ECONOMY

DFID-aided project funds profit-making banks to expand business

DFID-aided project funds profit-making banks to expand business

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Commercial banks that have been earning billions in annual profits are benefitting from grants from S...

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Commercial banks that have been earning billions in annual profits are benefitting from grants from S...

Sep 04, 2018

POLITICS

No laws on fundamental rights ready though deadline ends Sept 19

No laws on fundamental rights ready though deadline ends Sept 19

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The government has failed to formulate even a single law essential for the implement of the newly-int...

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The government has failed to formulate even a single law essential for the implement of the newly-int...

Sep 04, 2018

SOCIETY

People drinking 'undrinkable' water in eastern Nepal: Study

People drinking 'undrinkable' water in eastern Nepal: Study

ITAHARI, Sept 4: Water tested in 16 different districts in eastern Nepal suggests that people have been drinking contami...

ITAHARI, Sept 4: Water tested in 16 different districts in eastern Nepal suggests that people have been drinking contami...

Sep 04, 2018

SOCIETY

Doctors' strike: Patients forced to spend nights on cold hospital floors

Doctors' strike: Patients forced to spend nights on cold hospital floors

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The doctors' strike on Sunday brought health services in the country to a standstill, leaving hundred...

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The doctors' strike on Sunday brought health services in the country to a standstill, leaving hundred...

Sep 04, 2018

SOCIETY

Teachers protest against govt's negligence toward education sector

Teachers protest against govt's negligence toward education sector

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Confederation of Nepalese Teachers (CNT) took to the streets on Monday to protest against the gov...

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Confederation of Nepalese Teachers (CNT) took to the streets on Monday to protest against the gov...

Sep 04, 2018

SPORTS

Ronaldo, Modric and Salah on FIFA player of the year shortlist

Ronaldo, Modric and Salah on FIFA player of the year shortlist

LONDON, Sept 3: Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah have been nominated as finalists for The Best FIFA Men’...

LONDON, Sept 3: Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah have been nominated as finalists for The Best FIFA Men’...

Sep 03, 2018

Editorial

Right to vote for Nepalis living abroad

Right to vote for Nepalis living abroad

Nepal’s Supreme Court has directed the government to make necessary arrangements to allow Nepali citizens living and wor...

Nepal’s Supreme Court has directed the government to make necessary arrangements to allow Nepali citizens living and wor...

Sep 04, 2018

OPINION

Illusions of cheap solar

Illusions of cheap solar

Policy makers must offer a clearer set of regulations on solar for Nepali consumers to benefit from the significant re...

Policy makers must offer a clearer set of regulations on solar for Nepali consumers to benefit from the significant re...

Sep 04, 2018

OPINION

Nepal’s tourism moment

Nepal’s tourism moment

Tourism industry can help Nepal burnish its image abroad, emboldening its soft-power for a country with negligible hard-...

Tourism industry can help Nepal burnish its image abroad, emboldening its soft-power for a country with negligible hard-...

Sep 04, 2018

OPINION

Economic costs of Erdoğan

Economic costs of Erdoğan

When economics becomes a tool for enhancing president’s personal power, the economy pays the price

When economics becomes a tool for enhancing president’s personal power, the economy pays the price

Sep 04, 2018