ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Expanding cooperative businesses call for integration with core financial system
Expanding cooperative businesses call for integration with c...
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The government has identified cooperatives as one of the three pillars of the Nepali economy, which have been handling a large chunk of financial resources of the country. However the sector has been left less integrated to banks and financial institutions that has led to high exp...
Aug 23, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Social
Mural highlights Dolly Parton’s Black Lives Matter quote
Mural highlights Dolly Parton’s Black Lives Matter quote
Tourists are flocking to Nashville to see a new mural of Dolly Parton that celebrates her position on Black Lives Matter.
Aug 23, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like ad...
ZURICH, Aug 23: The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults, while children between six and 11 should wear them on a risk-based approach.
Aug 23, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Will CJ's new initiative end corruption in the judiciary?
Will CJ's new initiative end corruption in the judiciary?
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: At a time when the people have been demanding serious reforms in the judiciary, a recently-formed committee to look into the judicial irregularities has raised some hope.
Aug 23, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt decides to limit int’l airlines to operate one flight a day as it prepares to repatri...
Govt decides to limit int’l airlines to operate one flight a...
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: As the government gears up preparations to resume regular scheduled flights to bring home Nepali migrant workers, it has decided to limit the international airlines to operate only one flight a day to Nepal.
Aug 23, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
NC asks govt to mobilize foreign employment fund to bring Nepali workers home for free
NC asks govt to mobilize foreign employment fund to bring Ne...
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has asked the government to rescue and repatriate Nepali migrant workers, who lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, free of cost.
Aug 22, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
South Korea, China hold highest-level talks since COVID-19 outbreak
South Korea, China hold highest-level talks since COVID-19 o...
SEOUL, Aug 22: South Korea said on Saturday it held talks with China’s top diplomat over trade, denuclearisation and the coronavirus response, in the first visit by a high-level Beijing official since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted late last year.
Aug 22, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Stocks post weekly losses as valley faces a week-long lockdown
Stocks post weekly losses as valley faces a week-long lockdo...
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The local bourse opened the review period on a weak note as the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell over 17 points on Sunday. Nonetheless, Nepse erased early-week losses mid-week with Monday and Tuesday witnessing gains of 10.75 points and 5.68 points, respectively....
Aug 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
414 killed in road accidents in five years in Dhading
414 killed in road accidents in five years in Dhading
‘Huge traffic, narrow roads and haphazard driving are major factors causing accidents’
Aug 22, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP taskforce submits its report to PM Oli, Chairman Dahal
NCP taskforce submits its report to PM Oli, Chairman Dahal
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The taskforce formed earlier by the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to recommend ways to settle the intra-party differences has submitted its report to Prime Minister K P Oli and the party's chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Aug 22, 2020