SOCIETY
Elected officials failing to meet promises irks locals
Elected officials failing to meet promises irks locals
JHAPA, Jan 6: After the completion of local level elections, voters breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that their lives would finally improve. They had expected that their locality, their district and the country would head towards progress and development thanks to the elections. But to their dis...
Jan 07, 2018
POLITICS
Police organize march against drug abuse
Police organize march against drug abuse
POKHARA, Jan 6: With the initiative of District Police Office, Kaski and Community Police Service Center, Baidam, a march was organized against drug abuse on Saturday.
Jan 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Nine die including five children
Nine die including five children
JAJARKOT, Jan 6: As many as nine people including five children have succumbed to viral fever coupled with cough and cold in Jajarkot in the last week.
Jan 07, 2018
POLITICS
Govt plans to leave fixing provincial capitals for provincial assemblies
Govt plans to leave fixing provincial capitals for provincia...
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: In a bid to avoid potential tension and protests over provincial capitals, the government has planned not to fix the provincial capitals and leave the task for the provincial assemblies, said a senior government minister on Saturday.
Jan 07, 2018
Editorial
Capital fight
Capital fight
Following media reports that the government has finalized provincial capitals for the seven provinces, people have taken to the streets in various districts demanding their places be declared provincial capitals. Every district and city aspires to be provincial capital, and some of the senior politi...
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
OBOR and agriculture
OBOR and agriculture
OBOR not only provides opportunity for Nepali agriculture, it may also create challenging situation for Nepal.
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
Whither civic sense?
Whither civic sense?
The better educated our citizens are, the better equipped they will be to foster good
governance.
Jan 07, 2018
OPINION
Resist the robots, invest in people
Resist the robots, invest in people
MANILA – A knitting factory in Bangladesh brings together the past, present, and future. On one floor, workers knit by hand. On another, people and machines do the work together. And on a third floor, there are only robots.
Jan 07, 2018
POLITICS
'Representative from Karnali should be appointed Chief Minister of Karnali province'
'Representative from Karnali should be appointed Chief Minis...
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Lawmakers elected to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly from Kalikot district have demanded that the Chief Minister of the Province no. 6 should be a representative from Karnali region alone.
Jan 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Rupandehi shutdown to protest murder of businessman
Rupandehi shutdown to protest murder of businessman
BUTWAL, Jan 6: A shutdown called to protest the killing of local businessman crippled life in Rupandehi district today.
Jan 06, 2018