SPORTS, Latest Updates
Thakuri brace sends Sudur Paschim into its first final
Thakuri brace sends Sudur Paschim into its first final
DHANGADHI, Mar 1: Bikram Singh Thakuri scored two goals in four minutes as host Sudur Paschim XI beat A-Division club Armed Police Force (APF) Club 2-1 to reach its first final in the Sudur Paschim International Invitational Khaptad Gold Cup football tournament in Dhangadhi on Saturday.
Mar 01, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
New Summit, Sagarmatha win
New Summit, Sagarmatha win
KATHMANDU, Mar 1: Organizers New Summit and Sagarmatha College of Science and Technology College won on the first day of the eighth National Tribhuvan University BSC-CSIT Cup cricket tournament in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Mar 01, 2020
Editorial
Fallout of favor
Fallout of favor
Government’s open protection for a business group close to the ruling party has become a matter of serious public concern recently. Its undue favor for Yeti Group and various companies associated with it, for example, has not only brought the disgrace on the government but also Yeti Group is becomin...
Mar 01, 2020
OPINION
A nation at risk
A nation at risk
The future of our children and our nation is at risk. This is because learning achievement of our children is low and stagnant. The time to bask in the success of getting students enrolled in schools is over. Analyses show stronger positive association of economic growth with learning outcomes tha...
Mar 01, 2020
OPINION
Rethinking human development
Rethinking human development
The concept of human development emerged in the 1970s out of the need to redefine the conventional notion of development which focused only on economic growth. This new idea appeared in the development thinking to disapprove the development model which only stresses on constructing big infrastructur...
Mar 01, 2020
OPINION
Delusion of governance
Delusion of governance
The government of KP Oli completed its two years on February 15. During the elections in 2017, the left alliance composed of CPN(UML) and CPN(Maoist Center), which merged into Nepal Communist Party (NCP) later on, had unveiled many two-year and five-year plans, in its election manifesto. It won th...
Mar 01, 2020
OPINION
Now or Never
Now or Never
CAMBRIDGE – Everybody seems to agree that data will play a fundamental role in the economy of the future, whether through health discoveries, smart energy grids, autonomous vehicles, or other areas of innovation. The problem is that nobody knows precisely how the new forms of economic value will be...
Mar 01, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
ITC to inject $9 million to promote export of pashmina, coffee
ITC to inject $9 million to promote export of pashmina, coff...
KATHMANDU, Mar 1: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a multilateral joint agency under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations, is providing US$ 9 million to help boost the production and export of Nepali coffee and Chyangra Pashmina.
Mar 01, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Petroleum exploration work hampered due to coronavirus
Petroleum exploration work hampered due to coronavirus
DAILEKH, Mar 1: The widespread outbreak of coronavirus in China has affected the petroleum exploration work in Dailekh.
Mar 01, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Former Maoist guerilla compelled to live with shrapnel in his head
Former Maoist guerilla compelled to live with shrapnel in hi...
ROLPA, Mar 1: “Had I studied or worked, i would have a different life,” laments Khadak Thapa, a former guerilla, who was injured during the decade-long Maoist insurgency.
Mar 01, 2020