SOCIETY
Rs 1.5 m collected to save life of Gharti Magar languishing in Saudi Arabian prison
Rs 1.5 m collected to save life of Gharti Magar languishing...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: More than Rs 1.5 million collected to save the life of a Nepali migrant Dil Bahadur Ghatri Magar, who is languishing in a Saudi Arabia prison, has been handed to the main committee of 'Save Life of Dil Bahadur Campaign-2075' amid a program in the Capital.
Aug 03, 2018
The Week
No strings attached
No strings attached
The popular belief is that parents whose children leave the country are miserable and it’s almost as if their lives come to a standstill. But the actual reality is slowly changing from this age-old narrative. Parents reveal that they don’t actually mind their children living overseas and some even c...
Aug 03, 2018
POLITICS
Court orders arrest of Province 2 State Minister, other accused in ASI’s murder
Court orders arrest of Province 2 State Minister, other accu...
JANAKPUR, Aug 3: The already troubled relations between the government of Province 2 and the police are set worsen after the High Court in Janakpur issued a mandamus order for the arrest of all the accused in the murder of Armed Police Force (APF) Assistant Sub-Inspector Thaman Singh BK nearly three...
Aug 03, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks continue to waver around flat line
Stocks continue to waver around flat line
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Stocks traded mildly higher in the beginning hour of Thursday’s session. However, the market failed to hold on to the initial gains and traded mostly in the negative territory later in the session. Despite a slight pullback toward the end, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse)...
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
'Status quoist elements' responsible for heinous crimes: Home minister
'Status quoist elements' responsible for heinous crimes: Hom...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has blamed free availability of alcohol and narcotic drugs for the recent rape of a minor in Kanchanpur.
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
We are taking plagiarism seriously: TU Service Commission
We are taking plagiarism seriously: TU Service Commission
KATHMANDU, August 3: Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC), the staff recruiting body for the university, has taken the issue of plagiarism seriously and is considering measures to check it.
Aug 03, 2018
POLITICS
House committees formed after six months of business
House committees formed after six months of business
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: With the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) finally submitting a list of its names to the parliamentary committees, the Federal Parliament formed 14 committees on Thursday, six month into the commencement of parliamentary business.
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
Tri-Chandra, Nepal's first college in dire straits
Tri-Chandra, Nepal's first college in dire straits
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Tri-Chandra College, once the pride of Nepal's education, is in dire straits today, requiring urgent renovation to revive its past glory in academic excellence, innovative logistic facilities and other vibrant academic activities.
Aug 03, 2018
POLITICS
NC walks out from House
NC walks out from House
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has walked out from the parliament meeting on Thursday in protest after the speaker disallowed the party's lawmakers from making follow-up questions on a reply by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
'Punish those who built the substandard Sikta canal'
'Punish those who built the substandard Sikta canal'
The Sikta Irrigation Project, a project of national pride, hogged the headlines recently after its main canal was damaged during a test.
Aug 03, 2018