SOCIETY
Lack of legal clarity hinders local bodies’ performance
Lack of legal clarity hinders local bodies’ performance
ILAM, Feb 5: People have huge expectations from the local government regarding development and even for finding solutions to a wide range of legal issues
Feb 05, 2019
ECONOMY
Canal construction gaining momentum in Bheri Babai
Canal construction gaining momentum in Bheri Babai
BARDIYA, Feb 5: Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project, which was started under the government’s vision to give farmers proper access to irrigation facilities, has expedited construction of canals of late. With the recent progress in works, the project has entered the final stage to take irrigat...
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Vegas artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image
Vegas artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image
A Las Vegas artist is suing pop music star Ariana Grande, alleging federal copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame in the pop star’s widely-viewed “God is a Woman” music video.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
The United States extends warm wishes on Sonam Lhosar
The United States extends warm wishes on Sonam Lhosar
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The United States has expressed warmest wishes on the occasion of Lhosar.
Feb 05, 2019
ECONOMY
SEZ firms not getting promised tax rebates
SEZ firms not getting promised tax rebates
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Industrial enterprises established in Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Bhairahawa, are entitled to a tax rebate on import of equipment and machineries as per the SEZ Act, 2016. However, the Ministry of Finance is not providing the promised tax incentives to industrialists setting up th...
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Adam Levine’s Super Bowl nipple reveal prompts backlash
Adam Levine’s Super Bowl nipple reveal prompts backlash
First, critics panned Maroon 5′s Super Bowl halftime performance. Then social media folks went full-on snark over Adam Levine’s throw pillow-like tank top design. Then he peeled off the busy brown shirt and the snark turned to outrage over his exposed nipples.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Villagers compelled to carry dead body to district hospital for postmortem
Villagers compelled to carry dead body to district hospital...
KHOTANG, Feb 5: Nara Bahadur Rai, an elderly of Ainselukharka Rural Municipality-3 in Khotang district, lost his life after being drowned in a canal of a small hydropower project last week. Initially, his body was taken to Ainselukharka Primary Health Center for postmortem but there was no doctor.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
One-third of HKH glaciers will melt by 2100: Report
One-third of HKH glaciers will melt by 2100: Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: A study has found that one-third of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region will melt by the end of the century even if the global target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is achieved.
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Liam Neeson admits he wanted to kill after friend was raped
Liam Neeson admits he wanted to kill after friend was raped
Liam Neeson has said he is ashamed to admit he had violent thoughts about killing a black person after learning that someone close to him had been raped.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
KMC to build 284 public toilets across city
KMC to build 284 public toilets across city
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) office has initiated process to build at least 284 public toilets at 57 various locations across the metropolis.
Feb 05, 2019