ECONOMY, Latest Updates
After eliminating power cuts, NEA shifts focus to transmission lines, substations
After eliminating power cuts, NEA shifts focus to transmissi...
KATHMANDU, Sept 23:With elimination of load-shedding, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has now shifted its focus on construction of transmission line and substations across the country for smooth power supply.
Sep 23, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
First-ever Nepal-China interaction to focus on Xi's Thought and BRI
First-ever Nepal-China interaction to focus on Xi's Thought...
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: A two-day high-level interaction between top leaders of Nepal Communist Party and Communist Party of China is starting from Monday. The interaction will focus on Chinese President Xi Jinping's thought on comprehensive enforcement of party discipline and joint bid for building the...
Sep 23, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Upper Trishuli 3 ‘A’ to start generation within a week
Upper Trishuli 3 ‘A’ to start generation within a week
RASUWA, Sept 23: The Upper Trishuli 3 'A' is all set to start commercial generation of electricity within a week. The project is starting to generate electricity 8 years after starting the construction work of the project.
Sep 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Child marriage on rise, young mothers regret early marriage
Child marriage on rise, young mothers regret early marriage
RAMECHHAP, Sept 23: Lata (name changed) was studying in the seventh grade when she got married. A resident of Likhutamakoshi Rural Municipality – 4 of northern Ramechhap, she gave birth to a baby boy next year. Now she is 20 and her son is three year old. Her husband left for Malaysia last year and...
Sep 23, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Sharp division within NCP puts projects under MCC grant in limbo
Sharp division within NCP puts projects under MCC grant in l...
Some lawmakers want terms and conditions of MCC agreement re-negotiated before endorsing it through parliament
Sep 23, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt working to free Kailali massacre convicts, Dahal reveals
Govt working to free Kailali massacre convicts, Dahal reveal...
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: Ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said the government is working to scrap the court cases against those involved in the lynching of seven policemen and a toddler during an anti-constitution protest in Tikapur in 2015.
Sep 23, 2019
Editorial
Monitor the market effectively
Monitor the market effectively
The market is getting crowded. People are in buying spree for Dashain. And this is the time that shopkeepers tend to suddenly increase the price of everything. Price of essential goods like rice, lentils, oil, sugar and vegetables have already gone up. Their demand will increase in the coming days...
Sep 23, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Are social protection programs a liability?
Are social protection programs a liability?
Social protection programs are generally popular: they are important instruments of wealth redistribution and even if they are not considered equalizers, they are programs in the right direction.
Sep 23, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
How do we achieve sustainable agriculture growth?
How do we achieve sustainable agriculture growth?
Nepal is a food deficit country, importing both cereals and high-value agriculture commodities due mainly to slow agricultural growth rates. The government’s commitment to check the country’s ever widening trade deficit by boosting farm production is difficult to achieve unless implementation is imp...
Sep 23, 2019
Infographic
India becomes latest country to ban sale of e-cigarettes
India becomes latest country to ban sale of e-cigarettes
India has become the latest country after the United States to ban the sale of e-cigarettes in a global move over health concerns about vaping. The ban also covers the production, import and advertising of e-cigarettes.
Sep 23, 2019