Krishna Sapkota / Kathmandu: ‘It was nearly two decades ago on February 1, 1997 that my father was brutally tortured and hacked to death when he was bound to Rolpa district headquarters Liwang from Uwa. The then rebels arbitrarily took him out from a house where he was taking shelter and left him beheaded in […]
Deepraj Sanyal / Kathmandu: The World Environment Day (WED) is being marked across the world today amidst various programmes and events highlighting the importance of the environment and its protection. As mankind continues to make progress with more and more sophisticated knowledge and discoveries along with advancement of technology, he is putting a lot of […]
Krishna Sapkota / Kathmandu: Amidst the Kathmandu-centric protests of Federal Alliance – comprising Madhesi and ethnicity-based parties – demanding rewriting of the constitution and rumours of change in guard lately, the government unveiled the national budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 in the statutory date of 15th Jestha (May 28). This is the first budget […]
Kathmandu: Recently social media was abuzz with debate in favor and against the recent statements of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Although his statements look very ambitious at a time when people are facing problems of hand to mouth but these are not unrealistic dreams and this is the time to think big and act […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: A large number of people are facing mounting sufferings with the approach of monsoon, as they are yet to reconstruct their houses demolished by the devastating earthquakes last year. Industrialists are yet to regain business pace, for they suffered worst with the economic blockade preceded by the earthquake. Similarly, the […]
Pabitra Guragain / Kathmandu: With a feeble body, wrinkles on her forehead and a little hope for (longer) life, kidney failure patient Binita Oli, 31, from Ota VDC of Rolpa, a hilly district in mid-western Nepal, is waiting for her turn to undergo hemodialysis at the Bhaktapur-based Human Organ Transplant Center. This is now her […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: Two thousand five-hundred sixty years is a very long time to even think of, forget calculation of the time-period that has passed by in between. But the birth of a person so many years ago continues to hold significance and relevance today not only in and around the place where he […]
By Pritam Bhattarai (Kathmandu) / May 18: Working journalists recently received a gift of an increment in their monthly minimum wages to a minimum of Rs 19,500 with the Cabinet meeting on May 5 approving a proposal to that effect. The increment is almost double-fold from earlier Rs 10,008. The salary revision has provided a […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: It seems that there is complete absence of governance, forget good governance. There is still a short supply of essential fuel including cooking gas even months after the crippling blockade ended while Kathmandu continues to reel under black marketeering. On the other hand, the government is yet to address the demands […]
Krishna Sapkota (Kathmandu) / April 13: The Year 2072 BS has left lasting memories among the Nepali denizens with a blend of pain and pleasure. Never-ever imagined physical devastation and psychological wreckage of the 25 April 2015 (Baisakh 12) Earthquake inflicted excruciating pain whereas the hard-earned promulgation of the new constitution of Nepal gave a […]
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