WORLD
Two students open fire at Colorado school, killing 1, wounding 7 others
Two students open fire at Colorado school, killing 1, woundi...
HIGHLANDS RANCH, May 8: Two male students armed with guns burst into a Denver-area science and technology school and opened fire on Tuesday, killing one classmate and wounding seven others before being taken into custody, law enforcement officials said.
May 08, 2019
ECONOMY
SC continues stay order on Ncell tax
SC continues stay order on Ncell tax
KATHMANDU May 8: Giving continuity to the short-term stay order it issued on April 25, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the government to put the process of collecting capital gains tax (CGT) from telecommunications company Ncell Private Limited on hold.
May 08, 2019
POLITICS
SC stays citizenship distribution
SC stays citizenship distribution
KATHMANDU, May 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stay order to suspend the issuing of citizenship by descent to the offspring of those who were given citizenship by birth through a special one-time decision one and a half decades ago.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Naubahini distributes allowance at the doorsteps of locals
Naubahini distributes allowance at the doorsteps of locals
PYUTHAN, May 8: As promised during the local election campaigns, Naubahini Rural Municipality of Pyuthan has started distributing social security allowance at the doorsteps of the locals.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Road asphalt wears off within a year of construction
Road asphalt wears off within a year of construction
ROLPA, May 8: The asphalt layer of the 31-kilometer road stretch connecting Ghorahi of Dang to Holeri of Rolpa has worn off even before a year since the construction of the road.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Suspension bridge still a pipedream for tuin users in Jajarkot
Suspension bridge still a pipedream for tuin users in Jajark...
JAJARKOT, May 8: Pathbir Pun of Nalgad Municipality-1,Thulabagar has been crossing the Bheri river by clinging on to perilous cable crossings locally known as 'tuins' since years.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Rolpa schools struggling in lack of funds
Rolpa schools struggling in lack of funds
ROLPA, May 8: Even though the government has pledged free education up to the secondary level as child's fundamental right in the constitution, it does not provide financial resources to all community schools to pay teachers' salary and other resources a school needs.
May 08, 2019
Editorial
Name provinces, fix capitals
Name provinces, fix capitals
Nearly two years after the country started exercising federal system with three tiers of government, more than half of total seven provinces are yet to settle names and fix provincial capitals.
May 08, 2019
OPINION
Branding Buddha’s birthplace
Branding Buddha’s birthplace
Buddhist tourism can appeal to a large number of faith-inspired travelers. Branding Nepal as Buddha’s birthplace would help to counter the persisting misinformation that Buddha was born in India
May 08, 2019
OPINION
Time to intervene
Time to intervene
The government has failed to acknowledge the failure of previous commissions, ignored victims’ pressure and their key demands for legal amendment
May 08, 2019