EDITORIAL: Wrong practice

The ordinance has given the PM sweeping powers to appoint persons in the constitutional bodies without consulting others President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday issued an ordinance to make the first amendment to the Constitutional...

Traits of a leader: Water stories from Cambodia, Nepal

It has been around four years that Nepalis have found relief from the decade-long daily power cuts of up to 14 hours a day. It was nothing short of a miracle when Kul Man...

Supply and demand

When the relation of supply and demand gets disturbed, it brings chaos in the price, according to the theory of economics. In order to rectify this, some major steps should be taken. It’s not...

Man freed from jail, dies mysteriously

DAMAULI, DECEMBER 16 The death of a man has left his family in the lurch in Tanahun. Balsingh Rana, 30, of Ghiring Rural Municipality, Tanahun, was working in India. Unfortunately, he died mysteriously on his way...

Cops interfere in peaceful demonstration

JHAPA, DECEMBER 16 Police interfered in a peaceful demonstration which demanded that the border be reopened in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa, today. Locals, along with hotel and tourism entrepreneurs of the district, had staged the peaceful demonstration...

Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks

BEIJING: A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into...

Government to ramp up antigen test once again

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 16 The government, which had halted the COVID-19 antigen test around hotspots in the valley two weeks ago, is once again preparing to increase the tests up to five lakh within a week. The...

Development committees told to submit property details

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 16 Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has instructed all the line development committees to submit their property details within two months effective from today. In an interaction held here...