As Nepal celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2014 with the slogan, 'Step up for Disaster Risk Reduction: Resilience is for life', secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Surya Silwal has highlighted various issues at stake. Excerpts
By A Correspondent Oct 18, 2014
There is no dearth of directives and recommendations to make Nepal’s energy sector efficient and handle the power supply properly. A range of institutions from the committees of the Legislature-Parliament and ministries to the Commission for the Inve
By Keshab Poudel Oct 18, 2014
At a time when private sector financed hydropower projects are facing difficulties in project implementation, Solu Hydro Electric Project has rejuvenated the hopes of private investors after the signing of the financial closure of the 23 MW project
By Keshab Poudel Oct 18, 2014
The per unit energy generation cost of the Upper Karnali storage project operating at a very high water head of around 400 meters, as mentioned earlier, would be very low. The per unit energy generation cost of this project in comparison with such e
By Dr. A.B. Thapa Oct 18, 2014
The pro-democracy demonstrations or infamously being referred to as the ‘Umbrella Revolution’ in Hong Kong have seen tens of thousands taking to the streets to push for free elections and seek the resignation of the state’s Chief Executive CY Leung
By Abijit Sharma Oct 18, 2014
We all stared at the happenings but when things got quitter one of the lady participants discovered to her horror that her hand bag containing her passport, traveller cheques and other personnel effect had been quietly stolen. She never got it back!
By Hemang Dixit Oct 18, 2014
If a person, without the consent of a woman, touches or attempts to touch her sensitive organs, takes off her inner garments, takes her to an unusually lonely place, makes her touch his sexual organ, uses vulgar words or shows her such pictures, teas
By A Correspondent Oct 18, 2014
PRABIN LAL SHRESTHA, Managing Director of Upper Solu-Hydro Electric Company and ICTC Group, is a charismatic young entrepreneur of Nepal. As the project has recently signed its financial closure agreement, Shrestha spoke to New SPOTLIGHT about the pr
By A Correspondent Oct 18, 2014