Lawmakers slam government incompetence in importing COVID-19 vaccines In a meeting of the National Assembly held Wednesday, lawmakers lambasted the government’s incompetence in importing COVID-19 vaccines. Nepal 08 Jul, 2021
Speaker Sapkota issues ruling following hike in prices of petroleum products Kathmandu, March 2 Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota issued a ruling over the government’s decision regarding the recent hike in the price of petroleum products. The speaker told the government to inform the House about the price hike after lawmakers... Travel 03 Mar, 2020
NOC hints at fuel price hike Kathmandu, November 4 State-owned Nepal Oil Corporation has said that the constant rise in the price of crude oil and the value of the greenback had pressured the entity financially to such an extent that it would face difficulty issuing... 05 Nov, 2018
Construction materials crunch hits quake victims Dolakha: Lack of construction materials has affected the post-quake reconstruction work in Dolakha. Shortage of materials such as cement, iron rods, sand and boulders has dented the quake-victims’ hope of completing the reconstruction of their... Travel 04 Jan, 2018
Spate of strikes Transport strikes and bandhs have almost become a way of Nepali life. Since the restoration of multiparty democracy in 1990, political parties, especially those in the opposition, often resorted to calling indefinite strikes as a means to ends, instead... 22 Jul, 2008
LETTERS Right messageThe editorial “Back to the school “(THT, July 14) was relevant and timely. Expression of sexuality is discouraged and sex education considered a taboo in Nepali society. It is for these reasons that hundreds of children and women are... 17 Jul, 2008
Highway upgrading hit due to Tarai stir: Govt Kathmandu, January 27:The Department of Roads (DoR) is thinking of allocating a portion of funds meant for the execution of the East-West Highway Upgrading Project in the Tarai for the development of other parts of the country due to ongoing protests... Travel 28 Jan, 2008
LETTERS Grassroots democracy : Apropos of Lok Raj Baral’s article “The way ahead” (THT, August 23), I agree with him that we need a drastic restructuring of the state. We need to empower the people at grassroots and focus on bottom-up development... 23 Aug, 2006
LETTERS Empty rhetoricAfter the success of the Jana Andolan II, the Nepalis had high hopes that all the country’s ills would be cured and that their worries would be over soon. But that is clearly not the case. Instead of hiding behind empty rhetoric, the... 21 Aug, 2006
Students rally for price hike rollback Kathmandu, March 16:Eight student unions affiliated to different political parties took out a protest rally against the hike in the price of petroleum products from Thamel today. The protest rally converged into a corner meet at Ason after passing... Horoscopes 17 Mar, 2006
Bhaktapur women gherao water supply office Bhaktapur, March 8:Marking the 96th International Women’s Day, Nepal Revolutionary Women’s Association (NRWA), Bhaktapur District Committee, today organised a protest rally with empty pitchers and jerry cans and gheraod the Drinking Water Supply... Horoscopes 08 Mar, 2006
ANNISU-R threatens to boycott FSU polls Kathmandu, February 19:The All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R), the student wing of the CPN-Maoist, today threatened to boycott the Free Students’ Union (FSU) elections slated for February 28 if all the detained... Horoscopes 19 Feb, 2006
