ECONOMY
Real deposit rates in positive territory after years
Real deposit rates in positive territory after years
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: With the rise in nominal interest rates in recent months amid shortage of lendable fund in the banking system, depositors are getting real interest rates on their saving.
Aug 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Lack of law hinders growth of contract farming
Lack of law hinders growth of contract farming
ILAM, August 7: Though contract farming is beneficial for both farmers and businessmen, experts say it is not flourishing in the lack of rules, regulations and laws.
Aug 08, 2017
SOCIETY
Dhurmus inspires locals to take up brooms for a cause
Dhurmus inspires locals to take up brooms for a cause
TIKAPUR, Aug 7: Comedian actor Sita Ram Kattel, popularly known as Dhurmus, has inspired people take up brooms to join the clean-up campaign of roads in Tikapur. The locals of the town were surprised when Kattel arrived to their neighborhood early in the morning with brooms.
Aug 08, 2017
Editorial
Half gone
Half gone
Fewa Lake disappearance
Aug 08, 2017
OPINION
Beyond rebuilding
Beyond rebuilding
The NRA’s focus is continuous strengthening of institutional capacity of post-quake executing and implementing agencies.
Aug 08, 2017
POLITICS
PM urges EC to brace for province, parliament polls same day
PM urges EC to brace for province, parliament polls same day
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: With the constitutional deadline for holding the remaining elections fast approaching, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the Election Commission (EC) to begin poll preparations in such a way as to be in a position to conduct both the provincial and parliamentary election...
Aug 08, 2017
OPINION
Gated existence
Gated existence
It was only during the late 1990s and early 2000s that small-scale gated communities started appearing in Kathmandu valley.
Aug 08, 2017
OPINION
Bad traffic
Bad traffic
Women and children have become particularly vulnerable to trafficking after earthquakes.
Aug 08, 2017
Infographic
Infographics: China's smog eating forest city
Infographics: China's smog eating forest city
China's smog eating forest city
Aug 08, 2017
SOCIETY
3 die, 1 missing as landslide buries 14 houses in Rasuwa
3 die, 1 missing as landslide buries 14 houses in Rasuwa
RASUWA, August 7: Three people were buried to death in a landslide triggered by incessant rains at Uttargaya of Uttargaya rural municipality in the district.
Aug 07, 2017