ECONOMY
TAAN to build tourism memorial park in Kavre
TAAN to build tourism memorial park in Kavre
KAVRE, Aug 13: Names of trekkers, mountaineers and support staff, who lost their lives during trekking and mountaineering activities in Nepal, will be inscribed on a monument atop a hill in Timal Region (1900 meters) of Kavre if things go as planned.
Aug 13, 2016
ECONOMY
'Industrial security key to bringing new investments'
'Industrial security key to bringing new investments'
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Business leaders have expressed their serious concern over deteriorating industrial security in the country.
Aug 13, 2016
SPORTS
Messi says he will again play for Argentina's national team
Messi says he will again play for Argentina's national team
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 13: Lionel Messi says he has reconsidered his decision to quit international soccer and will continue playing for Argentina's national team.
Aug 13, 2016
POLITICS
CIAA vicinities out of bounds for protesters
CIAA vicinities out of bounds for protesters
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Deciding in favor of the Commission for the Investigation on Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the Kathmandu District Administration Office on Friday declared the vicinities around the anti-graft body prohibited areas pending further notice.
Aug 13, 2016
SOCIETY
Unable to post bail, many languish in prison
Unable to post bail, many languish in prison
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Many people are forced to stay behind the bar as they fail to pay petty fines due to their financial situation, according to rights activists.
Aug 13, 2016
SOCIETY
'Rape-accused foreigner not cooperating with probe'
'Rape-accused foreigner not cooperating with probe'
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Metropolitan Police Circle Office, Lainchaur on Friday said that the man arrested on charge of attempting to rape a sixteen-year old girl in a Thamel-based hotel room is originally from Sudan but had been working in Saudi Arabia.
Aug 13, 2016
Editorial
Neighbors first
Neighbors first
One of the major concerns over Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s second innings in Singha Durbar has been how his government will handle the relations with our immediate neighbors—China and India. There is some ground for this concern. Nepal’s relation with southern neighbor had hit new low after last year’s eco...
Aug 13, 2016
ECONOMY
Nepse up 10 points despite market volatility
Nepse up 10 points despite market volatility
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index bounced back this week, gaining 10.15 points to close at 1,774.87 points on Thursday--the last trading day of the week.
Aug 13, 2016
OPINION
Bonded poverty in Tarai-Madhes
Bonded poverty in Tarai-Madhes
In Nepal’s remote outback, the rich loan-sharks force poor farmers and aspiring migrant workers to sign promissory notes, agreeing to pay four times higher than the borrowed money at steep interest rates
Aug 13, 2016
SPECIAL
Despite Saudi slump, Nepalis keep flocking to Gulf kingdom
Despite Saudi slump, Nepalis keep flocking to Gulf kingdom
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: At a time when thousands of migrant workers have been laid off and stranded in Saudi Arabia, the number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for the Saudi has not declined.
Aug 13, 2016