ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Nepali migrant workers welcomed in Israel
Nepali migrant workers welcomed in Israel
KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Nepali Embassy in Israel welcomed the migrant workers who reached there for work. The Nepali workers were welcomed by a joint team of the Israeli Health Ministry and Immigration Authority and the Nepali Embassy at Ben Gurion International Airport.
Jan 21, 2022
WORLD
Analysis: How Omicron highlights fading hope of herd immunity from COVID
Analysis: How Omicron highlights fading hope of herd immunit...
CHICAGO, Jan 21:The Omicron variant, which is spreading far faster than previous versions of the coronavirus, is not likely to help countries achieve so-called herd immunity against COVID-19, in which enough people become immune to the virus that it can no longer spread, leading disease experts say.
Jan 21, 2022
ECONOMY
Birgunj Customs collects Rs 5.68 billion more custom revenue than its target during mid-Ju...
Birgunj Customs collects Rs 5.68 billion more custom revenue...
KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Birgunj Customs Office (BCO) collected customs revenue worth Rs 105.90 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year, which is 5.67 percent more than the target set for the customs office.
Jan 21, 2022
SOCIETY
Local authorities decide to enforce odd-even rule for vehicles in Kathmandu Valley from Fr...
Local authorities decide to enforce odd-even rule for vehicl...
KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Keeping in view of the rising cases of COVID-19, local administrations have decided to enforce odd-even rule for both public and private vehicles in Kathmandu Valley from Friday midnight.
Jan 20, 2022
SOCIETY
Nepal’s significant progress in the nutrition of mothers and children at risk due to curre...
Nepal’s significant progress in the nutrition of mothers and...
KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Nepal achieved globally renowned progress in reducing child stunting and scaling up nutrition services during the Millennium Development Goals era (2002 -2016), despite periods of political and economic instability, according to a special supplement of the Maternal and Child Nutr...
Jan 20, 2022
ECONOMY
Private sector urges govt to develop mechanism to facilitate remittance inflows through ba...
Private sector urges govt to develop mechanism to facilitate...
KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Private sector has requested the government to provide subsidies to raise interest rates on the remittance earnings to facilitate migrant workers to send money they earned through banking channels.
Jan 20, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepse gains 33.03 points on Thursday followed by successive drops on last two trading days
Nepse gains 33.03 points on Thursday followed by successive...
KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) gained 33.03 points on Thursday to close at 2,931.34 points.
Jan 20, 2022
SOCIETY
Daily infections rise to 12,338 in Nepal, active case load reaches 57,328
Daily infections rise to 12,338 in Nepal, active case load r...
Kathmandu Valley alone recorded 6,981 cases of the virus on Friday
Jan 20, 2022
My City, Entertainment
The Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more
The Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more
The lights may be dim at the Eccles Theater and Park City’s Main Street will have fewer cinephiles packing the snowy sidewalks when the Sundance Film Festival begins its 44th edition Thursday night. But if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the world’s premier independent film festival is more than its...
Jan 20, 2022
My City, Entertainment
'Gehraiyaan', 'Chakda 'Xpress', 'Looop Lapeta': Top 5 OTT movies to watch out for in 2022
'Gehraiyaan', 'Chakda 'Xpress', 'Looop Lapeta': Top 5 OTT mo...
The pandemic has changed the way we view entertainment. Big screens have been replaced by TV sets and laptops, but movies continue to roll out! Anushka Sharma will mark her OTT debut this year with ‘Chakda 'Xpress’ while Deepika Padukone is set to entertain with an intense love story ‘Gehraiyaan’. T...
Jan 20, 2022