POLITICS
Cabinet to extend tenure of TRC, CIEDP today
Cabinet to extend tenure of TRC, CIEDP today
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: A Cabinet meeting is taking place to extend the tenure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for one more year on Thursday.
Feb 09, 2017
POLITICS
Developers of Nepali voting machine feel discouraged
Developers of Nepali voting machine feel discouraged
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: While the Election Commission (EC) and the government seem to be leaning toward the purchase of electronic voting machines (EVMs) from foreign companies, indigenous developers of such machines have been feeling discouraged for years.
Feb 09, 2017
POLITICS
Distribute first and second tranches by next 3 months: House panel to NRA
Distribute first and second tranches by next 3 months: House...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Concluding that the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts were not satisfactory, the Public Accounts Committee of parliament on Wednesday directed the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) to distribute the first installment of the housing grant within a month and the...
Feb 09, 2017
POLITICS
Crucial bill on local elections stalled
Crucial bill on local elections stalled
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The bill that legally paves way for the government to announce the local election has not been forwarded to the president's office for authentication even after a week of its passage by parliament. According to sources, the prime minister's office has requested the speaker to delay...
Feb 09, 2017
POLITICS
Officials clueless as dust crisis worsens
Officials clueless as dust crisis worsens
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: With dust pollution consistently worsening over the last couple of months and posing a serious health hazard for hundreds of thousands of people living in the capital, the agencies responsible seem to be clueless how to respond.
Feb 09, 2017
Editorial
Let me talk
Let me talk
The Supreme Court has issued an order to the government to make it mandatory to seek permission from courts before accessing telephone and text message details for criminal and other investigations.
Feb 09, 2017
SOCIETY
Leopards increasingly enter human settlements of Kathmandu Valley
Leopards increasingly enter human settlements of Kathmandu V...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: A leopard was spotted in Paga, a residential area of Kirtipur, early on Wednesday morning. The wild cat, obviously terrified, had barged into a house of one of the locals to hide from humans.
Feb 09, 2017
OPINION
Faces of foreign meddling
Faces of foreign meddling
Are critiques against foreign meddling mere stuffs of imagination? Is it that we do not see what others see or others do not see what we see?
Feb 09, 2017
POLITICS
'Lawmakers showing soft corner to ex-CIAA chief fearing exposure'
'Lawmakers showing soft corner to ex-CIAA chief fearing expo...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Despite concluding that there is no need to impeach disqualified CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, a parliamentary probe committee has submitted its report to the Impeachment Recommendation Committee (IRC) on Wednesday stating that the parliament, however, can direct the concerned gov...
Feb 09, 2017
Interview
Modi often seems to forget that Nepal is a sovereign country
Modi often seems to forget that Nepal is a sovereign country
Mani Shankar Aiyar was among the rare Indian politicians who had consistently
spoken against India’s highhandedness during the five months of border blockade. The former cabinet minister in Manmohan Singh government has since been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s neighborhood polic...
Feb 09, 2017