SPORTS, Latest Updates
Unbeaten APF, New Diamond into semis
Unbeaten APF, New Diamond into semis
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Unbeaten Armed Police Force Club (APF) women and New Diamond women have marched into the semifinals of the fifth RBB Men’s and Women’s Club Championship volleyball on Tuesday.
Jan 22, 2020
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Niraj Tamang leads after first round
Niraj Tamang leads after first round
Dharan, Jan 22: Local amateur Niraj Tamang took the lead after the first round of the Surya Nepal Eastern Open, the second edition of the Surya Nepal Golf Tour 2019-20, at the Nirvana Country Club Health and Golf Resort in Dharan on Tuesday.
Jan 22, 2020
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Standard Chartered Bank celebrates 10-year partnership with Liverpool football club
Standard Chartered Bank celebrates 10-year partnership with...
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The Standard Chartered Bank has celebrated its 10-year long partnership with the reigning European Champion, Liverpool Football Club (LFC) last week. As part of the celebration of the important milestone, the bank organized an event, ‘Red for a Day’, where employees around the glo...
Jan 22, 2020
Editorial
Let women rise
Let women rise
While tendering her resignation from the post of deputy speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday to pave the way for the election of the post of Speaker, Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe made a statement that should make all political parties reflect on why and how they have been failing to ensure a...
Jan 22, 2020
OPINION
Revitalizing sociology and anthropology
Revitalizing sociology and anthropology
Visual images are powerful mediums in understanding people and the society. They help us memorialize the events of the past from the present. Last Friday (January 17), I was in North Bengal University, Siliguri, to attend International Seminar on State-Society Relationship in the Himalayas—organized...
Jan 22, 2020
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Mahato shines with ball in 172-run win
Mahato shines with ball in 172-run win
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) President XI registered a whopping win of 172 runs against Malaysia Secretary XI in the second practice match played at Pokhara Stadium’s cricket ground in Pokhara on Tuesday.
Jan 22, 2020
OPINION
Lessons from Southeast Asia
Lessons from Southeast Asia
For many decades, South East Asian countries went under-noticed. No more so. The politically and socio-economically turbulent region of the past attracted 11.5 percent of global FDI inflows worth around USD155 billion in 2018. The major reason for this economic impetus resides in their commitment fo...
Jan 22, 2020
OPINION
Financial Markets’ Iran Delusion
Financial Markets’ Iran Delusion
LONDON – Following the United States’ assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani and Iran’s initial retaliation against two Iraqi bases housing US troops, financial markets moved into risk-off mode: oil prices spiked by 10 percent, US and global equities dropped by a few percenta...
Jan 22, 2020
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US announces squad for League 2 tri-series
US announces squad for League 2 tri-series
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: USA Cricket, the cricket board of the United States, announced a 14-man unchanged squad to represent its national cricket team to participate in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Series to be hosted by Nepal from February 5 to 12 in TU Cricket Ground in Kathmandu. The United Sta...
Jan 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SC summons govt for giving public holiday on Prithivi Jayanti
SC summons govt for giving public holiday on Prithivi Jayant...
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned government authorities over giving public holiday on Poush 27 to mark Prithivi Jayanti in memory of late king Prithvi Narayan Shah who unified the princely states of Nepal into one strong nation.
Jan 22, 2020