ECONOMY, Latest Updates
After maize, armyworm destroys paddy and millet
After maize, armyworm destroys paddy and millet
KHOTANG, Oct 21: The outbreak of armyworm is seen in different places of Halesi Tuwachung Municipality in Khotang district where millet and paddy have been planted. Before this, the pest destroyed maize in the same municipality.
Oct 21, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Farmers still awaiting Rs 8.5m government grant
Farmers still awaiting Rs 8.5m government grant
SIRAHA, Oct 21: Farmers who sold sugarcane to Himalaya Sugar Mills situated in Naraha Rural Municipality-3 of Siraha district are yet to receive payment of Rs 8.5 million.
Oct 21, 2019
ECONOMY, Interview
‘There is a talent gap in AI in the West, and Nepal is not different’
‘There is a talent gap in AI in the West, and Nepal is not d...
Bülent Uyaniker, director of academic affairs and senior AI researcher at Fusemachines, an artificial intelligence talent and education solutions company, leads the AI curriculum research and development team at the company. The curriculum with an input of his experience of over 20 years as data sci...
Oct 21, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse edges lower in dull trading
Nepse edges lower in dull trading
KATHMANDU: Sunday's trading lacked any charm as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index wavered along the opening level initially and traded slightly in the red in the latter trading hours. The benchmark index dropped around 4 points at mid-session and flattened thereafter. The index closed the day a...
Oct 21, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Felling trees for ‘scientific management of forest’ alarms locals
Felling trees for ‘scientific management of forest’ alarms l...
SINDHULI, Oct 21: The forest department has been felling trees in massive scale in several community forests of the district claiming that it was doing for managing the forests scientifically. The department has been felling trees in 33 community forests of the district. Locals are alarmed with thes...
Oct 21, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Let's hope
Let's hope
A candle’s wick burns, to light
To brighten the hope for enlightenment
Every ugly then is full of hopes
For now to come with beautiful excitement.
Oct 21, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
China to provide Rs 2.4 billion in military assistance to Nepal
China to provide Rs 2.4 billion in military assistance to Ne...
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: China has agreed to provide 150 million RMB (Rs 2.4 billion) to Nepal Army in the next three years as part of China’s Provision of Military Assistance Gratis to Nepal. An agreement to this effect was signed between Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel...
Oct 21, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
No blast occurred, state is plotting against me: Alam
No blast occurred, state is plotting against me: Alam
RAUTAHAT, Oct 21: Rautahat District Court remanded Mohammad Aftab Alam, a former minister accused of murdering nearly two dozen people in 2008, to police custody for five more days on Sunday for investigations.
Oct 21, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Mahara remanded to custody for five more daysLawmaker Parbat Gurung freed without bail
Mahara remanded to custody for five more daysLawmaker Parbat...
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The Kathmandu District Court has once again extended the judicial custody of former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who was arrested on a charge of attempted rape, by five days.
Oct 21, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Serious case of neglect
Serious case of neglect
A number of anomalies in public and private health institutes are being reported in recent times but the Ministry of Health under Upendra Yadav does not seem to be doing anything substantive to curb them and hold to account those who are neglecting their duties. One such mess recently reported conce...
Oct 21, 2019