ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Big projects required to get water conservation compliance
Big projects required to get water conservation compliance
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Development projects are required to get certification of compliance with water resources conservation criteria as per the 'Water Resources Policy' before it proceeds with the construction of the project.
Jan 07, 2020
POLITICS, WORLD, Latest Updates
Nepal, China to enhance cooperation between law enforcement agencies
Nepal, China to enhance cooperation between law enforcement...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Nepal and China have agreed to enhance cooperation and communication between law enforcement agencies of the two countries for maintaining peace and security across the border.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SC directs JMC to admit students absent in entrance exam
SC directs JMC to admit students absent in entrance exam
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Janaki Medical College (JMC) to admit even those students who were absent in the entrance examinations for the BDS course.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Poor families in Rolpa struggling to spend winter
Poor families in Rolpa struggling to spend winter
ROLPA, Jan 7: The luxury of warm blankets in cold winter nights is a distant dream for those who are struggling to make ends meet.
Jan 07, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
'Joining hands with NCP to form govt in Province 2 would be counterproductive for RJPN'
'Joining hands with NCP to form govt in Province 2 would be...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Chairman of Samajbadi Party (SP), Upendra Yadav, on Monday warned that it would be counterproductive for Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) if it chose to forge an alliance with the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to form a new government in Province 2.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Lack of prey behind increasing leopard attacks in Tanahun
Lack of prey behind increasing leopard attacks in Tanahun
POKHARA/TANAHUN, Jan 7: On Sunday, an eight-year-old boy Pujan Sinjali was attacked by a leopard in Aanbu Khaireni Rural Municipality-8 in Tanahun district. The boy was attacked by the leopard when he was returning home from his maternal uncle's house.
Jan 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Residents of Pyuthan village forced to spend hours to fetch water
Residents of Pyuthan village forced to spend hours to fetch...
PYUTHAN, Jan 7: Numi Devi Nagarkoti, 60, a resident of Jhimruk Rural Municipality-6, Phyuthan, goes to a public tap to fetch water everyday before sunrise. After waking up at four in the morning, her first job is to go to the nearby tap to fetch water.
Jan 07, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Negotiate with evidence
Negotiate with evidence
The inclusion of Kalapani land in the new official political map of India followed President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Mamallapuram of India for an informal summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October, 2019.
Jan 07, 2020
Editorial, Latest Updates
Why IT Bill must not be passed
Why IT Bill must not be passed
The government, which has been receiving widespread criticisms over a number of flawed bills that it introduced in the parliament in recent months, has been heavily criticized again over Information Technology (IT) Bill which has been endorsed by the house committee recently, despite reservations fr...
Jan 07, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Debunking the nonsense on MCC
Debunking the nonsense on MCC
Having served on the Board of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal as a civil society representative in its formative days, the author of this piece had an opportunity to look at the Project in greater detail much before it came into wider public discourse. For the last couple of months o...
Jan 07, 2020