SOCIETY
DoRI takes statement of garment merchant Agrawal by providing hospital facility amid hundi...
DoRI takes statement of garment merchant Agrawal by providin...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: It has been found that the Department of Revenue Investigation (DoRI) kept Naresh Agarwal, a garment merchant who was arrested for his involvement in Hundi transaction, in Alka Hospital for 24 days.
Feb 29, 2024
SOCIETY
Snowfall likely in Koshi and Gandaki provinces today
Snowfall likely in Koshi and Gandaki provinces today
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Meteorological Forecast Division (MFD) under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecast the possibility of light snowfall at some places of Koshi and Gandaki provinces today. Currently, Nepal is experiencing a partial influence of westerly winds, as reported by t...
Feb 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt amends Public Procurement Regulation to extend contract for over 1,000 projects
Govt amends Public Procurement Regulation to extend contract...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The government is preparing to extend the contracts of projects that have failed to complete the work on time. The government has approved the 13th amendment to the Public Procurement Regulation, 2080, and has legally opened the way to extend the deadline for projects that contrac...
Feb 29, 2024
OPINION
Corruption and Moral Bases of Democracy
Corruption and Moral Bases of Democracy
A number of economic scandals, being continuously exposed one after another in recent years, have raised grave questions about the moral fabric of Nepal’s democracy. As most of the already unfolded scandals have been found to be treated with an undesirable degree of superficiality, the moral crisis...
Feb 29, 2024
POLITICS
CIAA prepares to register case against TERAMOCS at Special Court
CIAA prepares to register case against TERAMOCS at Special C...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is preparing to register a case related to the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) in the Special Court soon.
Feb 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Nepal’s tourism sector seeks boost from Indian and Chinese visitors
Nepal’s tourism sector seeks boost from Indian and Chinese v...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: Nepal's tourism sector could experience growth by attracting a percentage of tourists from neighboring India and China.
Feb 29, 2024
Editorial
CAN Cannot Do This!
CAN Cannot Do This!
Nepal, like the other countries in South Asia, is notorious for pay disparity based on gender. In a comprehensive report published in 2019, the then Central Bureau of Statistics (now National Statistics Office) said the pay disparity between men and women in Nepal was around 30 percent.
Feb 29, 2024
POLITICS
Govt serious about addressing usury victims' problems: PM Dahal
Govt serious about addressing usury victims' problems: PM Da...
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured that the government was seriously working towards addressing the problems of the victims of usury, microfinance and cooperatives.
Feb 28, 2024
POLITICS
'Nepal ready to work together on conservation of environment'
'Nepal ready to work together on conservation of environment...
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Minister for Forests and Environment, Birendra Prasad Mahato, has said that the government is committed to protecting the achievements made by various government agencies in environmental conservation.
Feb 28, 2024
SOCIETY
Quake-hit local units declared crisis-affected zone
Quake-hit local units declared crisis-affected zone
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The government has declared the local units hit by the earthquake on November 3, 2023 as crisis-affected zones. The quake has its epicenter in Jajarkot district.
Feb 28, 2024