Bitter case of sugar price fixing

October 14, 2018 02:30 am

Apart from being visibly apathetic toward the woes of sugarcane farmers, the government authorities responsible for handling sugar supplies and market monitoring are found to have committed serious negligence in fixing the price of sugar in the local market, at the cost of financial burden to the customers just ahead of Dashain,

Isn’t it funny that those who are deprived of facilities are keener in studies? Yet, those who are blessed with all facilities blame how rigorous the education system is. Yes, it’s sad, but it also is a bitter aspect of the society.

Dear Malvika,  I am a 27-year-old girl currently doing my Master’s degree in Kathmandu. My parents had separated when I was younger. I am engaged to a guy since the past four years.

CHICAGO, Dec 26: The good news for many in the Northeast and Midwest was that it has been a white Christmas. The bad news was that a blizzard swept into parts of New England and bitter cold enveloped much of the Midwest.

The bitter truth of life

June 1, 2017 09:06 am

I have been hearing a lot of discourse between family members and listening to the Bhagavad Gita; because of this, I have been learning a lot and have been enlightened every day. These discussions try to provide answers to the questions that I have been enquiring about life and death. They also answer questions about the structure of the universe that connects individuals and their disconnection in the end. Why does God call all the good people so soon? What is the ultimate goal of a human? How the body that we are living is not ours and how the soul stays eternal which takes form in different bodies? How is one eligible for Mokshya in their life and why does something like this happen to a person who is composed, and has always been a part of good Karma? Why do we believe that life is in our hands, while we are mere puppets?

PARIS (AP) — The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said it suffered a “massive and coordinated” hacking attack and document leak that it called a bid to destabilize Sunday’s presidential runoff.

ITAHARI, May 1: Production of bitter gourd and cucumber in Sunsari district is projected to fall this year, despite expansion in farming area.

WASHINGTON, Nov 7: White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was still flailing for a knockout blow Monday as a presidential race that has cast a pall over US democracy neared its end.

Bigger is bitter

August 27, 2016 00:45 am

Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and (now) CPN (Maoist Center) emerged as the first, second and third largest parties, respectively, in the second Constituent Assembly elections in 2013. There were also the three main forces behind the new constitution that was promulgated on September 20th, 2015. It was after intense deliberations that the three parties had agreed to cap the size of Nepali cabinet to 25 in the new constitution.