PM Dahal calls for preserving mountains Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has urged one and all to make more efforts to keep mountains free from pollution and protect them. Nepal 29 May, 2024
APF personnel used to dump garbage The government has started disposing the garbage of Kathmandu valley with the help of security forces at Banchare Danda landfill site. Kathmandu 22 Jul, 2023
Garbage disposal likely to resume A meeting of chief district officers and local level representatives of Kathmandu, Nuwakot, and Dhading held in Kakani on Wednesday reached a four point agreement to end the ongoing deadlock over waste management. Kathmandu 18 Aug, 2022
Kathmanduites feel let down by mayor Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had made tall promises while campaigning during mayoral polls, but he has not been able to do much to fulfil his key poll promise: clear heaps of garbage that dot streets of Kathmandu metropolis. Kathmandu 13 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL: End of stalemate The stalemate over garbage disposal is over, but can the residents of the Kathmandu Valley remain assured that there will not be obstruction from the locals again in ferrying waste to the newly-constructed landfill site at Bancharedanda in Nuwakot? Opinion 13 Jun, 2022
Stalemate over garbage disposal ends Piles of garbage accumulated around Kathmandu valley are likely to be removed tonight after locals of Sisdol area, who had been obstructing waste management at the landfill site, sealed an 18-point agreement with Kathmandu Metropolitan City and a separate agreement with the Ministry for Urban Development, ending the weekslong stalemate. Nepal 11 Jun, 2022
Vehicles carrying garbage obstructed Dozens of locals, who have been guarding the muchhyped Sisdole and Bancharedanda landfill sites to stop vehicles ferrying waste from Kathmandu valley to be dumped there, clashed with security forces mobilised in the area. Nepal 09 Jun, 2022
Parties have much to learn from independents' rise Independent candidates’ good showing in the local level polls is being talked about as a ‘slap on the face of’ the leaderships of mainstream parties, who often impose their decisions on lower rungs of their parties when it comes to picking candidates to contest polls. Nepal 23 May, 2022
Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 22.78 million, death toll over 792,500 At least 22,781,565 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 792,837 people have died, a Reuters tally showed. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the... Women 21 Aug, 2020
10 booked in Banepa for breaching peace Kavre, November 7 Banepa Municipality registered first information report against 10 persons, including Ward No 9 Chairman Sher Bahadur Suwal, accusing them of breaching peace and security, at Kavre District Police Office, today. The FIR was... Travel 08 Nov, 2019
Himalayan ecology at risk: Global warming heightens it While the effects of global warming on the Himalayan region are the central issue when discussing dangers to mountain ecology, there are other issues that threaten life in the mountains, and these concern environment degradation by man There is no... 10 Jun, 2019
EDITORIAL: Undemocratic move If the lawmakers are barred from putting questions to the PM, it will undermine the parliamentary supremacy In parliamentary democracy, the Parliament is the supreme body elected by the people. The constitution has clearly defined the roles and... 08 Jan, 2019
