SOCIETY
Contractors evade tax for river extraction
Contractors evade tax for river extraction
NEPALGUNJ, May 22: A large number of contractors who have been extracting resources from various rivers in Raptisonari Rural Municipality have not paid the tax for the same to the government.
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Inmates sleep on floor in overcrowded Dolakha prison
Inmates sleep on floor in overcrowded Dolakha prison
DOLAKHAd, May 22: Of late, inmates at the District Prison, Dolakha, have been spending their nights in misery in a congested two-story prison building originally meant for only female prisoners. The situation is such that as many as 25 inmates live in a single room. While some sleep in the passages,...
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Teachers affiliated to Far-western University not paid since 11 months
Teachers affiliated to Far-western University not paid since...
TIKAPUR, May 22: Teachers of educational institutes affiliated to the Far-western University have started protests alleging that they have not been paid for the past 11 months. The teachers' associations in all 14 campuses of the university have padlocked the offices of their respective campus chief...
May 22, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Oh mother, tell me a story
Oh mother, tell me a story
Tell me a story of a life pre-destined with death but still has the bravest breath,
Tell me a story of sweet memories forever imprinted down the vista of years,
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Locals still crossing Mahakali River using tubes as Indian officials defer inaugural of su...
Locals still crossing Mahakali River using tubes as Indian o...
DARCHULA, May 22: Residents of Darchula villages bordering Mahakali River continue to use tyre tubes to cross the river even though a suspension bridge over the river was completed six months ago. The suspension bridge that connects Nepal and India and is situated in Lekam Rural Municipality – 3 of...
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Survey officials successfully scale Mt. Everest
Survey officials successfully scale Mt. Everest
KATHMANDU, May 22: A team of officials from the Survey Department has scaled the Mount Everest on Wednesday morning.
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Nine of two families found slaughtered in Panchthar
Nine of two families found slaughtered in Panchthar
PANCHTHAR, May 22: In a horrific incident, nine members of two families aged between five and 75 were found murdered in cold blood in Miklajung Rural Municipality-3 on Tuesday morning.
May 22, 2019
ECONOMY
Case for arbitration filed by Ncell, Axiata officially registered at UK-based ICSID
Case for arbitration filed by Ncell, Axiata officially regi...
KATHMANDU, May 22: A case filed by the Ncell and its parent company Axiata Group for arbitration regarding the capital gains tax (CGT) assessed on the telecom company by the Government of Nepal has been officially registered at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSI...
May 22, 2019
POLITICS
Bill provision allowing appointment of foreign secy from other civil service clusters draw...
Bill provision allowing appointment of foreign secy from oth...
KATHMANDU, May 22: Preparations by the government's to pave the way for itself to make the secretary of any other services in the civil service the foreign secretary has drawn widespread criticism, including from the main opposition party, the Nepali Congress (NC).
May 22, 2019
SOCIETY
Stung by Nirmala Pant backlash, police get cracking in Miklajung
Stung by Nirmala Pant backlash, police get cracking in Mikla...
KATHMANDU, May 22: When the team from Area Police Office (APO), Rabi found the butchered bodies of nine people from two families in Miklajung Rural Municipality- 3 on Tuesday, one of their first responses was to put out the information on the police network.
May 22, 2019