ECONOMY
19 airports out of operation
19 airports out of operation
KATHMANDU, March 17: Among the total 49 airports in the country, 19 do not operate regular flight services. With airports stagnant, airfields have transformed into grass fields.
Mar 17, 2019
ECONOMY
Inflation moderates to 4.4%
Inflation moderates to 4.4%
KATHMANDU, March 17: Inflation fell to 4.4 percent in the seventh month of the current Fiscal Year 2018/19 from 5 percent in the corresponding period of the last Fiscal Year 2017/18.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Locals in cradle of Maoist insurgency say NO to conflict
Locals in cradle of Maoist insurgency say NO to conflict
(ROLPA, SURKHET, DANG) MARCH 17: Rolpa locals are uneasy these days about the activities of the Biplav outfit. They do not feel the presence of peace . They have not forgotten the harrowing times of the Maoist armed insurgency.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Feeling cornered, Deuba in last ditch attempt at consensus
Feeling cornered, Deuba in last ditch attempt at consensus
KATHMANDU, March 17: The balance of power in the Nepali Congress appears to be shifting with the dissident factions joining hands to form a formidable alliance against party president Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Special taskforce to monitor Chand outfit activities
Special taskforce to monitor Chand outfit activities
KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepal Police, in coordination with two other national security agencies, has formed a special task force for monitoring the leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and issuing orders for their arrest .
Mar 17, 2019
SOCIETY
Shortage of nurses affects BPKIHS services
Shortage of nurses affects BPKIHS services
DHARAN, March 17: Hari Kumari Rai, a nursing supervisor at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), says that she 'does not have time even to breathe.'
Mar 17, 2019
SOCIETY
After death of a dozen mothers, Yamphudin finally gets a birthing center
After death of a dozen mothers, Yamphudin finally gets a bir...
TAPLEJUNG, March 17: On June 16, 2001, Abirman Rai, vice-chairperson of then Yamphudin VDC lost his wife. Immediately after delivering their daughter, his wife Phulmaya succumbed to the labor pain.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Raut’s outfit meeting today to ‘chart future course’
Raut’s outfit meeting today to ‘chart future course’
LAHAN, March 17: A meeting of Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM) is starting Sunday to chart out its future course. The meeting of the outfit is taking place for the first time after its leader CK Raut signed an 11-point agreement with the government on March 8.
Mar 17, 2019
SOCIETY
Weeklong photo exhibition about Karnali Corridor starts
Weeklong photo exhibition about Karnali Corridor starts
KATHMANDU, March 17: With an objective to showcase the outstanding socio-cultural and environmental values of the Karnali region, a week0long photo exhibition started at Nepal Art Council in the capital on Saturday.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Govt-Raut deal seditious: Deuba
Govt-Raut deal seditious: Deuba
PALPA, March 17: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday accused Prime Minister KP Oli of sedition for signing a controversial agreement with the secession campaigner CK Raut, the leader of the Alliance for Independent Madhes (AIM).
Mar 17, 2019