SOCIETY
Vehicular movement to resume on rural roads before Dashain
Vehicular movement to resume on rural roads before Dashain
RASUWA, Sept 30: With the arrival of Dashain, the greatest festival of Hindus, local units are gearing up to resume vehicular movement on various rural roads, which were obstructed due to landslides caused by torrential rain.
Sep 30, 2018
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Karnali Province plans own airline
Karnali Province plans own airline
SURKHET, Sept 30: If things go as planned, the government of Karnali Province will have its own flag carrier airline in the near future.
Sep 30, 2018
ECONOMY
Industries deprived of customs tax waiver due to legal ambiguities
Industries deprived of customs tax waiver due to legal ambig...
BUTWAL, Sept 30: Industries in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Bhairahawa, are facing trouble of operation due to legal and procedural ambiguities.
Sep 30, 2018
Editorial
Time for soul-searching within NCP
Time for soul-searching within NCP
Political leaders often defend their respective parties’ stance on issues and tend to justify the unjustifiable, no matter how illogical those may seem at times. Whether they are in the opposition or in the government, they tend to hide their shortcomings.
Sep 30, 2018
OPINION
Tough going for Nepali students
Tough going for Nepali students
Nepali students in Australia are vulnerable and are undergoing harshest of physical work, financial crisis, academic pressure and mental stress
Sep 30, 2018
OPINION
Ecological cost of flying
Ecological cost of flying
Global aviation accounts for about 2.5 percent of overall carbon emissions and 11 percent of all emissions from transportations
Sep 30, 2018
OPINION
The sound that kills
The sound that kills
Only 400 North Atlantic right whales exist in the world. This is due to the noise caused by shipping and other human activities in the ocean
Sep 30, 2018
OPINION
Closing political gender gap
Closing political gender gap
Greater care obligations, reinforced by public perceptions of a “woman’s role,” undermine women’s ability to run for public office
Sep 30, 2018
Infographic
Infographics: Marine pollution pushing killer whales to extinction
Infographics: Marine pollution pushing killer whales to exti...
Marine pollution is pushing the world’s killer whale population ever closer to extinction, with chronic exposure to PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) threatening the reproductive and immune systems of the largest member of the dolphin family.
Sep 30, 2018
POLITICS
NC should unite for democratic norms, values: Deuba
NC should unite for democratic norms, values: Deuba
KATHMANDU, Sept. 29: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has asked all the cadres and leaders of the NC to abide by party discipline for the protection of democratic norms and values.
Sep 29, 2018