KATHMANDU, March 31: Nepal Prosperity Institute organized a ‘Students with Governor’ interaction at the Laboratory School, Kathmandu, on Friday, it said. According to the organizers, the event was organized to celebrate ‘Global.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 10:34 AM NPT |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, March 31: The 10th edition of ‘HR Meet 2017’ organized by Growth Sellers Consultancy Pvt Ltd concluded on Thursday. The main aim of the meet was to nurture, empower and strengthen human capital, according to the.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 10:29 AM NPT |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, March 31: As the banking industry rushes to meet its new paid-up capital requirement by the mid-July 2017 deadline, insurance companies too were told Friday to raise their own paid-up capitals and given about 15.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 10:25 AM NPT By: Sagar Ghimire |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, March 31: Instead of starting work immediately on the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway project by instituting a special purpose vehicle as per recommendations, the government has started preparations to award the contract.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 10:19 AM NPT |SOCIETYWhile passing through Delhi and Amritsar during my recent pleasure trip to India, I had a chance to explore a few cultural sites and cuisines. Among other sites we visited great poet Mirja Ghalib’s residence, the world-famous.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 09:47 AM NPT By: Som P Pudasaini |OPINIONThere is a term often used in army circles and strategic studies: “Whisky Generals”. A term used to define high-ranking army commanders who sit in their offices and clubs sipping whisky and smoking cigars, completely detached.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 09:43 AM NPT By: Shuvechha Ghimire |OPINIONHumanity today faces the greatest threat to its existence in the form of terrorism. Yet there is currently no viable way to address this problem. It is feared that the terrorists, if given free hand, could kill more people.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 09:17 AM NPT By: Hari Bansh Jha |OPINIONThe government officially proclaimed 744 local level units on March 10. It also declared that each of these units will have a hospital with a minimum capacity of 15 beds.
Published On: April 1, 2017 09:09 AM NPT |EditorialCHITWAN, March 31: The father of a woman who was found hanging at her home in Devghat earlier this week suspects that his daughter did not commit suicide but was murdered by her in-laws.
Published On: April 1, 2017 09:02 AM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, March 31: In a bid to turn the tables of the local polls in their favor, the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to hold mass rallies in each of the seven provinces.
Published On: April 1, 2017 08:55 AM NPT |POLITICSKATHMANDU, March 31: The Mohan Baidya-led CPN (Revolutionary Maoist) has decided to participate in the local elections by forming an alliance with other like-minded political parties.
Published On: April 1, 2017 08:47 AM NPT |POLITICSKOKHARA, March 31: As the local polls slated for May 14 inch closer, intra-party fight for the candidacy of various posts of Bhimeshwar Municipality, the biggest municipality in Gorkha, has intensified.
Published On: April 1, 2017 08:38 AM NPT By: Ramesh Khatiwada |POLITICSJANAKPUR/BIRGUNJ/BARA, March 31: Even as the Madhes-centric parties remain undecided over contesting the upcoming local elections, the election fever is gradually gripping the protest-hit Province 2 with the poll date approaching.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 08:12 AM NPT By: Suresh Yadav |POLITICSThe graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day
Published On: April 1, 2017 08:05 AM NPT |VALLEY POLLUTION INDEXKATHMANDU, March 31: Pressure to purchase a specific radiotherapy machine for Bir Hospital, the oldest and biggest hospital in the country, has deprived cancer patients of treatment for more than a year and a half.
Published On: April 1, 2017 07:01 AM NPT By: Bishnu Prasad Aryal |SOCIETYSIRAHA, March 31: One-and-a-half-year old Chandrika Sada is nagging her sister for food. Gudiya, Chandrika's elder sister is forcing water in her mouth. The water fetched from a well is dirty and stinking. The toddler again.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 06:26 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav |SPECIALKATHMANDU, March 31: A meeting between ruling coalition partners and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) ended fruitless on Friday after Nepali Congress turned down the Madhes-based parties' proposal to increase the number.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 12:53 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, March 31: A parliamentary panel formed to investigate the killing of Nepali national Govinda Gautam by Indian security personnel in Kanchanpur near the Nepal-India border earlier this month has asked the government.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 01:46 AM NPT |POLITICSJANAKPUR/BIRGUNJ/BARA, March 31: Even as the Madhes-centric parties remain undecided over contesting the upcoming local elections, the election fever is gradually gripping the protest-hit Province 2 with the poll date approaching.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 03:41 AM NPT By: SURESH YADAV, RITESH TRIPATHI and UPENDRA YADAV |POLITICSKATHMANDU, March 31: It's already 7:00 pm. Jamuna Khanal is busy cross-checking and uploading the name-list of voters. She might have to stay even longer, as the data processing target for the day has not yet been met. Khanal.......
Published On: April 1, 2017 03:31 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi |SPECIAL