Editorial
March on
March on
As we celebrate the International Women's Day today, there is a lot to reflect where and how the world, including Nepal, is failing to treat women with respect and why the biases and injustice happening to half of the world's population must be done away with, once and for all.
Mar 08, 2020
OPINION
Celebrating the heroes
Celebrating the heroes
Who comes to your mind when you think of influential, inspirational people? How many actually think of women trailblazers? And are those inspiring women internationally or nationally known? Celebrities? Writers? Pop stars? Political leaders? Media personalities ? I know, majority will answer that wi...
Mar 08, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Tourism entrepreneurs ask for 50% waiver in taxes
Tourism entrepreneurs ask for 50% waiver in taxes
KATHMANDU, March 8: Tourism entrepreneurs have asked the government to provide them with 50% waiver in taxes due to the slowdown in the tourism business as the widespread outbreak of coronavirus continues to affect tourist arrivals in the country.
Mar 08, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Biratnagar starts building exhibition hall
Biratnagar starts building exhibition hall
BIRATNAGAR, March 8: The Biratnagar Metropolitan City (BMC) has announced that it is preparing to construct an industrial exhibition hall in the premises of the Nepal Oil Corporation office in Biratnagar. The industrial exhibition hall will be constructed under the partnership of the provincial gove...
Mar 08, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Seventy trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses, more than half rescu...
Seventy trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel c...
SHANGHAI, March 8: A five-storey hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou on Saturday, trapping about 70 people, state media said.
Mar 08, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Effective database systems for co-ops in pipeline
Effective database systems for co-ops in pipeline
KATHMANDU, March 8: The government in a bid to improve information management system of cooperatives has stepped up to enforce Copomis and Credit Information System in the sector.
Mar 08, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Teacher forcing students to cut their hands arrested
Teacher forcing students to cut their hands arrested
KATHMANDU, March 8: After a news report emerged that students in a Bhaktapur school were forced to cut their hands for securing less masks in examinations, police arrested the teacher involved in the inhumane act from Narefat on Saturday morning.
Mar 08, 2020
OPINION
Empowerment vs Commodification
Empowerment vs Commodification
Corporate pressures have nurtured an environment in which the objectification of women as market commodities to cater to lustful desires of men has harmed women’s dignity beyond imagination. Visible media portrayals of women across the globe supply numerous examples of how women are being commodifie...
Mar 08, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
NRM Director Gyawali among 37 women leaders felicitated
NRM Director Gyawali among 37 women leaders felicitated
KATHMANDU, March 8: Civil Unification Society has awarded 37 women leaders active in different fields, including Director of Nepal Republic Media Shova Gyawali, for their contribution to society.
Mar 08, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Caste-based domestic violence against women rife in Rolpa
Caste-based domestic violence against women rife in Rolpa
ROLPA, March 8: Police in Rolpa have stated that the cases of domestic violence against women are rife, and ample of such cases are related to caste-based issues. Child marriage in the district is common and the marriages are rather 'love marriage' these days where caste and class become a secondary...
Mar 08, 2020