ECONOMY
Hiring of IT staff by 753 local units to create jobs
Hiring of IT staff by 753 local units to create jobs
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Local governance units across the country are hiring information technology (IT) officers of late, creating a wave of job opportunities in this sector which had long been seeing low manpower demand.
Jan 24, 2018
POLITICS
Quake victims could miss second tranche of grant due to PM's busy schedule
Quake victims could miss second tranche of grant due to PM's...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The chance of the earthquake victims receiving the second installment of the reconstruction grant hangs in the balance due to the busy schedule of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Jan 24, 2018
POLITICS
Parties mull rotating govts, CMs in four provinces
Parties mull rotating govts, CMs in four provinces
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Only three of the seven federal provinces are likely to see their governments serving out their full five-year tenures as the political parties are exploring the possibility of rotating the chief ministers as part of power-sharing at the provincial level.
Jan 24, 2018
ECONOMY
CIAA interrogates graft-accused Khadka
CIAA interrogates graft-accused Khadka
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has started interrogating Gopal Bahadur Khadka, the corruption-accused former chief of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), over his alleged involvement in a multi-million land purchase scam.
Jan 24, 2018
POLITICS
Petition demands protection of 'encroached' Nepali land near Birgunj
Petition demands protection of 'encroached' Nepali land near...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was lodged at the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, requesting a court order to government authorities to protect Nepal's border at Birgunj from neighboring India.
Jan 24, 2018
ECONOMY
Bankers expecting relaxation on prudential lending limit like last year
Bankers expecting relaxation on prudential lending limit lik...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: At a time when bankers are hoping that the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) will provide them a relaxation on credit to core-capital-cum-deposit (C-CD) ratio, the central bank has indicated that such prudential lending limit is not going to be tweaked to address the current liquidity probl...
Jan 24, 2018
SOCIETY
Int'l community roots for credible transitional justice process
Int'l community roots for credible transitional justice proc...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Marking the Holocaust Memorial Day, Diplomatic community in Nepal, together with several Nepali human rights defenders, on Tuesday demanded a credible transitional justice process in Nepal to address conflict-era human rights violations.
Jan 24, 2018
SOCIETY
Man who shot Gauchan nabbed: Police
Man who shot Gauchan nabbed: Police
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested Shyam Lama 'Gumbe,'-- one of the key suspects behind the broad-daylight killing of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal's President Sarad Kumar Gauchan.
Jan 24, 2018
Editorial
Sorry state
Sorry state
Mess in public schools
Jan 24, 2018
OPINION
After the fall
After the fall
When country watched Dhanaraj Gurung break into sobs in front of television camera while explaining how the party shunned him, people had decided
Jan 24, 2018