ECONOMY
PM cherry-picks information that fit govt progress reports
PM cherry-picks information that fit govt progress reports
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has either excluded key information of the country’s economy or has manipulated several related information in his speech in the parliament on Sunday.
Jan 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Three charged with pocketing allowances of ‘deceased’ senior citizens
Three charged with pocketing allowances of ‘deceased’ senior...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The CIAA on Sunday filed a corruption case at the Special Court against three officials on the charge of pocketing the allowances deceased senior citizens.
Jan 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Docs to stop work for 1 hour
Docs to stop work for 1 hour
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Doctors working at various hospitals across the country who are dissatisfied with the recent Civil Service Adjustment Ordinance have decided to boycott their work for an hour starting Monday.
Jan 07, 2019
POLITICS
330 civil servants file writ petition against adjustment ordinance
330 civil servants file writ petition against adjustment ord...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: A group of 330 civil servants have jointly filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court Sunday challenging the Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance. The government had recently brought the ordinance to facilitate adjustment of civil servants in the federal, provincial and local govern...
Jan 07, 2019
SOCIETY
CIB studying salt wrappers, charcoal recovered from Bomjan ashram
CIB studying salt wrappers, charcoal recovered from Bomjan a...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Jan 7: A team from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Sunday returned to Kathmandu after raiding the ashram of Ram Bahadur Bomjan, the self-proclaimed ascetic also known as ‘Buddha boy’ who has been accused of disappearing several of his disciples.
Jan 07, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Private colleges that received affiliations in 2018 start enrollment
Private colleges that received affiliations in 2018 start en...
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Even as Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel claimed that the government had stopped the process of granting affiliations to new private colleges to run various courses under the CTEVT, and computer applications and business management courses, sever...
Jan 07, 2019
POLITICS
PM lies to House over contract awarded to Huawei
PM lies to House over contract awarded to Huawei
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday lied to the parliament about the contract for a Digital Action Room (DAR) at his office.
Jan 07, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Stars returned to looks in color on the Golden Globes carpet
Stars returned to looks in color on the Golden Globes carpet
Fashion, albeit a tad underwhelming, returned to the Golden Globes on Sunday in shades of green, red, yellow and sparkly gold after last year’s show of #MeToo solidarity that turned the carpet black. And then there was Lady Gaga, a work of voluminous periwinkle from head to toe.
Jan 07, 2019
POLITICS
NC accuses speaker of partisan bias
NC accuses speaker of partisan bias
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), obstructed parliament meeting on Sunday questioning the role of Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara in parliament.
Jan 07, 2019
My City, Gen-Next
Game of love
Game of love
A game of love and a game of hide & seek,
Live on signs & the place obscure,
An obscure me, treat human a human
But on the beast skin to roam aside.
Jan 07, 2019