POLITICS
Pompeo, Gyawali discuss Nepal's central role in Indo-Pacific strategy
Pompeo, Gyawali discuss Nepal's central role in Indo-Pacific...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19 : Visiting Foreign Minister Padeep Kumar Gyawali held talks with his counterpart Michael R. Pompeo in Washington on Wednesday.
Dec 19, 2018
POLITICS
NC general convention to elect all office bearers but treasurer
NC general convention to elect all office bearers but treasu...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: In a major organizational restructuring, the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to expand the size of its Central Working Committee to 161, with a provision to elect directly all office bearers except the treasurer, through a general convention.
Dec 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Nirmala’s mother files complaint against 8 cops for ‘destroying evidence’
Nirmala’s mother files complaint against 8 cops for ‘destroy...
KANCHANPUR, Dec 19: Durgadevi Panta, mother of the 13-year-old rape and murder victim Nirmala Panta of Bhimdatta Municipality, has filed a complaint against eight police personnel on Tuesday accusing them of destroying evidences.
Dec 19, 2018
POLITICS
Nepal, United States agree to take bilateral ties to next level (With video)
Nepal, United States agree to take bilateral ties to next le...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Nepal and the United States of America on Wednesday agreed to take their seven-decade long bilateral ties to the next level.
Dec 19, 2018
POLITICS
Ruling party leaders continue war of words over leadership
Ruling party leaders continue war of words over leadership
KATMANDU, Dec 19: Leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have engaged in a war of words regarding the government's performance and a lethargic pace of party unification .
Dec 19, 2018
POLITICS
Hardline monarchist ex-PM Dr Tulsi Giri dies
Hardline monarchist ex-PM Dr Tulsi Giri dies
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Former Prime Minister Dr Tulsi Giri, who was a prominent Nepali Congress leader in the initial years of the party and later became a trusted lieutenant of King Mahendra and King Gyanendra, passed away on Tuesday. He was 93.
Dec 19, 2018
POLITICS
SC scraps govt decision to transfer health secy Dr Chaudhari to PMO
SC scraps govt decision to transfer health secy Dr Chaudhari...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government not to transfer Dr Pushpa Chaudhari, secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), to the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM).
Dec 19, 2018
Editorial
Road safety must be a national priority
Road safety must be a national priority
Our roads are unsafe to walk on and drive along. This is what the data of Nepal Police suggests. A total of 4,298 road accidents took place in the first four months of fiscal year 2018/19, leaving 864 people dead and 1,488 critically injured, says the data.
Dec 19, 2018
OPINION
Playing politics with justice
Playing politics with justice
The proposed high-level political mechanism is believed to be yet another strategy to award immunity to perpetrators of serious crimes committed during conflict-era
Dec 19, 2018
OPINION
Combating trafficking
Combating trafficking
There are no urban centers, in and outside Nepal, where Nepali women and girls may not have been forcibly trafficked
Dec 19, 2018