ECONOMY
Capital expenditure around 7%
Capital expenditure around 7%
KATHMANDU, Oct. 23: Despite timely announcement of the budget as ensured in the Constitution of Nepal, the capital expenditure of the government in the current fiscal year is not encouraging.
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
NC reschedules greeting exchange program for Nov 2
NC reschedules greeting exchange program for Nov 2
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: The Nepali Congress has rescheduled the greeting exchange-cum-tea reception program for November 2.
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Oct 23: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
Oct 23: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Life expectancy to be increased to 73 years
Life expectancy to be increased to 73 years
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: The mid-term expenditure report published by the National Planning Commission envisions increasing the life expectancy of Nepalis to 73 years in two years’ time. The life expectancy is 72 years.
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Lack of effective implementation of women rights a pity: FWLD
Lack of effective implementation of women rights a pity: FWL...
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Although Nepal has put in place various stringent legal measures regarding women rights in comparison to other several countries, the cases of violence against women (VAW) were rising lately due to lax implementation of the provisions enshrined in the constitution as fundamental r...
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Curfew at Krishnanagar completely lifted
Curfew at Krishnanagar completely lifted
KAPILVASTU, Oct 23: A curfew order that had been intermittently imposed at Krishnanagar since 5:00 pm Sunday has been completely lifted, the District Administration Office, Kapilvastu said.
Oct 23, 2018
WORLD
Turkey's President Erdogan says Saudis planned writer’s murder
Turkey's President Erdogan says Saudis planned writer’s murd...
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct 23: Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudia Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the ident...
Oct 23, 2018
SOCIETY
FNJ sends protest memo to Saudi govt, condemning Khashoggi's murder
FNJ sends protest memo to Saudi govt, condemning Khashoggi's...
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Condemning the murder of Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi, journalist, writer and former editor of the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) on Tuesday sent a letter of protest to the Saudi Arabian government via the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kathmandu...
Oct 23, 2018
WORLD
Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US
Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US
TAPACHULA, Oct 23: Thousands of Central American migrants resumed an arduous trek toward the U.S. border Monday, with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Oct 23, 2018
ECONOMY
Tarai-Madhes Prosperity Program implemented
Tarai-Madhes Prosperity Program implemented
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: The government has implemented Tarai-Madhes Prosperity Programme in order to run development projects including physical infrastructure in local levels of Tarai-Madhes, enlisted as backward in the human development index, in an integrated manner.
Oct 23, 2018