SOCIETY
Docs to stage hour-long rally at medical institutions
Docs to stage hour-long rally at medical institutions
KATHMANDU, July 11: Extending solidarity with agitating senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, doctors have announced yet another round of nation-wide protests.
Jul 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Aid donors also spent more on recurrent programs
Aid donors also spent more on recurrent programs
KATHMANDU, July 11: The government in its budget speech had targeted the channeling of more foreign aid funds into capital spending and less on recurrent expenditures for the ongoing fiscal year.
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Woman lost all 4 offspring in Mustang tipper truck crash
Woman lost all 4 offspring in Mustang tipper truck crash
ROLPA, July 11: Dhanapuri Rokamagar, 61, of Thabang-5 in Rolpa district silently watched the cremation of her two sons on the bank of the Lungri River. Another son and a daughter were being cremated at the same time on the bank of Rapti in Dang district. She lost all four of her children in the tipp...
Jul 11, 2018
POLITICS
Dr KC: ‘New opposition’ for govt, ‘hero’ to locals
Dr KC: ‘New opposition’ for govt, ‘hero’ to locals
JUMLA/DADELDHURA, July 11: A tussle between the government and the Jumla-based Karnali Academy of Health and Sciences (KAHS) has been in the spotlight for the past some days. In fact, KAHS by many has been portrayed as “a new opposition” for the government.
Jul 11, 2018
POLITICS
Foreign minister says govt has no intention to discourage I/NGOs
Foreign minister says govt has no intention to discourage I/...
KATHMANDU, July 11: At a time when there are concerns from various quarters that the government is bent on curbing civil liberties and controlling domestic and international non-governmental organizations (I/NGOs), Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has said that the government has no intention of cur...
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Protesting rights activists briefly detained near Singha Durbar
Protesting rights activists briefly detained near Singha Dur...
KATHMANDU, July 11: Police on Tuesday briefly detained 25 human rights activists associated with the Human Rights and Peace Society (Hurpes) who were staging sit-in protests near Singha Durbar against the government decision to ‘curtail democratic freedoms’.
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
20 percent reconstruction works completed in Sindhuli
20 percent reconstruction works completed in Sindhuli
SINDHULI, July 11: After more than three years of the devastating Gorkha earthquake, about 20 percent of the reconstruction works have completed so far in Sindhuli, according to the National Reconstruction Authority.
Jul 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Women in Accham unable to breastfeed their children due to busy schedule
Women in Accham unable to breastfeed their children due to b...
ACHHAM, July 11: The obligation of women to spend more time in fields and doing household works has deprived infants of rural Accham from having mother's milk.
Jul 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal Rastra Bank set to increase size of refinance fund
Nepal Rastra Bank set to increase size of refinance fund
KATHMANDU, July 11: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is increasing the size of the refinance fund from the monetary policy for the upcoming fiscal year -- FY2018/19 that the central bank is unveiling this week.
Jul 11, 2018
ECONOMY
NAC hiring 28 foreign pilots
NAC hiring 28 foreign pilots
KATHMANDU, July 11: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has decided to recruit 28 foreign pilots, citing shortage of pilots to fly its aircraft.
Jul 11, 2018