POLITICS
Is delay in confirming CJ nominee a threat to judicial independence?
Is delay in confirming CJ nominee a threat to judicial indep...
KATHMANDU, July 31: Serious suspicions of a threat to the independence of the judiciary have surfaced as the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHSC) has been repeatedly delaying a decision on whether or not to endorse the nomination of Deepak Raj Joshee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Parties renaming public places after their own
Parties renaming public places after their own
DANG / ROLPA, July 31: Dang district's Babai Rural Municipality-4 used to have a village named 'Maskidar'. The small settlement managed to retain its name for many generations.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Politicians only milking Sikta Irrigation Project: Locals
Politicians only milking Sikta Irrigation Project: Locals
KATHMANDU, July 31: Ahead of every election, the Sikta Irrigation Project dominates the electioneering. But all the poll contestants conveniently sideline the project once the election is over.
Jul 31, 2018
POLITICS
Hearings committee puts off decision on Joshee
Hearings committee puts off decision on Joshee
KATHMANDU, July 31: Although the confusion over an academic certificate of chief justice nominee Deepak Raj Joshee has been cleared, the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) put off any decision yet again on Monday as lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) were against his nomination.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Environmental issues dog Nijgadh airport now
Environmental issues dog Nijgadh airport now
KATHMANDU, July 31: The Ministry of Forest and Environment had invited feedback and opinions for a week from April 27 on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) prepared for building the second international airport but very few feedback and comments were received.
Jul 31, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks close flat despite improved market activity
Stocks close flat despite improved market activity
KATHMANDU, July 31: Stocks turned flat in another choppy session on Monday as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index continued to show a lack of direction. Consequently, the market has confined between a narrow range of 1,190 to 1,200 points for a sixth straight session. The index which had climbed...
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Rampant increase in accidents in valley
Rampant increase in accidents in valley
KATHMANDU, JULY 31: Records maintained by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office (MTPO) show an increase of more than 15 percent in road accidents in the valley in fiscal year 2017/18 from the previous fiscal year.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Kamalamai locals under tusker terror for past seven months
Kamalamai locals under tusker terror for past seven months
SINDHULI, July 31: Wild elephants have continued terrorizing the residents of various wards of Kamalamai Municipality for the past seven months. The elephants enter human settlements mostly at night, destroy crops and pull down houses.
Jul 31, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal delegation visiting India to revise bilateral trade treaty
Nepal delegation visiting India to revise bilateral trade tr...
KATHMANDU, July 31: The government has decided to send an eight-member delegation led by joint-secretary Rabi Shankar of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to India to participate in the first meeting being held for reviewing the Nepal-India Trade Treaty, which was last revised in Octob...
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Zero student in masters' programs after semester system introduced
Zero student in masters' programs after semester system intr...
ILAM, July 31: Introduction of the semester system in masters' level programs by Tribhuvan University has affected student enrollment in campuses affiliated to it in the hilly districts of the eastern region. In some campuses, the number of enrollment in the masters programs has gone down to zero.
Jul 31, 2018