POLITICS
Recommendation of TJ bodies officials at 'final stage'
Recommendation of TJ bodies officials at 'final stage'
KATHMANDU, May 14: The process of recommending the chiefs and members of the two crucial Transitional Justice (TJ) bodies has reached the final stage.
May 14, 2019
POLITICS
Speaker, NA chair assure FNJ of amending anti-press provisions in bills
Speaker, NA chair assure FNJ of amending anti-press provisio...
KATHMANDU, May 14: The speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairperson of the National Assembly (NA) have assured a delegation from the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) of their support for amending regressive provisions in media-related bills which are under discussion in parliame...
May 14, 2019
ECONOMY
Compensation distribution begins for Budhi Gandaki project
Compensation distribution begins for Budhi Gandaki project
GORKHA, May 14: Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Plant has begun distribution of compensation for private land acquired.
May 14, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse ends in green for second consecutive day
Nepse ends in green for second consecutive day
KATHMANDU, May 14: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index began on a green note in the first trading hour on Monday.
May 14, 2019
ECONOMY
NRB restricts BFIs from collecting fixed deposits with maturity period less than three mon...
NRB restricts BFIs from collecting fixed deposits with matur...
KATHMANDU, May 14: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced two measures for bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to prevent unhealthy competition among them to collect fixed deposits.
May 14, 2019
SOCIETY
Tilganga Eye Hospital launches 'eye cancer awareness week'
Tilganga Eye Hospital launches 'eye cancer awareness week'
KATHMANDU, May 14: Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, in coordination with Nepal Medical Society's Eye Plastic Surgery unit, has launched an awareness campaign against eye cancer.
May 14, 2019
POLITICS
NC obstructs provincial assembly session to protest against delay in fixing Province 3 cap...
NC obstructs provincial assembly session to protest against...
MAKWANPUR, May 14: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), obstructed the provincial assembly session of Province 3 on Monday, demanding that the permanent capital of the province be fixed without further delay.
May 14, 2019
SOCIETY
CIAA launches probe into 'TU officials' nepotism in recruitment'
CIAA launches probe into 'TU officials' nepotism in recruitm...
KATHMANDU, May 14: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday raided Tribhuvan University (TU) and seized the documents related to recruitment following media reports that top university officials had recruited their relatives as university staffers.
May 14, 2019
Editorial
Saving TU from infamy
Saving TU from infamy
Tribhuvan University has been in the news this week again, again not for good reasons. Most of the candidates to pass written examinations of Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC) have been the close relatives of politicians linked mostly with ruling Nepal Communist Party or top officials o...
May 14, 2019
OPINION
Road to commercialization
Road to commercialization
If Nepal is to speed-up agricultural commercialization process for both import substitution and export promotion, there is no better way than consolidation of farm lands
May 14, 2019