May 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Erratic power supply irks Phidim folks
Erratic power supply irks Phidim folks
PANCHTHAR, May 24: Inconsistency in power supply has affected daily life of locals of Phidim -- the district headquarters of Panchthar -- and nearby villages.
May 24, 2017
OPINION
The Bahun narrative
The Bahun narrative
Caste hierarchy is seen as a Bahun-Chhetri phenomenon, but all societies have caste- and race-based discrimination
May 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Comprehensive reforms must to become lower-middle-income country by 2030, says WB
Comprehensive reforms must to become lower-middle-income cou...
KATHMANDU, May 24: The World Bank has warned that Nepal may not achieve the status of a lower-middle-income country by 2030 if it does not pursue and implement comprehensive reforms to address long-standing challenges of the country.
May 24, 2017
OPINION
Development 2.0
Development 2.0
Science-based approaches to development can sidestep partisan posturing
May 24, 2017