ECONOMY
Business leaders demand superseding provision to ensure incentives
Business leaders demand superseding provision to ensure ince...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Business leaders have urged the government to ensure that the facilities and incentives provided in the upcoming industrial enterprises act do not get curtailed by the annual Financial Act.
Jan 10, 2019
POLITICS
Speaker tells PM, ministers to take MPs questions after address
Speaker tells PM, ministers to take MPs questions after addr...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has instructed the prime minister and other ministers to take questions from lawmakers after addressing the parliament on any issues.
Jan 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Seti River turns muddy due to rampant excavation
Seti River turns muddy due to rampant excavation
TANAHUN, Jan 10: The name of Seti River itself denotes white water. But the milky white water of the renowned river has turned muddy these days thanks to the rampant excavation along the lower belt of the river by crusher plants.
Jan 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Mustang farmers welcome heavy snowfall
Mustang farmers welcome heavy snowfall
MUSTANG, Jan 10: Continuous snowfall since the last few days in Mustang has hard-hit people’s life. Even cattle have been bearing the brunt. However, farmers say that they are happy as snowfall is expected to bring back the moisture of the soil triggering better yield for their crops.
Jan 10, 2019
POLITICS
Nepal, France to mark 70 years of relations
Nepal, France to mark 70 years of relations
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Nepal and France have agreed to mark the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations established between the two countries with various programs.
Jan 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Mother’s blood to test authenticity of Nirmala’s DNA sample
Mother’s blood to test authenticity of Nirmala’s DNA sample
DHANGADI, Jan 10: After questions being raised repeatedly on the authenticity of the vaginal swab collected from rape and murder victim Nirmala Panta of Bhimdatta Municipality, police have collected blood sample of her mother Durgadevi Panta for testing.
Jan 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Gangamaya turns to UN in her fight for justice
Gangamaya turns to UN in her fight for justice
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Gangamaya Adhikari on Wednesday met UN Resident Coordinator Valerie Julliand at UN House Pulchowk, Lalitpur as part of her campaign to internationalize her forlorn fight for justice.
Jan 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Mother, two sons killed in ‘menstruation shed’ fire
Mother, two sons killed in ‘menstruation shed’ fire
BAJURA, Jan 10: A mother and her two sons died of suffocation and burns after menstruation shed where they were sleeping caught fire on Tuesday night at Budinanda Municipality-9 of Bajura district. She had lit the fire inside the shed to keep warm before going to bed.
Jan 10, 2019
POLITICS
Oli appoints key officials leaving ministers concerned in dark
Oli appoints key officials leaving ministers concerned in da...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Prime Minister KP Oli has stepped on the toes of some of his own cabinet ministers over various key appointments, and the ministers are unhappy over his interventions.
Jan 10, 2019
POLITICS
Financial support for infrastructure projects should be concessional: Japan
Financial support for infrastructure projects should be conc...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Amid concern in various quarters that China was getting many developing countries into a debt trap through its investment in various projects under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Japan has said that the financial support for infrastructure projects in developing countries sho...
Jan 10, 2019