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
ECONOMY
Taskforce finds organized crime in heli rescue scam
Taskforce finds organized crime in heli rescue scam
KATHMANDU, July 31: A taskforce formed to launch an investigation into fake rescue operations conducted by trekking companies in collusion with private hospitals and helicopter operators have recommended action against eight trekking companies, four hospital and three helicopter companies.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
976 classrooms await reconstruction in Gorkha
976 classrooms await reconstruction in Gorkha
GORKHA, July 31: The reconstruction of school buildings ravaged by the devastating earthquakes of 2015 has slowed down again in Gorkha, compelling thousands of students to study under tents since the last few years.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Drug smuggling network from border to Kathmandu
Drug smuggling network from border to Kathmandu
LAHAN, July 31: In the last week of June, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Nepal Police arrested Mahesh Basnet with a huge cache of drugs from Kathmandu. Police recovered different types of injections, liquid and tablets from Basnet.
Jul 31, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal Bank Limited's FPO receives frosty response from public
Nepal Bank Limited's FPO receives frosty response from publi...
KATHMANDU, July 31: Nepal Bank Ltd (NBL), the government-owned bank, is struggling to sell its shares offered through follow-on public offering (FPO). The FPO, which closed on Sunday, has drawn only 54 percent subscription.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Japan envoy pledges additional aid
Japan envoy pledges additional aid
KATHMANDU, July 31: Newly-appointed Japanese ambassador to Nepal Masamichi Saigo said Japan will provide additional support to Nepal for post-earthquake reconstruction and infrastructural development.
Jul 31, 2018
SOCIETY
Dolpa locals refuse to buy subsidized rice due to high price
Dolpa locals refuse to buy subsidized rice due to high price
DOLPA, July 31: The government has been distributing subsidized rice to the people living in the remote and mountain districts since long. However, the locals of the mountain district Dolpa have stopped buying the rice distributed by the government stating that it is expensive in comparison to the l...
Jul 31, 2018
Editorial
Punish tainted TU officials
Punish tainted TU officials
Five days after the government signed nine-point agreement with Dr Govinda KC, who was on 27th day of his 15th hunger strike demanding crucial reforms in health and medical education, a key point of the nine-point agreement faces the risk of not being implemented.
Jul 31, 2018
OPINION
Foreign aid in agriculture
Foreign aid in agriculture
Although agriculture is a prioritized sector in policy document and donors are involved in its development, it stands at seventh position to receive foreign aid
Jul 31, 2018