ECONOMY
Upper Tamakoshi to start generation by 2018
Upper Tamakoshi to start generation by 2018
DOLAKHA, Nov 20: Sunday's breakthrough in digging the 8.4 km long tunnel of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project has almost ensured that the project will begin producing electricity by this time next year.
Nov 20, 2017
ELECTION
Security forces begin joint patrolling in border areas
Security forces begin joint patrolling in border areas
JHAPA, Nov 20: Amid increasing attacks on poll candidates, a joint team of Indian and Nepali security personnel have beefed-up security in the eastern border to avoid any kind of untoward incident in the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for December 7.
Nov 20, 2017
ELECTION
Seasoned NC candidates give tough fight to left alliance in Surkhet
Seasoned NC candidates give tough fight to left alliance in...
SURKHET, Nov 20: Political parties in Surkhet have expedited their election campaigns with interesting agendas and this has heated up the election fervor in the district. The headquarters of Surkhet, the gateway to Province 6, is often considered as the capital of the province.
Nov 20, 2017
ECONOMY
Chick price soars to the dismay of poultry farmers
Chick price soars to the dismay of poultry farmers
BANEPA, Nov 20: The cost of chicks in the market has reached its peak in the decade with Rs 100 per chick since mid-November this year.
Nov 20, 2017
SOCIETY
Bomb defused at Dhading DEO
Bomb defused at Dhading DEO
DHADING, Nov 20: A socket bomb was found on the premises of the District Election Office (DEO), Dhading on Sunday.
Nov 20, 2017
POLITICS
SC refuses to vacate stay order on land plotting case
SC refuses to vacate stay order on land plotting case
KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has referred the case of controversial ban by the government on the plotting and selling of agricultural land for a final hearing to be conducted within a month.
Nov 20, 2017
Editorial
Gasping for air
Gasping for air
Pollution in Kathmandu
Nov 20, 2017
OPINION
Phials of blood
Phials of blood
How would the Madhesi activists who agitated for constitutional change vote in a poll being held to ensure the inviolability of the same statute?
Nov 20, 2017
OPINION
Rich schools, poor students
Rich schools, poor students
There was no link between school cost and cognitive abilities while the link between cost and pre-SEE exam scores was negligible
Nov 20, 2017
OPINION
The Hundi menace
The Hundi menace
The preferred method of sending money via the Korea-Nepal remittance corridor is not formal banking channel. It is an informal remittance transfer system called hundi. Central banks of Nepal and Korea do not recognize hundi as an official remittance transfer. So why is it in vogue?
Nov 20, 2017