ECONOMY
Nepse closes in green after two-day slump
Nepse closes in green after two-day slump
KATHMANDU: After sliding more than 50 points in the initial trading hour, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index staged a massive recovery recouping all of its morning losses to trade roughly 30 points higher within the first trading hour. The index then gyrated between gains and losses on volatile...
Mar 04, 2020
Editorial
Prime Minister, get well soon
Prime Minister, get well soon
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been admitted to the Kidney Transplantation Unit at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) to undergo a second kidney transplant, which is scheduled for today. The PM has been suffering from kidney trouble and has been visiting hospitals abroad for checkups an...
Mar 04, 2020
OPINION
China’s COVID-19 Moment
China’s COVID-19 Moment
HONG KONG – Last October, the 2019 Global Health Security Report included a stark warning: “National health security is fundamentally weak around the world. No country is fully prepared for epidemics or pandemics, and every country has important gaps to address.” Just a couple of months later, a new...
Mar 04, 2020
OPINION
Right to Housing
Right to Housing
Housing has been one of the highlights of constitutional schemes on fundamental rights in Nepal, setting an ambitious target of providing homes for homeless and needy citizens. The parliament enacted Right to Housing Act (2018) to implement Article 37 of the constitution, which guarantees every pers...
Mar 04, 2020
OPINION
Are we prepared?
Are we prepared?
Humanity is under a constant threat of calamity even though humans think that they are the most intellectual beings on earth. Apart from natural disasters, famines and economic recession, we are exposed to the biological threats of deadly viruses time and again. As we are struggling to keep ourselve...
Mar 04, 2020
OPINION
Enhancing chartered accountancy
Enhancing chartered accountancy
Chartered accountancy is a challenging profession. Having big four firms in Nepal can help our chartered accountants to develop and excel. But big four firms are not coming to Nepal and the main reason why they have not established their foothold is that they are getting what they want from Nepal wi...
Mar 04, 2020
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Index for March 3, 2020
Valley Pollution Index for March 3, 2020
Valley Pollution Index for March 3, 2020
Mar 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Mahara is garlanded every day, but he looks sad and in pain
Mahara is garlanded every day, but he looks sad and in pain
DANG, Mar 4: Former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who got a clean chit form the district court of Kathmandu in a case of attempted rape on February 17, is apparently having a great time in Dang these days. His remains busy every day in meetings with his supporters and voters. They garland and try...
Mar 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Dolpa village in fear as residents show Covid-19 like symptoms
Dolpa village in fear as residents show Covid-19 like sympto...
DOLPA, Mar 4: With more than 80 people suffering from common cold and fever in Tripura Sundari Municipality-1 in Dolpa district, the local residents are in a state of panic as the symptoms are similar to that of the deadly COVID-19.
Mar 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal defers 'Sagarmatha Sambaad' event amid growing concerns of coronavirus outbreak
Nepal defers 'Sagarmatha Sambaad' event amid growing concern...
KATHMANDU, Mar 4: Amid growing concerns over the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in different parts of the world and a number of countries putting in place travel restriction as precautionary measure, the government has decided to defer the much-touted Sagarmatha Sambad with a plan to host it...
Mar 04, 2020