SOCIETY
Public transport to remain shut in Dhading, entrepreneurs demand increase in fares
Public transport to remain shut in Dhading, entrepreneurs de...
DHADING, July 20: Transport entrepreneurs in Dhading have stopped providing public transport services after they were fined by the administration for increasing the fare by 28 percent. Although the central government had increased the fares of long distance public transport from one province to anot...
Jul 20, 2021
ECONOMY
IFC’s new Regional Director Gomez Ang announces to focus on COVID and climate finance to h...
IFC’s new Regional Director Gomez Ang announces to focus on...
KATHMANDU, July 20— International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed Hector Gomez Ang as the Regional Director for South Asia. Based in New Delhi, he will play a critical role in boosting IFC’s investments in the region as it looks to recover from the severe impacts of COVID-19.
Jul 20, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Second AALP International Conference concluded virtually
Second AALP International Conference concluded virtually
Asian Association of Law Professors (AALP) is a not-for-profit consortium of legal institutions and individuals from worldwide connected to Asia. AALP concluded its second International Conference through a virtual medium on July 9 and 10, 2021.
Jul 20, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
JSP endorses parliamentary party statute unanimously
JSP endorses parliamentary party statute unanimously
KATHMANDU, July 20: Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has endorsed the statute of its parliamentary party unanimously.
Jul 20, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra, arrested in porn case, was once asked how he earns mon...
Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra, arrested in porn case, w...
After Raj Kundra was arrested on Monday night, an old video of him from Kapil Sharma’s show went viral online. In it, he is asked about his source of income. Shilpa Shetty also features in the clip.
Jul 20, 2021
POLITICS
Dahal, Yadav hold meeting with leader Nepal
Dahal, Yadav hold meeting with leader Nepal
CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav had separate meetings with CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Jul 20, 2021
OPINION
The Politics of Quotas
The Politics of Quotas
There are of course good quota systems and bad quota systems. A blanket quota system which reserves only on account of identity can itself suffer from rent-seeking by elites with the quota benefiting the already empowered people of the marginalized group. These people don’t just have superior resour...
Jul 20, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt collected over Rs 33 million in fines from firms flouting consumer law in FY 2020/21
Govt collected over Rs 33 million in fines from firms flouti...
KATHMANDU, July 20: The government collected Rs 33.37 million in cash fines from 1,347 firms which flouted consumer law in fiscal year 2020/21.
Jul 20, 2021
My City, Entertainment
‘Kansas’ rock violinist, singer Robby Steinhardt, dies at 71
‘Kansas’ rock violinist, singer Robby Steinhardt, dies at 71
Robert E. “Robby” Steinhardt, a violinist and vocalist with the progressive rock band Kansas, has died due to complications from pancreatitis. He was 71.
Jul 20, 2021
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Tiring suburb
Tiring suburb
On a drowsy and frenetic evening
My brain gets stuck by wordings
Maybe someday I feel it chases
words like a chess player,
Crazily yearning for a queen piece.
Jul 20, 2021