POLITICS
UML, Maoists mulling over 60/40 division of power
UML, Maoists mulling over 60/40 division of power
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have decided to begin formal negotiations to reach a deal on power-sharing for provincial governments and other constitutional positions.
Jan 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Family appeals for help to save 13-year-old kidney patient
Family appeals for help to save 13-year-old kidney patient
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Three months ago, Jiwan Prasad Bhandari of Chatrakot Rural Municipality-1, Hunga of Gulmi district discovered that both kidneys of his 13-year-old daughter were damaged.
Jan 11, 2018
POLITICS
Oli sore at delay in change of govt
Oli sore at delay in change of govt
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: CPN-UML Chairman K P Oli, who is seen as the prime minister in waiting, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Nepali Congress for dilly-dallying in handing over the government leadership, saying that it was just to prolong its stay in power.
Jan 11, 2018
ECONOMY
WB revises growth to 4.6% for this year
WB revises growth to 4.6% for this year
KATHMANDU Jan 11: The World Bank Group has revised down the growth forecast for Nepal by nearly one percentage point to 4.6 percent for the current fiscal year 2017/18. Launching the global economic prospects on Wednesday, the Washington-based organization revised down its own economic growth foreca...
Jan 11, 2018
POLITICS
Promotional materials used by parties during elections becoming eyesore
Promotional materials used by parties during elections becom...
KHOTANG, Jan 11: A month after the successful completion of the parliamentary and provincial elections, the promotional tools and materials used in the election campaigns are yet to be removed from public places in Khotang.
Jan 11, 2018
POLITICS
Calendar for upper house poll out
Calendar for upper house poll out
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Election Commission (EC) has fixed January 24 as the date for filing candidacies for the National Assembly election.
Jan 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Taxi drivers obstruct vehicular movement in Pokhara
Taxi drivers obstruct vehicular movement in Pokhara
POKHARA, Jan 11: Taxi drivers in Pokhara obstructed vehicular movement for nearly two hours on Wednesday morning to protest police action against their colleagues who refused to go by meter.
Jan 11, 2018
SOCIETY
47 pc of booked vehicles do not meet set standards
47 pc of booked vehicles do not meet set standards
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: A total of 47 percent vehicles booked by the government authorities for failing to meet the air pollution standard were also found plying the roads of Kathmandu Valley without meeting the minimum required standards set by the Department of Transportation Management (DoTM).
Jan 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Families in risky settlements seek collective relocation
Families in risky settlements seek collective relocation
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Families living in risky areas in the earthquake-hit districts have been increasingly seeking collective relocation, thanks to the National Reconstruction Authority's offer to help develop basic physical infrastructures like road, sewerage, electricity and drinking water facilitie...
Jan 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Jajarkot District Hospital reels under medicine shortage
Jajarkot District Hospital reels under medicine shortage
JAJARKOT, Jan 11: While the influx of patients has increased in Jajarkot District Hospital due to cold, the hospital is facing a severe crisis of medicines. Patients visiting the hospital hardly get any free medicines provided by the government.
Jan 11, 2018