POLITICS
Nepal-Malaysia labor pact could be used as a model for other countries
Nepal-Malaysia labor pact could be used as a model for other...
KATHMANDU, Nov 13: The new labor agreement between Nepal and Malaysia still falls short of meeting the standards set by the international labor laws, but many of its provisions could be used as a model for similar pacts that Nepal signs with other labor destinations in the future, say experts.
Nov 13, 2018
POLITICS
Wary of China, US wants South Asia to join Indo-Pacific Strategy
Wary of China, US wants South Asia to join Indo-Pacific Stra...
WASHINGTON DC/HONOLULU, Nov 13: United States officials including defense strategists and members of the intelligentsia have called on South Asian nations to make the right choice while entering into infrastructure development cooperation with China.
Nov 13, 2018
POLITICS
Govt move to deny info on cabinet decisions causes widespread controversy
Govt move to deny info on cabinet decisions causes widesprea...
KATHMANDU, Nov 13: The government's move to withhold information about the decisions of cabinet meetings has drawn widespread criticism.
Nov 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Jumla schools without teachers even after holidays are over
Jumla schools without teachers even after holidays are over
JUMLA, Nov 13: Schools in Jumla had announced holiday only till Dashain. However, schools here have not opened even after Tihar. This has left students with no option but to stay at home idle.
Nov 13, 2018
SOCIETY
Two Indians held for gang rape
Two Indians held for gang rape
BARDIYA, Nov 13: It had been about a month since Sabitra (name changed) of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality had started taking her goats to a field 500 meters away from her house for grazing. That field lies 500 meters north toward Nepal from the no man's land.
Nov 13, 2018
Editorial
Chhath bonds us all
Chhath bonds us all
Today is the third day of Chhath—the major festival celebrated in Nepal’s Tarai plains but whose popularity and fame is spreading across the country in the recent years.
Nov 13, 2018
OPINION
Saving secularism
Saving secularism
Our secular republic aspires to reflect the pluralistic reality of the plains, hills and mountains. This should be nurtured
Nov 13, 2018
OPINION
Refocus on agriculture
Refocus on agriculture
Government should bring policies to bring back our youths and engage them in gainful agricultural enterprises
Nov 13, 2018
OPINION
Cooperative rivalry
Cooperative rivalry
Neither China nor the US poses an existential threat to the other the way that Hitler’s Germany or Stalin’s Soviet Union did
Nov 13, 2018
Infographic
Infographics: India's monumental new statue in perspective
Infographics: India's monumental new statue in perspective
India unveiled the "Statue of Unity" this week: reaching a height of 182 meters (excluding the pedestal), it is now the largest statue in the world.
Nov 13, 2018