Darkness Over Kabul

The Afghan drama is nearing its end, at least as far as Western militaries are concerned. Exactly two decades after al-Qaeda’s attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City, the last Western troops are, if US President Joe Biden sticks to his timetable, scheduled to leave Afghanistan on September 11, 2021. The war had to end at some point. But after so much blood and treasure spent, many will be wondering what, if anything, has been achieved.

NA’s Transition To Command Structure

Nepal government has given the go-ahead to the proposal of Nepali Army to switch its organisational structure from the division based to the operational command. As per the news details, it involves getting rid of the divisional structure and establishment of four commands with their geographical area of responsibility based upon three major river basins.

No-confidence motion is on hold for now: NC

The Nepali Congress on Sunday said that an initiative taken to register a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was put on hold due to lack of sufficient number of the House of Representative (HOR) members to back the proposal.

KTFT advancing int’l contract bidding to begin tunnel works

Nepali Army has pushed forward the procurement process for the construction of the two tunnels of the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Fast Track (KTFT) road project. Publishing a notice of letter of intent (LoI) in the Gorkhapatra Daily on Sunday, the NA has said that the Project Office will very soon conclude the tender process after it finalises the international companies to take the tunnel and bridge construction works ahead.

Scores of monuments still stand in support of wooden poles

Even six years after the massive earthquake of 2015, some historic temples and monuments in the World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley are still standing in support of wooden and iron poles.

38 per cent of magnetite found in Baitadi iron mine, company ready to set up plant in four months

The company involved in exploration has claimed that a plant can be established within 4 months if the mine area is made accessible by road and electricity is supplied there.

CCMC recommends to postpone all examinations

Ganesh Pande, press advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel, informed that the meeting of the CCMC held today in Singh Durbar decided to recommend to the government for postponing examinations of all kinds of all levels from tomorrow, Monday, in view of rising infections of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Italian town is selling houses for one euro

The pandemic is raging, quarantine rules are changing by the day, and there's still uncertainty over when we might vacation again, but one thing remains constant in the travel world: the €1 houses of Italy.

Three DAOs of Valley to provide only urgent service from tomorrow

Kali Prasad Rijal, Chief District Office (CDO) of Kathmandu, informed that a joint meeting of the CDOs of the three districts of the valley held today took a decision to this effect.

The Shakespeare tragedy that truly speaks to us now

Drunken knight John Falstaff is no-one's idea of a tragic hero. But in our pandemic age of increasing inequality, the sadness of his story hits harder than ever.