Editorial
Control corruption
Control corruption
Political parties make corruption control their main agenda during election times and it features in their pledges and election manifestoes too. But when these same parties are in power, they somehow happen to abet corruption rather than controlling it. Current government of Nepal Communist Party (N...
Jan 27, 2020
OPINION
Tracing the roots of Nepal’s China policy
Tracing the roots of Nepal’s China policy
Nepal’s relations with China date back much earlier than suggested by written evidences. Study of several stone inscriptions shows that volume of Nepal’s trade with China was almost negligible in comparison to that with India during the Licchavi period. However, some important efforts were made by t...
Jan 27, 2020
OPINION
Empower local health institutes
Empower local health institutes
Nowadays, the news of airlifting childbearing women from remote areas by the government is common. In this fiscal year only, the government airlifted four childbearing women from Bajhang, a remote district of Sudurpaschim Province. Similar incidents were observed in Dolpa, Jajarkot, Bhojpur and many...
Jan 27, 2020
OPINION
The War on Talent
The War on Talent
WASHINGTON, DC – In the 1950s, during a very tight postwar labor market, American business executives voted Human Resources (HR) the most glamorous area in business. As Wharton School professor Peter Cappelli recounts, “90% of positions (and virtually all those in the top ranks) were filled from wit...
Jan 27, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Sugarcane farmers share their grievances with minister Bhatta
Sugarcane farmers share their grievances with minister Bhatt...
BARA, Jan 27: Sugarcane farmers shared their grievances with Lekhraj Bhatta, the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies about the problems they have been facing with sugar mill owners.
Jan 27, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Lalitpur hosting Organic Agro Fair from January 31
Lalitpur hosting Organic Agro Fair from January 31
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The 4th Organic Agro Fair is being organized in Lalitpur from January 31. The fair is being organized jointly by Organic Association Nepal, and Kanchanjangha Tea Estate and Research Center in collaboration with Trade and Export Promotion Center under the Ministry of Industry, Comm...
Jan 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepse opens with 21-point loss
Nepse opens with 21-point loss
KATHMANDU: Local came under considerable pressure on Sunday. After losing around 14 points in the morning session, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index recouped some of its losses by mid-session. However, dragged by a sustained bearish pressure, the major average witnessed a steady decline in the...
Jan 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
India gifts 36 ambulances, six buses and books to 51 libraries
India gifts 36 ambulances, six buses and books to 51 librari...
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: On the occasion of its 71st Republic Day, India gifted 36 ambulances and six buses to various hosKATHMANDU, Jan 27: On the occasion of its 71st Republic Day, India gifted 36 ambulances and six buses to various hospitals, non-profit organizations and educational institutions on Sun...
Jan 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Hearing of plea against Agni Sapkota deferred
Hearing of plea against Agni Sapkota deferred
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The Supreme Court on Sunday deferred the hearing of a writ petition filed to prevent Agni Prasad Sapkota from becoming speaker of the lower house of parliament.
Jan 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Six arrested for robbing Rs 5 million in broad daylight
Six arrested for robbing Rs 5 million in broad daylight
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Police on Sunday made public six persons arrested on the charge of robbing Rs 5 million of a man in Kathmandu last week.
Jan 27, 2020