ELECTION
Early vote count shows big 3 leading pack
Early vote count shows big 3 leading pack
KATHMANDU, May 16: Early vote counting has shown a triangular competition emerging among the three major political parties-Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center)-in the first phase local elections held on Sunday.
May 17, 2017
ELECTION
New parties put in 'unexpected performance'
New parties put in 'unexpected performance'
KATHMANDU, May 17: Even as the main opposition CPN-UML maintains an early lead in the second day of vote-counting Monday, initial results point to a mixed outcome for the first phase of local elections.
May 17, 2017
ECONOMY, Interview
Lithuania can invest in Nepal's tourism, agri sectors
Lithuania can invest in Nepal's tourism, agri sectors
Republic of Lithuania, a northern European country, officially inaugurated its Honorary Consulate in Nepal on Tuesday. Shovakar Hari Neupane, a Kathmandu-based businessman, has been appointed as Lithuania's Honorary Consular in Nepal. Lithuanian ambassador to Nepal, Laimonas Talat-Kelpsa, who is bas...
May 17, 2017
ELECTION
Local polls bring promising signs of social change
Local polls bring promising signs of social change
KATHMANDU, May 17: While it is yet to be seen if the country heads toward the path of political stability and prosperity with the second phase polls still due, the first phase of local level polls held on Sunday across 34 districts has already brought a number of positive outcomes if seen through th...
May 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Current account in deficit as remittances growth slows
Current account in deficit as remittances growth slows
KATHMANDU, May 17: Remittances growth slowed to 6.3 percent in the third quarter of the current fiscal year 2016/17, down from 13 percent in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
May 17, 2017
POLITICS
Manang drops consensus way
Manang drops consensus way
POKHARA, May 17: Breaking with the tradition of electing their local representatives unopposed, voters in Manang district decided to go for a vote this time.
May 17, 2017
Editorial
Better and better
Better and better
Forecasts about the economy should always be taken with a pinch (or two) of salt. Nonetheless, it is hard not to be optimistic when credible international institutions repeatedly increase the country’s growth forecast.
May 17, 2017
ELECTION
Vote counting of KMC concluded in 6 days in 1997
Vote counting of KMC concluded in 6 days in 1997
KATHMANDU, May 17: Although concerns are being raised from various quarters in Kathmandu over the snail-paced counting of votes, not many people seem to be aware about the time it took to conclude vote counting in Kathmandu Metropolitan City in the last local election held 20 years ago.
May 17, 2017
OPINION
Age-old bonds
Age-old bonds
It is important to link Janakpur and Ayodhya not only through roads but also through railways, airways and optical fibers
May 17, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Candidates with better luck
Candidates with better luck
KATHMANDU, May 17: Election is not just a game of numbers but of luck as well. This saying has come true for a Nepali Congress candidate who had filed his candidacy for the chief post of Dhorchaur Rural Municipality-4 of Salyan.
May 17, 2017