SOCIETY
Traffic police withdraws odd-even vehicle rule
Traffic police withdraws odd-even vehicle rule
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Amid criticism from various quarters, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) on Friday withdrew the odd-even vehicle rule it had enforced on Thursday to ease the movement of VVIPs arriving in Kathmandu to participate in the Asia Pacific Summit 2018.
Dec 01, 2018
Interview
NC has made a blunder by creating controversy about this summit: Nepal
NC has made a blunder by creating controversy about this sum...
Senior leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is one of the key leaders to bring the Asia Pacific Summit 2018 to Nepal. As a founder leader of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which is also a part of the Universal Peace...
Dec 01, 2018
Interview
‘Nepal and Philippines should cooperate on migrant labor issues’
‘Nepal and Philippines should cooperate on migrant labor iss...
Maria Leonor Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines, is in Kathmandu for the Asia Pacific Summit 2018. Republica editor Subhash Ghimire and Nagarik editor Guna Raj Luitel sat down with her Friday to discuss a range of issues, including economic cooperation between Nepal and the Philippines. Exce...
Dec 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Disgruntled minister questions tenders for 20 bridges on fast-track road
Disgruntled minister questions tenders for 20 bridges on fas...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth has voiced objection to the tender calls for 20 bridges on the Kathmandu-Tarai fast-track road, pointing out that these were made without preparing the detailed project report (DPR).
Dec 01, 2018
Interview
Summit will highlight Nepal's success in peace process and constitution-making: Eknath Dha...
Summit will highlight Nepal's success in peace process and c...
Summit will highlight Nepal's success in peace process and constitution-making: Eknath Dhakal
Dec 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Neonatal ICU at Tikapur Hospital relief for locals
Neonatal ICU at Tikapur Hospital relief for locals
DHANGADI, Dec 1: Tikapur Hospital has started providing neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) service. Social Development Minister of Sudurpaschhim Province Krishna Subedi on Friday inaugurated the service amid a formal program.
Dec 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Teachers' protest affects education at govt schools in Valley
Teachers' protest affects education at govt schools in Valle...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The teaching-learning process at 600 government schools in the Kathmandu Valley was affected on Friday as the government teachers gathered at Bhrikutimandap in the capital to join protests organized by the Confederation of Nepalese Teachers (CNT).
Dec 01, 2018
OPINION
Chasing Nepali Dream
Chasing Nepali Dream
A young South Asian, with dark eyebrows, bushy black hair, short but stout built, rushed to serve me. The moment he opened his mouth and spoke few words in English, I knew he was a Nepali. “Chiya lyaunush na hai” (please bring me a cup of tea) I responded in Nepali. His eyes lit up. “A dai, Nepali h...
Dec 01, 2018
OPINION
Recollections of love
Recollections of love
Talking of love soothes hearts and embalms the scorched earth. And the precondition is that it happens where love is expressed by blowing into tree leaves and whistling. It is where love still flows down the streams with roaring falls and faint murmurs. It is where love is still pure, polite, pueril...
Dec 01, 2018
OPINION
Why we chose Nepal
Why we chose Nepal
In collaboration with Government of Nepal, Asia Pacific Summit 2018 is being organized by International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), Federal Parliament of Nepal, International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) and Universal Peace Federation (UPF), main sponsor, in Ka...
Dec 01, 2018