ECONOMY
Agreement signed with Indian firm to buy 2 train sets
Agreement signed with Indian firm to buy 2 train sets
KATHMANDU, May 11: Department of Railways of Nepal has signed a contract agreement with Konkan Railway Corporation Limited of India for the supply of trains to Nepal Railways.
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Dahal's big bash at ex-Ncell owner's house raises eyebrows
Dahal's big bash at ex-Ncell owner's house raises eyebrows
KATHMANDU, May 11: In what smacks of crony capitalism at work, ruling Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has hosted a grand reception at the house of Niraj Gobinda Shrestha, one of the former owners of the Ncell telecommunications company. The party was organized on the occasion of Da...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Outlawed CPN politburo member, ANNISU-R prez arrested
Outlawed CPN politburo member, ANNISU-R prez arrested
KATHMANDU, May 11: Police arrested Chiranjivi Dhakal, the president of All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary), the student wing of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), from the capital on Friday. Dhakal, an influential leader of the outlawed Chand outfit,...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Top leaders mulling direct intervention over Melamchi: Dahal
Top leaders mulling direct intervention over Melamchi: Dahal
KATHMANDU, May 11: Arguing that some “invisible forces” within the country were involved in delaying completion of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the top leadership of the party is mulling a intervention from a high l...
May 11, 2019
POLITICS
Speaker orders removal of PM's controversial words from record
Speaker orders removal of PM's controversial words from reco...
KATHMANDU, May 11: Probably for the first time in Nepali parliamentary history, the the speaker on Friday ordered removal of the prime minister's controversial words from the House record.
May 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Ministry 'piloting' school curricula without cabinet nod
Ministry 'piloting' school curricula without cabinet nod
KATHMANDU, May 11: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has formed a plan to run the school curricula for Grades 11 and 12 as well as Grades 1 to 3 as a pilot project and implement the curriculum from the current academic session, all without the approval of the cabinet.
May 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Peruvian climber's dead body airlifted to Kathmandu
Peruvian climber's dead body airlifted to Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, May 11: Dead body of an experienced Peruvian climber Richard Hidalgo has been brought to Kathmandu from Mt Makalu on Friday.
May 11, 2019
OPINION
Given them public libraries
Given them public libraries
The other day while walking down Connecticut Avenue, my son said to me, ‘Look this is the same library that you used to bring us to’. I looked around. The place seemed familiar with the return book box still standing in the same place. Apart from that the whole area had changed in the past 29 yea...
May 11, 2019
OPINION
Remembering Parijat
Remembering Parijat
Baisakh brings memories of Parijat, the celebrated writer whose life was no less spectacular than her epic novels. She is a literary genius known not only for her entrancing writing style but also for artistic presentation of contemporary philosophies in works of literature: existential nihilism, ab...
May 11, 2019
SOCIETY
Council warns of scrapping registration of noncompliant online media
Council warns of scrapping registration of noncompliant onli...
KATHMANDU, May 11: Press Council Nepal has decided to remove the categorization of those media not complying with the code of conduct despite repeated notice.
May 10, 2019