ECONOMY
India denies Nepali gas bullets to transport cooking gas
India denies Nepali gas bullets to transport cooking gas
KATHMANDU, July 5: India has turned down Nepal's request to allow Nepali gas bullets to transport cooking gas from India.
Jul 05, 2017
SPECIAL
Traveling the dreaded Naryanghat-Mugling road
Traveling the dreaded Naryanghat-Mugling road
CHITWAN, July 5: Road accidents along the Narayanghat-Mugling road section have so far claimed 47 live this fiscal year. 14 of these victims are still missing. This busy road is a great horror to travelers as they never know what would happen of them on the way.
Jul 05, 2017
ELECTION
UML internal rifts lose it stronghold to NC
UML internal rifts lose it stronghold to NC
BIRATNAGAR, July 5: Nepali Congress (NC) has breached the CPN-UML 'red fort' comprising Letang, Sundarharaicha and Ratuwamai Municipalities as well as Kerabari Rural Municipality in Morang, in the second phase local polls. NC has also taken the lead in Belbari and Urlabari, another UML stronghold.
Jul 05, 2017
ECONOMY
Failure to execute budget results to Rs 221b cash surplus
Failure to execute budget results to Rs 221b cash surplus
KATHMANDU, July 5: The government's treasury surplus has hit Rs 221 billion mainly due to its failure to spend.
Jul 05, 2017
ECONOMY
ICAO team starts audit of aviation standards
ICAO team starts audit of aviation standards
KATHMANDU, July 5: A team of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) formally started audit of Nepal's aviation sector from Tuesday.
Jul 05, 2017
POLITICS
Tikapur Mayor pledges to make Tharu the language of official business
Tikapur Mayor pledges to make Tharu the language of official...
TIKAPUR, July 5: The newly-elected mayor and deputy mayor have assumed their offices in Tikapur Municipality. After assuming office, Mayor Tapendra Bahadur Rawal has already begun to work on some of the promises he had during his election campaign. He has decided to form a taskforce for the conserva...
Jul 05, 2017
ELECTION
CPN-UML bites dust in its own strongholds
CPN-UML bites dust in its own strongholds
BIRATNAGAR, July 5: Letang, Sundarharicha and Ratuwamai rural municipalities of Morang were once known as the stronghold of the CPN-UML. In every election, the party would emerge victorious. But the results of the local elections held recently clearly disappointed the party, signaling that other par...
Jul 05, 2017
Editorial
Water test
Water test
Every monsoon, there are floods all along the 1,751-km Nepal-India border, on both the sides. Yet every time the people and the authorities there seem to be caught by surprise.
Jul 05, 2017
SOCIETY
NHRC report shows rise in human trafficking post-quake
NHRC report shows rise in human trafficking post-quake
KATHMANDU, July 5: Human trafficking has significantly increased after the earthquake of 2015, shows a recently published report of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The revelation was made after reports of trafficking or attempts to traffic roughly around 23,000 Nepalis during the fiscal yea...
Jul 05, 2017
OPINION
Politics of hubris
Politics of hubris
We have a number of politicians who think election is all about money and muscle, and this ails Nepali politics
Jul 05, 2017