SOCIETY
Criminalize cases of torture and enforced disappearance: Conflict victims
Criminalize cases of torture and enforced disappearance: Con...
REPUBLICA (KATHMANDU): National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal, an organization of families of the victims of enforced disappearances, have threatened to launch protests to pressure the government into formulating necessary laws to criminalize conflict-era torture and enforced...
Mar 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks plunge continues as Nepse drops to 13-month low
Stocks plunge continues as Nepse drops to 13-month low
KATHMANDU, March 5: Stocks rout continued on Monday as Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index plunged 16.69 points, or 1.23 percent, to close at a 13-month low of 1,287.74 points.
Earlier on Sunday, the benchmark index shed a whopping 42 points, or 3.09 percent. The decline on Monday -- the second tra...
Mar 06, 2018
POLITICS
Deuba elected NC's PP leader
Deuba elected NC's PP leader
KATHMANDU, March 5: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party in parliament, has elected party President Sher Bahadur Deuba as its parliamentary party leader also.
Mar 06, 2018
POLITICS
Yadav calls party meeting as FSFN weighs proposal to join govt
Yadav calls party meeting as FSFN weighs proposal to join go...
KATHMANDU, March 5: Talks for forming a coalition between the left alliance and the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) ended inconclusively on Monday after leaders from the two sides failed to agree on the details of power sharing.
Mar 06, 2018
OPINION
Fake news and censorship
Fake news and censorship
Around the world, the number of honest journalists jailed for publishing fake or fictitious news is at an all-time high of at least 21. As non-democratic leaders increasingly use the “fake news” backlash to clamp down on independent media, that number is likely to climb.
Mar 06, 2018
Infographic
The countries with the highest salaries
The countries with the highest salaries
The countries with the highest salaries
Mar 06, 2018
Editorial
Reimagining TU
Reimagining TU
TU’s once renowned research centers like Center for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) and the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CENAS) produced academics of very high standard. Scholars like Dor Bahadur Bista once headed CEDA. But these research institutes are gathering dust and few m...
Mar 06, 2018
OPINION
Reviving Janakpur’s pride
Reviving Janakpur’s pride
Construction of Ram-Janaki Multipurpose International Stadium is likely to revive glorious cultural tradition of Janakpur.
Mar 06, 2018
POLITICS
NA approves interim rules of procedure
NA approves interim rules of procedure
KATHMANDU, March 5: The National Assembly met for the first time today since the promulgation of the Constitution of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
Mar 05, 2018
POLITICS
Left Alliance, FSFN fail to strike deal over number of ministries
Left Alliance, FSFN fail to strike deal over number of minis...
KATHMANDU, March 5: A meeting held on Monday between Left Alliance and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) ended inconclusively.
Mar 05, 2018