LETTERS Bird flu and some adviceThe government seems to be doing its best to make it clear that bird flu has been contained in Jhapa. There are reasons to believe that the culling of the thousands of chickens and ducks may have stopped the advance of the... 28 Jan, 2009
Veep’s sermon on human rights Bara, December 10: Vice President Paramananda Jha emphasized the need of guaranteeing human rights in the drafting of the new constitution while addressing the international seminar in Kalaiya, organised on the occasion of the 60th International human... Travel 11 Dec, 2008
Forest Ministry a bastion of corruption, says Matrika Kathmandu, June 6:The national seminar on the snow leopard conservation turned into a lecture hall as Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Matrika Prasad Yadav started a non-stop lecture on conservation for over an hour.The organisers as well as... Travel 07 Jun, 2008
Convention report sees holes in FNJ account book Kathmandu, May 8:The Federation of Nepali Journalists is not squeaky clean when it comes to handling its finances, a financial report of the umbrella organisation of journalists indicates.For the first time in history, general conference of the FNJ... Travel 09 May, 2008
SCHOOL TIMES : Why learn English? English is one of the most popular languages having earned popularity in every corner of the world. We are able to communicate with different people of different places through this language. English has become an international language. It is even... Travel Abroad 30 Apr, 2008
India, US to ink $2.2b defence deal New Delhi, April 20:India is set to sign a $2.2 billion deal, its biggest with the US, for eight long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft, even as the Indian Navy chief opposed “intrusiveness” in the use of military hardware the country... Women 20 Apr, 2008
Nepali orthodox tea needs branding Kathmandu, January 28:Nepali orthodox tea has been taking the market slowly, if not by storm. However, government’s apathy towards the registration of its own brand ‘Nepal Tea - Quality from the Himalayas’ has hit the sector.Participants at the... 28 Jan, 2008
Panel proposes correction in Bikram Sambat 2066 BS must have 11 months’Kathmandu, January 14:A body formed by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to revise the national calendar has recommended the government to remove the month of Chaitra from the calendar of the year 2066 BS... Horoscopes 15 Jan, 2008
IN BRIEF CIAA quizzes YangkilaKATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday quizzed former minister of the king Gyanendra-led cabinet, Yangkila Sherpa, on the charge of misappropriating state treasury to suppress people... Horoscopes 21 May, 2007
India ‘ready’ to review treaties with Nepal New Delhi, April 20: Former Indian Foreign Secretary MK Rasgotra said here today that India was ready to review all treaties between Nepal and itself, including the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950. Rasgotra was speaking at a two-day international... Travel 21 Apr, 2007
India rejects deadline for Doha round New Delhi, March 14:India says it rejects any deadline for completing the Doha Round of global trade liberalisation talks and sees no breakthrough unless rich nations address the livelihood concerns of developing countries.World Trade Organisation... 14 Mar, 2007
Govt to work to realise three mega hydel projects Kathmandu, March 6:Minister of State for Water Resources Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the government has decided to take steps within a month towards realising three mega hydro-electricity projects.“We are in a position to witness paper works... Travel 07 Mar, 2007
