The Week
Where has my tablet gone?
Where has my tablet gone?
Back in 2010, tablet computers were in full bloom. Apple had announced their iPad and Samsung was working on their Galaxy Tab line of tablet computers. Initially, a lot of hype was also created around the tablets, and what got people interested in these devices were the bigger screen real-estate as...
Jun 02, 2017
The Week
Good Reads
Good Reads
The Night Circus is a sprawling historical novel about magic and the circus. Highly whimsical, it is a narrative so willfully contrived that contrivance is its raison d’être. It is intensely visual, so much so that what remains in its wake are almost exclusively images – more so than plot, or charac...
Jun 02, 2017
The Week
For a brighter future
For a brighter future
Tewa is a self-funded organization that was established to work for women empowerment. But, in the last decade, it realized the need to invest in children as well and have been conducting children’s program every Saturday. Sarada Gurung and Tara Thapa joined Tewa as volunteers in 2003 and 2005 respe...
Jun 02, 2017
The Week
Local concerns
Local concerns
How do you gauge public enthusiasm for local election? In an electoral democracy, one of the best measures is voter turnout. And if that is the basis, the first phase of local election on May 14, with 71 percent voter turnout, was a resounding success. In the first phase, held in 34 districts spread...
Jun 02, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day.
Jun 02, 2017
SOCIETY
Macabre Narayanhiti Massacre completes 16 years
Macabre Narayanhiti Massacre completes 16 years
KATHMANDU, June 2: It is 16 years since what is known as Narayanhiti massacre in Nepal’s political history that took place on the night of June 1, 2001.
Jun 02, 2017
WORLD
Trump pulls US from global warming accord, to allies’ dismay
Trump pulls US from global warming accord, to allies’ dismay
WASHINGTON, June 2: President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distancing the country from its closest allies abroad. Framing his decision as “a reassertion of Ame...
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Rupandehi pins its hopes on local polls
Rupandehi pins its hopes on local polls
The country conducted the historic first phase of local level election on May 14 in three provinces. As the second phase of the much-awaited poll inches closer, Nepal Republic Media this week started a series of interaction with local authorities and civil society representatives in various tarai d...
Jun 02, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Bharatpur episode: a big test for Election Commission, parties
Bharatpur episode: a big test for Election Commission, parti...
KATHMANDU, June 1: When the then CPN (Maoist), present day CPN (Maoist Center), emerged victorious in the first Constituent Assembly (CA) elections in 2008, the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, which were seen as clear frontrunners but were limited to distant second and third positions, readily conc...
Jun 02, 2017
ELECTION
EC undecided how to resolve ballot-tearing row
EC undecided how to resolve ballot-tearing row
KATHMANDU, June 1: Apparently confused over how to resolve the Bharatpur ballot-tearing row, the Election Commission (EC) ended its board meeting Thursday without deciding anything.
Jun 02, 2017