POLITICS
RSP calls CC meeting today to decide on General Secretary Dhakal’s fate
RSP calls CC meeting today to decide on General Secretary Dh...
KATHMANDU, July 9: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has called a central committee (CC) meeting to take a final decision on suspended General Secretary Dr Mukul Dhakal.
Jul 09, 2024
SOCIETY
Araniko highway blocked by landslides triggered by incessant rainfall
Araniko highway blocked by landslides triggered by incessant...
KAVREPALANCHOWK, July 9: Vehicular movement along the Araniko Highway has been blocked since last night following a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall at a place called Pachas Kilo in Panchkhal of Kavre.
Jul 09, 2024
SOCIETY
Vehicular movement along Jaya Prithvi Highway resumes
Vehicular movement along Jaya Prithvi Highway resumes
KATHMANDU, July 9: Vehicular movement along the Jaya Prithvi Highway has resumed after the landslide debris was removed. The vehicular movement was obstructed since Sunday due to a massive landslide near Bijaypur in Patan Municipality-8, Baitadi.
Jul 09, 2024
Editorial
Taxing targets
Taxing targets
After setting a massive revenue target for the Federal Board of Revenue for the next fiscal year, the government seems to be building pressure on the tax authority to perform. It is just as well that this may lead to a tightening of the net around those who have so far managed to evade the taxman.
Jul 09, 2024
SOCIETY
Sticky future: climate change hits Nepal's honey hunters
Sticky future: climate change hits Nepal's honey hunters
LAMJUNG, Nepal, July 8: Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.
Jul 09, 2024
WORLD
Why the Philippine-Japan defence pact matters
Why the Philippine-Japan defence pact matters
MANILA, July 9: More than 70 years after Japan's invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II, the countries on Monday signed a defence pact that allows them to deploy troops on each other's soil.
Jul 09, 2024
WORLD
Russian missiles kill 24 in Ukraine, gut Kyiv children's hospital
Russian missiles kill 24 in Ukraine, gut Kyiv children's hos...
KYIV, July 9: Russia fired dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday in a massive barrage that killed at least 24 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, trapping victims under the rubble, officials said.
Jul 09, 2024
SOCIETY
Muglin-Malekhu road reopens for traffic
Muglin-Malekhu road reopens for traffic
KATHMANDU, July 9: The Muglin-Malekhu road has come back into operation for two-way traffic.
Jul 09, 2024
SOCIETY
CIAA files case against Ayurvedic Doctor Sah for submitting fake certificate
CIAA files case against Ayurvedic Doctor Sah for submitting...
KATHMANDU, July 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against Sangita Kumari Sah, an eighth-level employee of Homeopathic Medicine at Mahottari Provincial Ayurveda and Alternative Hospital, on the charge of obtaining her appointment letter by submittin...
Jul 08, 2024
POLITICS
PM Dahal pushing nation towards instability by obstructing new govt formation: MP Bartaula
PM Dahal pushing nation towards instability by obstructing n...
KATHMANDU, July 8: Chief Whip of the CPN-UML, Mahesh Bartaula, said that Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal has tried to push the nation towards instability by not letting the formation of a new government.
Jul 08, 2024