SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Int'l community concerned over 'high prevalence' of VAW in Nepal
Int'l community concerned over 'high prevalence' of VAW in N...
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Issuing a statement on Friday, members of the international community based in Nepal said they are concerned about the high prevalence of violence against women (VAW) in Nepal.
Oct 05, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Repost: Nepse snaps 10-week losing spree
Repost: Nepse snaps 10-week losing spree
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Despite opening on a negative note, the bourse recouped earlier losses to close in the green by the end of the week. On Sunday, the bourse gave up modest 4.67 points.
Oct 05, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
'I can't be home this Dashain'
'I can't be home this Dashain'
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: The last time Captain Ujjwal Silwal remembers celebrating Dashain with his family is a couple of years ago. Captain Silwal is a pilot of Nepal Airlines who has an experience of 19 years in the field of aviation. For him, the sky is like his home and the wind his companion.
Oct 05, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Locals elated as blacktopping of road begins after 35 years
Locals elated as blacktopping of road begins after 35 years
TERHATHUM, Oct 4: Locals here in the district are now happy as the finance ministry allocated a budget required to blacktop the Basantapur-Myanglung road that now falls along the Mid-Hill Highway.
Oct 05, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Modern machine eases work for yak farmers
Modern machine eases work for yak farmers
DHADING, Oct 4: Ruby valley located in northern Dhading is a place where most of the farmers are engaged in yak farming. A farmer here rears anything between 10 to 50 yaks.
Oct 05, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
In memoriam of my son
In memoriam of my son
Manu, my son, was born on December 31, 1975, in Alexandria, Virginia, and died on September 9, 2019, just a couple of miles away from the place of his birth. Manu was American by birth but he loved Nepal, in an immense and immeasurable manner, and love of his parents’ land grew overtime for reasons...
Oct 05, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Stop this cruelty
Stop this cruelty
In most Nepali societies, the animals, brought up with love and care, are very often sacrificed as a token of submission to the command of the almighty. The trend of submission to God and sacrificing our ill wills has turned into a show of wealth. So they buy the highest-priced goats and show off in...
Oct 05, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
People leave Kathmandu for their hometown (with photos)
People leave Kathmandu for their hometown (with photos)
KATHMNDU, Oct 4: At around 9 pm on Friday, citizen help desk at Kalanki, a major entry and exit point to the capital, was busy at informing the passengers about the help it can offer them.
Oct 05, 2019
OPINION
Why democracy fails
Why democracy fails
The concept of democracy is fairly straight-forward: ‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people.’ People choose the candidates who they believe are best poised to run the government. Why then is this fairly simple system losing its sheen, not just in Nepal but elsewhere as well? Why...
Oct 05, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Coca-Cola festival theme honors mothers
Coca-Cola festival theme honors mothers
KATHMANDU: Soft drift brand Coca-Cola has said that it is promoting the theme of 'mother' as part of its 'Mann Kholau Coke Sanga' campaign for the Dashain festivals.
Oct 05, 2019