SOCIETY
288 Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive in Nepal
288 Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive in Nepal
KATHMANDU, August 19: A total of 288 Nepali nationals rescued from Afghanistan have arrived in Nepal as of Wednesday.
Aug 19, 2021
SOCIETY
Four missing, one injured due to landslide in Rasuwa
Four missing, one injured due to landslide in Rasuwa
RASUWA, August 19: Four people have gone missing while one has sustained severe injuries due to a landslide that occurred at Naukunda Rural Municipality-5 of Rasuwa district on Thursday morning.
Aug 19, 2021
WORLD
UAE says Afghanistan's Ghani is in Gulf Arab state
UAE says Afghanistan's Ghani is in Gulf Arab state
DUBAI, Aug 19: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after he left as Taliban fighters seized control.
Aug 19, 2021
SPORTS
SAFF Championship: Nepal to face Maldives
SAFF Championship: Nepal to face Maldives
KATHMANDU, August 19: Nepal is going to play against Maldives in the first match under the 13th edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) football championship.
Aug 19, 2021
WORLD
Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work
Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work
August 18: Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to revive the country's battered economy.
Aug 19, 2021
ECONOMY
456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project starts full-fledged production
456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project starts full-fle...
KATHMANDU, August 19: The Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (UTHP) has started piloting its full-fledged production of 456 MW of electricity from Tuesday.
Aug 19, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepali enterprises urged to grab opportunity to participate in the South and Southeast Asi...
Nepali enterprises urged to grab opportunity to participate...
KATHMANDU, August 18: The South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) 2021 is going to be held in Yunnan Province of China at the end of August.
Aug 18, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse jumps 38 points as most sectors end in green
Nepse jumps 38 points as most sectors end in green
KATHMANDU, August 18: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell slightly in the morning before an advance pushed the market in positive territory by mid-day. Stocks continued to climb in the afternoon with the index adding as much as 60 points in the afternoon. Following a slight retracement in th...
Aug 18, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal’s poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before pandemic hit the country: NPC
Nepal’s poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before pandemic...
KATHMANDU, August 18: Nepal was successful in reducing significantly poverty headcount from 30.1 percent in 2014 to 17.4 percent in 2019.
Aug 18, 2021
SOCIETY
US provides additional support for urgent COVID-19 assistance in Nepal
US provides additional support for urgent COVID-19 assistanc...
KATHMANDU, August 18: United States Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W Berry, along with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nepal Mission Director, Sepideh Keyvanshad, donated two liquid oxygen tanks to Bir Hospital and Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Aug 18, 2021