POLITICS, Latest Updates
Cabinet reshuffle unlikely before by-polls: Nepal
Cabinet reshuffle unlikely before by-polls: Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Senior leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that there is no possibility of cabinet reshuffle at least before the by-elections scheduled for November 30.
Oct 17, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Five arrested over illegal kidney transplant at Nidan Hospital
Five arrested over illegal kidney transplant at Nidan Hospit...
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: The Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau of Nepal Police on Wednesday arrested six persons including a doctor on the charge of illegally transplanting kidney at Nidan Hospital in Lalitpur.
Oct 17, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Xi visit laid foundation for trilateral cooperation: Dahal
Xi visit laid foundation for trilateral cooperation: Dahal
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Co-chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Nepal has laid the foundation for realizing the idea of a trilateral partnership between China, Nepal and India.
Oct 17, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Arrest warrant issued against NCP lawmaker
Arrest warrant issued against NCP lawmaker
DOLAKHA, Oct 17: At a time when one lawmaker after another has been facing arrest in various cases, Kathmandu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against ruling NCP lawmaker Parbat Gurung in a case of attempted murder. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives from Dolakha.
Oct 17, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
‘Both neighbors are ready to support Nepal’
‘Both neighbors are ready to support Nepal’
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Prime Minister KP Oli has said both India and China are ready to extend support for the development of Nepal.
Oct 17, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
After six decades and billions spent poverty alleviation remains a far cry
After six decades and billions spent poverty alleviation rem...
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Billions of rupees have been spent in the last six decades in the name of the poor and various training. However, nearly one-fifth of Nepal’s population lives below the poverty line (those earning less than $1.90 per day, as per the World Bank).
Oct 17, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Food for thought
Food for thought
UNICEF’s report entitled ‘The State of World’s Children 2019: Children, Food and Nutrition’ brings a disturbing fact about Nepali children: some 43 percent of children under five years are either stunted or wasted or overweight in Nepal. According to the report, one in every two Nepali children unde...
Oct 17, 2019
OPINION, DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Making NRNA meaningful
Making NRNA meaningful
Nepali Diaspora has a high potential to effectively become a development partner of Nepal to help her graduate from LDC status to middle-income country as targeted. Registered with the government of Nepal, the Diaspora has a well networked national chapter (National Coordination Councils, known as N...
Oct 17, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Digital dependency
Digital dependency
Technology is so woven into our lives that we cannot imagine life without it. The overall advancement of technology has changed not only the way we live our everyday lives, but also the way the world communicates. When we are so dependent on gadgets and devices to live, entertain, interact and work...
Oct 17, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
EU’s rule-of-law test
EU’s rule-of-law test
HELSINKI – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’s recent ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in seeking to suspend (or “prorogue”) the UK Parliament for five weeks to avoid debate of his plans for a “no-deal” Brexit underscores the centrality of the rule of law to democratic...
Oct 17, 2019