SOCIETY
Tharu leaders for Dipayal as Province 7 capital
Tharu leaders for Dipayal as Province 7 capital
KAILALI, Aug 12: While lawmakers are divided over naming Province 7 and fixing its capital, Tharu leaders have agreed to stand in favor of naming Dipayal as the provincial capital in a conclusion that this move could help them to garner wider support of hilly people in naming the province as Tharuha...
Aug 12, 2018
POLITICS
PM Oli proposes inspection committee to implement agreements with Dr KC
PM Oli proposes inspection committee to implement agreements...
KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Prime Minister KP Oli has proposed forming an inspection committee to ensure effective implementation of the nine-point agreement reached with Dr Govinda KC two weeks ago.
Aug 12, 2018
POLITICS
Prez stresses state mechanism empowerment for constitution implementation
Prez stresses state mechanism empowerment for constitution i...
KATHMANDU, Aug 12: President Bidya Bhandari has stressed empowering state mechanisms for the implementation of the new constitution in the country.
Aug 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Garbage collection begins in Lahan
Garbage collection begins in Lahan
LAHAN, Aug 12: Lahan Municipality finally started to collect garbage from near the highway after over three weeks. The municipality acted only after the unmanaged waste threatened the outbreak of an epidemic in the region.
Aug 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Freed Haliyas claim leaders and gov officials extorted portion of their rehabilitation fun...
Freed Haliyas claim leaders and gov officials extorted porti...
DADELDHURA, Aug 12: Government officials and Haliya leaders in Dadeldhura district have allegedly pocketed most of the funds released for the rehabilitation of the freed Haliyas or indentured farmers. The Haliyas are former bonded laborers who worked as farmhands for landlords.
Aug 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Dozens of settlements at high risk of landslides
Dozens of settlements at high risk of landslides
BAJURA, Aug 12: Two weeks ago, Man Bahadur Rawat and his family left their home at Gumlagaun and started living under a tarpaulin tent in Daune Chaur. The family of Chededaha Rural Municipality-7, Bajura district, was forced to relocate after landslides continuously occurred in their village.
Aug 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Proxy examinee arrested
Proxy examinee arrested
DHADING, Aug 12: Dhading Police on Saturday held a person on the charge of appearing in the grade-upgrading exam of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) on behalf of another student.
Aug 12, 2018
SOCIETY
28 households of Hungi at risk of displacement due to haphazard road construction
28 households of Hungi at risk of displacement due to haphaz...
PALPA, Aug 12: A new track opened in mid-July without considering the environmental impact has posed serious problems for 28 households of Hungi, Rambha Rural Municipality-1.
Aug 12, 2018
Editorial
Local govts failing on education
Local govts failing on education
One of the reasons the local governments were endowed with sweeping powers in matters of health, education and infrastructure development, among others, was the belief that they know the local realities better than other institutions and they would be able to handle these basic ser-vices more reliab...
Aug 12, 2018
OPINION
Reinvigorating BIMSTEC
Reinvigorating BIMSTEC
BIMSTEC should adopt a charter. It will increase predictability, institutionalization, and legitimacy of the regional organization
Aug 12, 2018