POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM advises Speaker Mahara to step down from his post
PM advises Speaker Mahara to step down from his post
KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has advised Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to step down from his post after the latter has been accused of sexually harassing a female employee.
Oct 01, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
The cool new thing in French haute cuisine? Madagascar caviar
The cool new thing in French haute cuisine? Madagascar cavia...
Jerome Bastide slides an ultrasound wand over the sturgeon’s belly, swiftly extracts a dozen eggs with a thick biopsy needle, and returns the fish to the lake. "Perfect for caviar,” he says, lining up the tiny gray orbs against a ruler. “Here we have really good eggs, we have great color.”
Oct 01, 2019
WORLD
South Korean fighter jet patrols over islands disputed by Japan
South Korean fighter jet patrols over islands disputed by Ja...
SEOUL, Oct 1: A South Korean fighter jet conducted a patrol flight on Tuesday over islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said at an event marking the founding of the South Korean military.
Oct 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Jailbird dies in Chitwan
Jailbird dies in Chitwan
CHITWAN, Oct 1: A jailbird died in Bharatpur-based district prison.
Oct 01, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Art & Culture, Exhibitions
Artist displays 440 pairs of high heels for women murdered in Turkey in 2018
Artist displays 440 pairs of high heels for women murdered i...
Turkish artist Vahit Tuna has mounted 440 pairs of high heels on the facade of a building on a busy Istanbul street, to symbolize the number of women murdered in domestic or sexual violence in Turkey in 2018.
Oct 01, 2019
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Chand confident in ICC lifting CAN suspension
Chand confident in ICC lifting CAN suspension
KATHMANDU, Oct 1: The newly-elected President of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Chatur Bahadur Chand has expressed his confidence that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will end the suspension on the central governing body of Nepali cricket next month.
Oct 01, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse snaps losing streak as hotels lead
Nepse snaps losing streak as hotels lead
KATHMANDU: Stocks continued to see weakness in the morning trading on Monday. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell as low as 1,121 in the initial trading hour but recouped all its losses by mid-session. Stocks saw strength thereafter with the index climbing throughout the remaining trading ho...
Oct 01, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Meghauli offering homestay services targeting VNY 2020
Meghauli offering homestay services targeting VNY 2020
CHITWAN, Oct 1: Bed Kumar Mahato spent his 10 years in foreign employment in Malaysia. He returned home last January and did not wish to go abroad again. He wanted to earn well at home, but it was not possible with farming. So he thought of starting a homestay facility.
Oct 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rautes begging to celebrate Dashain despite welfare funds worth millions
Rautes begging to celebrate Dashain despite welfare funds wo...
DANG, DAILEKH, Oct 1: Until two decades ago, ‘life was fun’ for the Rautes (a nomadic ethnic group). Dashain or any other festival would be even greater fun. There was a different kind of social fabric back then.
Oct 01, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
FMTC starts selling goats for Dashain at concessional price
FMTC starts selling goats for Dashain at concessional price
KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTC) has started selling mountain goats and goats for Dashain festivals.
Oct 01, 2019