3,255 houses built under safe citizen housing scheme

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 30 The government has completed the construction of 3,255 houses for as many families under the Safe Citizen Housing Programme. Only those families living in huts or houses with thatched roof (structures vulnerable to...

EDITORIAL: No end of corruption

A corruption-free society is possible when the powers that be and the CIAA are committed to ending it from all layers The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed charge-sheets...

Synergising diplomacy: To meet post-COVID-19 challenges

Authorities responsible for handling diplomacy must show ability to meet the challenges posed by the changed global diplomatic development to better equip Nepal’s diplomats professionally with the combined expertise of both the conventional and...

The Year In Review: 11 Events That Shook Nepal In 2020

Nepal had a tough experience in 2020. Rising protests on dissatisfaction over politics, youths rising for themselves, high political visits – all these happened this year. But what are the main events that shook...

Tea shop as a public sphere

The bustling street doesn’t seem to bother the busy bee, Ram Dai. His tea house is one of the most admired areas in the locality for spiced tea. People from different walks of life visit...

Dhanya, Yomari Purnima being observed

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 29 Dhanya Purnima is being celebrated by worshipping the paddy crop and making offerings to gods and goddesses today on the full moon day of the month of Mangsir, as per the lunar...

EDITORIAL: Don’t deceive this time

The refusal by the sugar mills to pay the farmers for their produce under whatever pretext is outright robbery Sugarcane farmers have withdrawn their protests in the capital after 16 days, after the farmers and...

Tamu Lhosar being celebrated

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 29 The Gurung community in the country is celebrating Tamu Lhosar, the Gurung New Year festival, today with much fanfare. As the meaning of Lho refers to year and Sar means to change, this...