VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day
May 20, 2017
ELECTION
Vote counting put on hold on Friday evening yet to resume in Bharatpur Metropolis
Vote counting put on hold on Friday evening yet to resume in...
CHITWAN , May 20: Vote-count halted since Friday night following row over vote-counting of Ward-9 has not been resumed yet in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
May 20, 2017
SOCIETY
Pedestrian rammed to death by speeding mini truck
Pedestrian rammed to death by speeding mini truck
KATHMANDU, May 20: A pedestrian was killed on the spot after getting rammed by a speeding mini truck at Baniyatar this morning.
May 20, 2017
WORLD
North Korea says U.S. has to roll back 'hostile policy' before talks
North Korea says U.S. has to roll back 'hostile policy' befo...
NEWYORK, May 20: North Korea's deputy U.N. envoy said on Friday the United States needed to roll back its "hostile policy" toward the country before there could be talks as Washington raised concern that Pyongyang could be producing a chemical used in a nerve agent.
May 20, 2017
SPECIAL, ELECTION
Five women mayor and deputy mayors to lead Syangja towns
Five women mayor and deputy mayors to lead Syangja towns
SYANGJA, May 19: There are five municipalities in Syangja district and all of these have women in leadership roles. Seema Chhetri from the CPN - UML has been elected mayor of Putalibazar Municipality while the remaining four municipalities have women as their deputy mayor. This has been taken as a h...
May 20, 2017
POLITICS
No progress in inter-party talks
No progress in inter-party talks
KATHMANDU, May 20: Inter-party talks on the constitution amendment bill and increasing the number of local units in tarai districts as demanded by various Madhes-based political parties have failed to make any headway. The talks were convened by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
May 20, 2017
POLITICS
Dahal government under fire over decision on withdraw criminal cases
Dahal government under fire over decision on withdraw crimin...
KATHMANDU, May 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's government has come under severe criticism on Friday over its decision taken a day ago to withdraw cases against individuals who were allegedly involved in lynching of eight on-duty security officials in Kailali in 2015. Political parties and hu...
May 20, 2017
SOCIETY
Man beaten almost to death during conflict becomes Gorkha's mayor
Man beaten almost to death during conflict becomes Gorkha's...
GORKHA, May 20: When the Maoist insurgency was at its peak, an incident of February 8, 2001, had shaken everyone who had seen the condition of Rajan Raj Panta, the newly-elected mayor of Gorkha Municipality.
May 20, 2017
ELECTION
Maoists in blame game after KMC losses
Maoists in blame game after KMC losses
KATHMANDU, May 20: As Sarbottam Dangol, the ruling CPN (Maoist Center)'s mayoral candidate for Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), has received very few votes in the initial counting, the candidate's team and the party leaders have started pointing out various reasons behind the poor performance.
May 20, 2017
Editorial
Pardoning murder
Pardoning murder
Both the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights Commission have unambiguously said, and repeatedly, that the government cannot withdraw criminal charges against those accused of serious human rights violations
May 20, 2017