ELECTION
Int'l community concerned over foreign observers' absence in local polls
Int'l community concerned over foreign observers' absence in...
KATHMANDU, April 29: Key international donors and the diplomatic community have expressed their displeasure over the Election Commission (EC)'s refusal to allow international poll observing groups to monitor the May 14 local elections.
Apr 29, 2017
SOCIETY
Breaching law, teachers actively campaigning for polls
Breaching law, teachers actively campaigning for polls
JAJARKOT, April 29: Even as the education laws and election code of conduct bar teachers from participating in poll campaigns, they have been found actively campaigning for the parties they are affiliated to. This has led to the local authorities in the district increasing monitoring of teachers' ac...
Apr 29, 2017
Editorial
Not that easy
Not that easy
In a free-market economy, the price of goods and services is set by the market. That, at least, is the principle.
Apr 29, 2017
ECONOMY
Govt forms agribusiness innovation center
Govt forms agribusiness innovation center
KATHMANDU, April 29: Minister of State for Agricultural Development Radhika Tamang inaugurated Nepal Agribusiness Innovation Center amid a program in Kathmandu on Friday.
Apr 29, 2017
OPINION
Contestations of Nepali history
Contestations of Nepali history
Who wrote our history? How did the West understand Nepal? What shaped that (flawed) understanding? How should we respond?
Apr 29, 2017
ECONOMY
Nepse plunges 23 points as uncertainty clouds local election
Nepse plunges 23 points as uncertainty clouds local election
KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index dived 23.1 points this week to close at 1,670.62 points on Thursday -- the last trading day of the week.
Apr 29, 2017
OPINION
We, the ugly people
We, the ugly people
Don’t think our smile signifies innocence and happiness. It is only a way to mask our hideous and scheming mind
Apr 29, 2017
ECONOMY
4G subscribers rue slow data speed
4G subscribers rue slow data speed
KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Telecom's 4G subscribers have started voicing dissatisfaction over service quality even though it has only been four months since the high-speed next generation telecommunications network was rolled out.
Apr 29, 2017
OPINION
Wingtip to wingtip
Wingtip to wingtip
Another domestic-only airport is a non-starter given the complexities of managing two airports in close proximity
Apr 29, 2017
POLITICS
Govt proposes mandatory health insurance for orphanage, rehab children
Govt proposes mandatory health insurance for orphanage, reha...
KATHMANDU, April 29: The government is preparing to make it mandatory for orphanages and child rehabilitation centers to buy health insurance for all those sheltering with them.
Apr 29, 2017