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
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Diversity feted as Oscar nominees gather for class photo, and lunch
Diversity feted as Oscar nominees gather for class photo, an...
Pop singer Lady Gaga, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and African-American filmmaker Spike Lee were among scores of Oscar nominees who gathered for a group photo on Monday ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony in three weeks time when only a handful will go home as winners.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Prez, PM extend wishes on Sonam Lhosar
Prez, PM extend wishes on Sonam Lhosar
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The country is observing the 2855th Sonam Lhosar, a festival celebrated particularly by Tamang community, with various programmes today.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Not enough research on Kala-azar: Experts
Not enough research on Kala-azar: Experts
KOHALPUR, Feb 5: Visceral Leishmaniasis, locally known as kala-azar, was once a very common disease in Tarai.
Feb 05, 2019
SPORTS
Nepal blind women cricket team trounces Pakistan 4-0
Nepal blind women cricket team trounces Pakistan 4-0
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Nepal national women blind cricket team has registered a clean-sweep against Pakistan in the first ever bilateral T20 series hosted by Pakistan Blind Cricket Council at Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday.
Feb 05, 2019