ECONOMY
Nigerian firm denied license for limestone mine since 3 years
Nigerian firm denied license for limestone mine since 3 year...
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Then prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal decided to award limestone mines to Dangote Cement Nepal Pvt Ltd on January 8 last year. The decision taken at a meeting of the Investment Board Nepal (IBN), was passed on to the Department of Mines and Geology for implementation. But the Nig...
Jan 02, 2018
POLITICS
Poll debacle prompts NC youth leaders to demand Mahasamiti meeting
Poll debacle prompts NC youth leaders to demand Mahasamiti m...
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: A section of Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have started exerting pressure on the party leadership to immediately call the party's Mahasamiti meeting to assess the party's humiliating defeat in the recently held parliamentary and provincial assembly polls.
Jan 02, 2018
POLITICS
Left alliance urges EC to announce poll results pronto (with video)
Left alliance urges EC to announce poll results pronto (with...
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Leaders of the left alliance have urged the Election Commission (EC) to announce the final poll results without any further delay saying that the delay in allocating proportional representation (PR) seats of the lower house has complicated the new government formation process.
Jan 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Army opens 66 km track in Karnali Corridor
Army opens 66 km track in Karnali Corridor
KALIKOT, Jan 2: Construction of the Karnali Corridor has seen a remarkable progress since the Nepal Army (NA) took over the project’s responsibility in March 2015.
Jan 02, 2018
POLITICS
UML bigwigs eye presidency as graceful exit from politics
UML bigwigs eye presidency as graceful exit from politics
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Several UML leaders have expressed their interests to become the next head of the state even as a section of the party leadership is in mood to give continuity to the current president, Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Jan 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Women grab opportunities in politics
Women grab opportunities in politics
JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 2: Chameli Devi Das of Laxminiya Rural Municipality of Dhanusha district had entered politics after being involved in the Madhes movement. She is going to be elected as a member of the provincial assembly under the Proportional Representation (PR) system.
Jan 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Freed Haliyas finally get their own homes
Freed Haliyas finally get their own homes
ACCHAM, Jan 2: A former bonded laborer, Janak Aaughi of Hattikot, Mallekh-8 of Accham district finally has a home to call his own. The government grant to construct homes, although it came late, has proved a huge respite for a former Haliya (indentured ploughman) like him.
Jan 02, 2018
POLITICS
NC, UML trade barbs over delay in forming new govt
NC, UML trade barbs over delay in forming new govt
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and the main opposition party, CPN-UML, which has emerged as the largest political force in the recent parliamentary and provincial assembly elections, have been exchanging verbal barbs over the delay in the handover of power.
Jan 02, 2018
SOCIETY
SC directs not to remove 'squatters' from public land
SC directs not to remove 'squatters' from public land
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The Supreme Court (SC) has recently directed the government authorities not to remove 309 households of 'squatters' from a public land in Madhyabindu Municipality, Nawalparasi. The squatters have been living there for long.
Jan 02, 2018
SOCIETY
Female masons making their marks in reconstruction
Female masons making their marks in reconstruction
DHADING, Jan 2: Donning bright yellow helmets on their heads, gloves around their hands and gumboots around their feet, a large number of women in Dhading are found working as masons these days.
Jan 02, 2018