- by Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, Nov 18: Forest encroachment has increased in Rautahat district as people migrating from various parts of the country have resorted to clearing forest areas to settle down illegally.
- by Republica
BIRATNAGAR, Nov 18: After his 18-month-old son got diagnosed with brain tumor, Shambhu Singh, a local of Kamaha village of Sunsari district did not think twice before selling off the only plot of land they had to cover the cost of treatment.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The monitoring panels deployed from the Ministry of Health have sealed 37 clinics in the Kathmandu Valley in the past five days. The clinics were found violating the rules related to setting up, operation and upgrade, officials said.
- by Sangeet Sangroula
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: With the commission for restructuring local bodies all set to submit its report on the number and boundaries of local units within two weeks, a dispute over whether or not the local units should be under the jurisdiction of the respective provinces has emerged as another complication in the task of local restructuring.
- by Jitendra Kumar Jha
RAJBIRAJ, Nov 19: Chief Justice Sushila Karki has said that although she is in favor of proportional inclusive system, she will not appoint an unqualified candidate as justice as such a move would be inappropriate.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: All the resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) will boycott classroom activities from Sunday, in a show of support for the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Expressing serious concern over prolonged deliberations on the impeachment motion registered against CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties have demanded that the process be expedited and a decision reached soon.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: In view of the upcoming elections, the Election Commission (EC) has deployed mobile teams to update voter rolls in various 21 alpine and high hill districts.
- by Nabin Khatiwada
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: With just two months remaining in its term, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has not been able to conduct substantive investigations into conflict-related complaints due to delay by the government in amending a crucial Act.
- by Republica
India’s decision to ban Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations that are in circulation, almost overnight, has created a wave of panic that is rippling across India.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Minister for Industry Nabindra Raj Joshi tabled the Company Act (First Amendment) Bill 2016 at the parliament on Friday.
- by Sukhdev Shah
The city of Janakpur is perhaps the dirtiest place in Nepal and perhaps even in the whole of the Indian subcontinent
- by Sagar Ghimire
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the legal tender of Indian 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes on November 8, it was meant to curb 'black money' and corruption, but the move itself has ironically created a new black market -- illegal exchange of those notes held in Nepal.
- by Dinkar Nepal
Till we make peace with our past we will continue to look at ourselves with utter contempt and breed inferiority complex in next generation
- by Bhadra Sharma
KATHMANDU, NOV 19: Following the suspension of Lokman Singh Karki as chief of the CIAA, internal feuding between Karki and the new leadership of the anti-graft body has deepened, damaging the reputation of a key constitutional body.
- by Usha Pokharel
Research suggests being a little bored is good. Those dull periods provide us time to reflect and help solve problems
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Remittances inflow grew by only 3.2 percent in the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2016/17 compared to 24 percent growth rate in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
- by Republica
A report by WaterAid shows that more than 650 million people in the world do not have access to clean water, and more than 2.3 billion do not have access to a safe, private toilet.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 19: With winter approaching and power generation of run-of-the-river plants falling, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has appealed the general public to not use energy intensive equipment during morning and evening peak hours.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) has underscored the need to strike a balance between conservation and development in mountain areas of the country.