POLITICS, SPECIAL, Interview
A sit-down with Madame President in the context of Int'l Women's Day
A sit-down with Madame President in the context of Int'l Wom...
KATHMANDU, March 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said women's movement in Nepal has a strong foundation.
The World is celebrating the 107th International Women's Day (IWD) today with the theme of 'Be Bold for Change' and on the same context, RSS Editor-in-Chief Raju Shakya and Senior Reporter...
Mar 08, 2017
SOCIETY
13 years on, society yet to accept Maoist leader who married a Dalit girl
13 years on, society yet to accept Maoist leader who married...
NUWAKOT, March 8: Developing Nepal as a secular state by eliminating caste discrimination was one of the popular slogans of the decade-long armed Maoist insurgency that made sense to many.
Mar 08, 2017
POLITICS
Leaders' provocative speeches laid the ground for Tikapur killings: NHRC
Leaders' provocative speeches laid the ground for Tikapur ki...
KATHMANDU, March 8: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended that the government take departmental action against Armed Police Force DIG Khadananda Chaudhary and SP Laxman Bahadur Singh.
Mar 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Energy loss down by 4 percentage points
Energy loss down by 4 percentage points
KATHMANDU, March 8: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said that its energy loss has come down by 4 percentage points to 16.75 percentage point in first six months of the current fiscal year.
Mar 08, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
The dotted Muslim daughters that are empowering women
The dotted Muslim daughters that are empowering women
NEPALGUNJ, March 8: When a daughter was born to a Muslim family in Eklaaini town of the district, Amanat Alisa, the baby's father, surprised everyone in his community by naming her 'Tamanna', which means wish in English. The community, which believed that no one really wished for a daughter, was sho...
Mar 08, 2017
POLITICS
Local polls shouldn't stop under any pretext: UML
Local polls shouldn't stop under any pretext: UML
KATHMANDU, March 8: Though the agitating Federal Alliance (FA) has demanded the withdrawal of the government's decision to hold the local elections on May 14 in view of the Saptari incident, the main opposition CPN-UML has said that the polls shouldn't be postponed under any pretext.
Mar 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Report and Reality: Melamchi environment plan only on paper
Report and Reality: Melamchi environment plan only on paper
KATHMANDU, March 8: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) had prepared an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) in 2014 with a view to identifying and mitigating environmental pollution resulting from its Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) during various stages of the project implementation....
Mar 08, 2017
Editorial
Halfway there
Halfway there
Since the 2006 political change there have been vast improvements in Nepal’s legal and constitutional provisions on women’s rights. The new constitution criminalizes all kinds of violence—physical, mental, sexual and psychological—against women.
Mar 08, 2017
ECONOMY
KUKL board to elect new chairman
KUKL board to elect new chairman
KATHMANDU, March 8: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Ltd (KUKL) is set to get a new chairman.
Mar 08, 2017
OPINION
Is women empowerment just women employment?
Is women empowerment just women employment?
If this day is to celebrate your and my achievements, then it does not need to be marked in the calendar
Mar 08, 2017