ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse sees green after two sessions of modest drop
Nepse sees green after two sessions of modest drop
KATHMANDU: Local stocks saw choppy trading in most of the trading hours on Tuesday. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index remained unchanged in the first half of the trading session. Following a small advance in the closing hours, the benchmark index closed the day with a gain of 2.40 poi...
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest excavator driver who shoved protestors in Baitadi
Police arrest excavator driver who shoved protestors in Bait...
BAITADI, Oct 23: After a video of an excavator haphazardly attacking the residents of Dasharath Chand Municipality went viral on social media, the District Police Office, Baitadi, arrested the driver of the earthmover for further investigation.
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
UNFPA to support Nepal to achieve strategic vision
UNFPA to support Nepal to achieve strategic vision
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Expressing its gratitude toward the notable progress made by Nepal in achieving the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has pledged support to Nepal in meeting the strategic vision of achieving three zeros...
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Family members of deceased get financial assistance
Family members of deceased get financial assistance
SINDHUPALCHOK, Oct 23: Indrawati Rural Municipality and Sindhu Helambu Yatayat Committee have provided financial assistance to the family members of those killed in a bus accident that occurred on October 12 in Sindhupalchwok district. Twelve persons had died in the accident.
Oct 23, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Final ‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer debuts
Final ‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer debuts
The final trailer for the “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” debuted Monday night, offering montages of epic cosmic combat and a fleeting glimpse of the late Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia embracing Daisy Ridley’s Rey.
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Barahapokhari Rural Municipality releasing allowance in the name of dead citizens
Barahapokhari Rural Municipality releasing allowance in the...
KHOTANG, Oct 23: Barahapokhari Rural Municipality of Khotang district has been releasing social security allowance in the name of deceased senior citizens and widows, it has been learnt.
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Number of passport seekers increases sharply after US demands passport number for DV lotte...
Number of passport seekers increases sharply after US demand...
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: The mandatory provision of the Diversity Visa of the United States to include the applicants' passport number from this year has resulted in a dramatic surge in the number of persons seeking passport.
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rural municipality dumps drugs, locals enraged
Rural municipality dumps drugs, locals enraged
JUMLA, Oct 23: Utter negligence and mismanagement of drug supply has come to the fore in Jumla. While the lack of medicines in health posts and hospitals is not a new tale in this rural zone, locals are enraged after seeing medicines dumped on riverside in Kakan Sundari Rural Municipality.
Oct 23, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Medical equipment worth millions of rupees gather rust
Medical equipment worth millions of rupees gather rust
MUGU, Oct 23: Safe motherhood is still a challenge in several rural parts of the country and health posts are struggling to have equipments necessary to offer quality services in the area. However, it has been learnt that neonatal and maternal care equipments are gathering rust at some health center...
Oct 23, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Dahal refutes ‘media reports of rift’ with PM Oli
Dahal refutes ‘media reports of rift’ with PM Oli
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday said that there was no truth in media reports that the ruling party was going through a tussle between the erstwhile CPN-UML and Maoist factions.
Oct 23, 2019