RASUWA, June 21: The 15 workers became trapped in the under-construction tunnel of Rasuwagadhi hydropower tunnel after the landslide struck.

56 monkeys trapped in four days

February 25, 2019 05:00 am

KHOTANG, Feb 25: As a part of a campaign to protect crops, Indian hunters deployed by the local government have managed to catch 56 monkeys in Khotang in just four days.

The ideology trap

February 24, 2019 00:30 am

Ideology is a powerful tool for packaging a broad political agenda but faith-based fixations almost invariably lead to bad policies

Is there a remittance trap?

October 30, 2018 01:00 am

High levels of remittances can spark a vicious cycle of economic stagnation and dependence

Avoiding debt trap

June 20, 2018 00:30 am

China seeks to break Indian monopoly in Nepal on hydropower and other infrastructure development projects

KATHMANDU, Jun 3: Nepali Congress lawmaker Pradip Giri has made a mockery of the Prime Minister’s high-sounding yet fanciful rhetoric that involves building waterways and railways in the country.

DHARAN, July 23: There are potholes everywhere in a one-kilometer road stretch of Koshi Highway that runs through Dharan. It has been about a month since the Road Division office (RDO), Biratnagar has been out of contact after piling up gravels in the same road.

KATHMNDU, July 15: Roads in Nepal are treacherous and have rightly been dubbed as 'silent killers' as they claim lives of hundreds of people every year. Just on Friday, unmanaged road in the capital city's Nepaltar claimed the life of a child, while another child faced a near-death experience in Samakhusi of the valley due to the appalling condition of road.

The parental trap

May 29, 2017 00:25 am

My son’s gesture made me feel special and loved; it was a gift, priceless and straight from the heart

The Indian trap

December 12, 2016 00:25 am

Energy experts say new Indian policy will discriminate against Nepal’s private sector and non-Indian investors