SPORTS
Rautahat Premier League from Sept 17
Rautahat Premier League from Sept 17
KATHMANDU, July 21: Lalitpur’s Omega Secondary School is set to organize the Rautahat Premier League (RPL) at the Sugar Mills Ground in Garuda, Rautahat from September 17 to 26.
Jul 21, 2018
ECONOMY
Annual credit jumps 20.46% while deposit grows 17%
Annual credit jumps 20.46% while deposit grows 17%
KATHMANDU, July 21: The banking industry continued to grapple with the mismatch of assets and liabilities in the last fiscal year as lending by commercial banks expanded 20.46 percent while their total deposits grew only 16.77 percent.
Jul 21, 2018
ECONOMY
Construction of Thamkhara airport delayed
Construction of Thamkhara airport delayed
KHOTANG, July 21: Negligence by contractors has left construction of Thamkharka airport in the eastern district of Khotang in quandary. The deadline to complete the work was mid-July, 2018.
Jul 21, 2018
ECONOMY
'TSC on internet to make up for declining voice call revenue'
'TSC on internet to make up for declining voice call revenue...
KATHMANDU, July 21: The government has claimed that imposing Telecommunication Service Charge (TSC) on internet service is aimed to make up for telecom revenues from voice calls that is continually declining in recent times.
Jul 21, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepse closes week nearly flat despite initial surge
Nepse closes week nearly flat despite initial surge
KATHMANDU, July 21: Stocks opened the week posting strong gains ahead of the start of the Fiscal Year 2018/19. On the first two trading sessions, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse), which opened the week at 1191.98 points, climbed more than 20 points. Nonetheless, the index recorded losses in all latt...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
21 Nepali girls rescued from Kenyan strip clubs
21 Nepali girls rescued from Kenyan strip clubs
KATHMANDU, July 20: Twenty-one Nepali girls trafficked to Kenya and employed at strip clubs there were rescued on Thursday, according to Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Activists protest against Bag Durbar demolition plan
Activists protest against Bag Durbar demolition plan
KATHMANDU, JULY 20: Heritage conservation activists have staged a protest against the decision of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) to demolish Bag Durbar, a neoclassical architectural palace in the capital that also served as KMC's main office, instead of retrofitting it. About 40 conservation acti...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
1,103 people bitten, 12 killed by snakes in a year
1,103 people bitten, 12 killed by snakes in a year
RUPANDEHI, July 20In the last one year, a total of 1,103 people sought treatment for snakebites at Lumbini Zonal Hospital (LZH), Butwal. Unfortunately, 12 of them succumbed to the venom of the poisonous snakes.With the onset of summer every year, snakes start taking their toll on the lives of the lo...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
LAHAN, July 20: Ganga Paswan, the mayor of Karjanha Municipality of Siraha, on Thursday slapped a municipal staffer over payments made for the purchase of a dozer.
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
KATHMANDU, July 20: Over a month after a foreigner was arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a minor, police have arrested another 66-year-old Swiss citizen for his alleged involvement in pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder that leads to sexual attraction toward children.
Jul 21, 2018