SOCIETY
Farmers seek Rs 9b in crop damages
Farmers seek Rs 9b in crop damages
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Last month, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakrapani Khanal reportedly received a report from the National Farmer’s Commission in which the commission had sought Rs 9 billion from the government to pay the farmers in damages for crops failure caused by various...
Dec 17, 2018
POLITICS
Gautam raises ‘one leader one post’ proposal in NCP
Gautam raises ‘one leader one post’ proposal in NCP
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Leadership row has emerged within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) with senior leader Bam Dev Gautam officially tabling a proposal for ‘one leader one post’ at the ongoing Standing Committee meeting Saturday.
Dec 17, 2018
SOCIETY
‘Pick and drop rule’ for passenger vehicles enforced around Tundhikhel area
‘Pick and drop rule’ for passenger vehicles enforced around...
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: As traffic police enforced pick and drop rule in the core city areas in Kathmandu including Jamal, Ratnapark, Tundikhel and Bhadrakali starting from Sunday to reduce traffic congestion, commuters are least impressed with the idea that it would help them manage traffic effectively.
Dec 17, 2018
POLITICS
PM’s IT consultant ‘misusing power’ to land big contracts
PM’s IT consultant ‘misusing power’ to land big contracts
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Honorary Information Technology (IT) consultant to Prime Minister KP Oli, Asgar Ali, who is also the chief executive officer (CEO) of eSewa Fonepay Private Limited, has been found to be grossly misusing his position to secure major IT contracts at different government bodies witho...
Dec 17, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Dr. KC’s deadline on demands expires today
Dr. KC’s deadline on demands expires today
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The government has acted as if it is working to address one of his demands on the eve of the deadline given by Dr. Govinda KC to begin his 16th hunger strike.
Dec 17, 2018
ECONOMY
Illegal boulder mining in Chure in collusion with local units
Illegal boulder mining in Chure in collusion with local unit...
SIRAHA, Dec 17: Contractor and representatives of local units have colluded to illegally extract river products from Kamala River that originates in Chure hills.
Dec 17, 2018
Editorial
Nepali Congress must reinvent
Nepali Congress must reinvent
Nepali Congress had a work to do: Do the serious soul-searching over electoral debacle in local, provincial and federal parliament elections, restructure the party organization in line with federal set up, resolve the issue related to fixing the number of top office bearers, elect the provincial com...
Dec 17, 2018
OPINION
Echoes of Biplab
Echoes of Biplab
Biplab bitterly rues over having accepted the short-lived preposterous “Prachanda-path”
that waylaid workers and threatened to drag the nation toward an abyss of disintegration
Dec 17, 2018
OPINION
NC’s policy departure
NC’s policy departure
Perhaps for the first time in its political history, NC places India on equal footing with China in its foreign policy agenda
Dec 17, 2018
OPINION
Referendum risk
Referendum risk
The UK has held only three country-wide referenda in its history. It may be set for highly consequential vote
Dec 17, 2018