ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Inflation surpasses govt target to reach 6.41%
Inflation surpasses govt target to reach 6.41%
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Though the government had set a target to keep the consumer price rise below 6 percent, the average inflation has reached 6.41 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2019/20.
Feb 17, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
‘Govt has asked India to amend its political map’
‘Govt has asked India to amend its political map’
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The government of Nepal informed the Supreme Court recently that it has already asked the Indian government to amend the political map and return the Nepali territories including Kalapani and Lipulekh encroached by the Indian side.
Feb 17, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Republica Watch
How hydro companies are cheating shareholders
How hydro companies are cheating shareholders
BHATTEDANDA, LALITPUR, Feb 17: Anil Syangten, a farmer of Bhattedanda village in Lalitpur district, borrowed Rs 100,000 at 24 percent interest from a local moneylender three years ago and invested in shares of Khanikhola Hydropower Co Ltd (KKHC). He was one of the hundreds of investors who believed...
Feb 17, 2020
WORLD
North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in 22 days amid virus outbreak
North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in 22 days a...
SEOUL, Feb 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 22 days amid an outbreak of coronavirus, state media reported on Saturday, to visit a national mausoleum and mark the anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il’s birth.
Feb 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Minister Banskota asks teachers not to visit leaders for promotion, transfer
Minister Banskota asks teachers not to visit leaders for pro...
KAVREPALANCHOWK, Feb 16: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has urged the schoolteachers not to knock at the doors of politicians and people's representatives for getting promotion and transferred at their convenient schools.
Feb 16, 2020
SPORTS
Uganda's Cheptegei smashes 5km world record
Uganda's Cheptegei smashes 5km world record
MONACO, Feb 16: Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei shattered the 5km road world record in Monaco on Sunday, shaving 27 seconds off the mark set by Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto last month.
Feb 16, 2020
WORLD
Nine homeless drug users shot dead in Afghan capital - police
Nine homeless drug users shot dead in Afghan capital - polic...
KABUL, Feb 16: Gunmen shot dead nine homeless drug users in the Afghan capital, officials said on Sunday, shining a light on chronic drug abuse in the world’s biggest producer of opium but a rare incident of apparently coordinated violence against addicts.
Feb 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal-Bangladesh Foreign Minister level dialogue to discuss energy, connectivity
Nepal-Bangladesh Foreign Minister level dialogue to discuss...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal and Bangladesh are holding ministerial level dialogues focusing connectivity, energy and trade promotion.
Feb 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Industrial census to take place in Nepalgunj
Industrial census to take place in Nepalgunj
NEPALGUNJ, Feb 16: An industrial census and survey will be carried out in Nepalgunj from the fourth week of February.
Feb 16, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Victoria Beckham's black dresses, chunky platform boots stage 'gentle rebellion' at London...
Victoria Beckham's black dresses, chunky platform boots stag...
Victoria Beckham chose black dresses paired with distinctive belts and chunky thigh-high platform boots for a collection she characterized as a “gentle rebellion” at London Fashion Week on Sunday.
Feb 16, 2020