Garbage piling up in the vicinity of TIA Non-cooperation from local bodies, negligence on part of the airport management, and public’s indifference have exacerbated the garbage problem in the vicinity of Tribhuvan International Airport, putting air safety at risk as birds, which are a threat to planes taking off or landing, are attracted by the waste. Kathmandu 29 Sep, 2021
Budget crunch hits shelter programme for citizens The Safe Citizens Shelter Programme initiated from fiscal 2018-19 has been facing shortage of budget. Kathmandu 27 Sep, 2021
Nepali delegation delivers speeches on margins of UNGA Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal has said that the inherent quality of democracy provides space for organising societies in the best possible manner by managing diversity, dissent, differences, and by promoting tolerance and respect for others. Nepal 24 Sep, 2021
Bill slashes budget by nearly Rs 15 billion Amidst protest and obstructions from the main opposition CPN (UML) party, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma tabled a bill to replace the ordinance budget brought by the erstwhile government, at the House of Representatives this afternoon. Nepal 11 Sep, 2021
Waste no waste: High time to embrace biogas The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report 2021 has a serious warning to all the policymakers of the world and announced humanity is at stake as climate change is at its peak and is already approaching irreversibility for centuries to come. Opinion 09 Sep, 2021
EDITORIAL: Man-made disaster Midnight flash floods triggered by the torrential downpour for almost four hours wrecked havoc in the Kathmandu Valley on Monday, gushing the flood waters into the low-lying settlements and squatters’ areas, damaging property worth millions of rupees. Opinion 08 Sep, 2021
UML to remove all records of Nepal, his supporters The Central Committee of the CPN-UML on Thursday decided to remove all records pertaining to Madhav Kumar Nepal and leaders of his faction who had left the party to form the CPN (Unified Socialist). Kathmandu 27 Aug, 2021
New provisions for internal audit in local bodies The federal government has developed the model ‘Procedure Relating to Internal Audit of Consolidated Fund-2021’ for the local levels to maintain fiscal discipline through transparency in utilisation of resources available to them. Nepal 21 Aug, 2021
SC order on reservations draws flak Lawyers and rights activists say that the Supreme Court’s directive to the government to take the people of creamy layer out of reservation ambit and to make reservation a class or poverty issue is against the constitutional guarantee of proportional inclusion. Nepal 13 Aug, 2021
Landslides threaten dozens of settlements Dozens of human settlements in Bajura are at high risk of landslides due to haphazard use of excavators for opening road tracks. Nepal 29 Jul, 2021
MoFAGA develops procedure for mediation centre The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has developed the model ‘Local Level Mediation Centre Operation Directive, 2021’ for implementation of the rights of rural municipalities and municipalities stated in Schedule 8 of the constitution and Section 46 of the Local Government Operation Act, 2017. Nepal 12 Jul, 2021
Melamchi suffers damage worth Rs 1bn The landslide triggered by incessant rainfall last week has caused damage worth more than one billion rupees to the Melamchi Water Supply Project structures. Environment 24 Jun, 2021
