Insignificantly important Moheindu ChemjongPerth, W Australia:The milkman was an ugly man. Do I have the right to comment on somebody else’s looks? Maybe not. Well, I suppose equating the milkman with the adjective “ugly” was something I learnt growing up. I was told he... Travel Abroad 25 Feb, 2005
TOPICS : Ensuring road safety in Nepal Murali Dhar Pokhrel:Ensuring road safety has become an important national problem in Nepal. Yet very little has been done about it. We have data on road accidents each year, but we need to analyse accidents in much more detail to find out the major... 17 Feb, 2005
26 city roads to be ready in two months Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 15:Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s (KMC) Public Works Department (PWD) is working in full swing to complete 26 inner city roads that was begun around a month ago. “We need to complete the work within two... Horoscopes 15 Feb, 2005
Rural road construction completed Bhawani Adhikari Syangja, February 3: The construction of a motorway from Siddhartha highway to Rangbhang VDC via Syangaja district headquarters has been completed. The two-kilometre long road would be a part of a ring road linking Rangbhang, Jyamire,... 03 Feb, 2005
Experts stress need for Outer Ring Road Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 30:Experts today outlined the need to consider the proposed Outer Ring Road in the Valley as a long term infrastructural development. Speaking at an interaction on Outer Ring Road and it’s implementation... Horoscopes 31 Jan, 2005
Road expansion expected to end Chabahil traffic woes Tika R PradhanKathmandu, January 24:Traffic congestion and accidents, which are everyday phenomena in the Chabahil chowk, are expected to haunt the chowk less once the widening of the one-kilometre stretch between Chabahil and Gaushala is completed.... Horoscopes 25 Jan, 2005
Meet stresses Nepal can learn a lot from tsunami Himalayan News ServiceLalitpur, January 18:There are lessons that Nepal can learn from the recent tsunami disaster pointed out participants at a programme ‘Science of Earthquake and Lessons from the recent Tsunami Disaster’ organised today by the... Horoscopes 19 Jan, 2005
Oil price hike: Need for a pragmatic attitude and options Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay:Suddenly, the government announced a big increase in the price of the petroleum products, which hit all the Nepalis, particularly the lower income groups and the students. Naturally, the shock delivered by the price hike has... 18 Jan, 2005
MIDWAY: Dislike justified Abhaya Raj Joshi:Sometimes invitingly unoccupied and sometimes disgustingly jam-packed, sometimes way ahead of time and sometimes far behind it, this is the every day story of the public buses in Kathmandu and why many people, including me, don’t... 14 Jan, 2005
Local round-up Birthday CupLalitpur: Saraswati Baniya of Nepal Police finished first with 364 points in the individual 10m Air Pistol event at the Birthday Cup Shooting Tournament organised by Nepal Shooting Association to mark the 34th birthday of Crown Prince... 11 Jan, 2005
Nine new routes for public vehicles Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 7:The government today issued nine more routes, mainly outside the Ring Road, in order to provide public with easy access to transportation in the capital. According to the recent decision of Traspaortation... Horoscopes 08 Jan, 2005
Repair roads It is indeed heartening to know that road repair along the Narayangarh-Mugling stretch along the Prithvi Highway has at last begun in earnest. Large sections of it were washed away during the last monsoon, effectively isolating the capital city from... 09 May, 2004
