ECONOMY
Stocks extend losing run
Stocks extend losing run
KATHMANDU: After losing more than 8 points in the previous session, Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded slightly higher for most of the initial trading hour. Nonetheless, stocks returned to its losing ways and struggled in the latter trading hours. The benchmark index shed 8.85 points to close...
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Rapper 21 Savage being held unfairly, attorneys claim
Rapper 21 Savage being held unfairly, attorneys claim
Attorneys for rapper 21 Savage, who was taken into custody in Atlanta on immigration charges over the weekend, said on Monday that he had been arrested based on incorrect information about his criminal record and should be released while awaiting court proceedings.
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Silentó Live in Nepal
Silentó Live in Nepal
American Rapper Silentó is performing on Wednesday at Karma Club, Kathmandu. Presented by KTMLive, this live event is a part of Silentó’s ‘Nae Nae Tour’.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Lack of legal clarity hinders local bodies’ performance
Lack of legal clarity hinders local bodies’ performance
ILAM, Feb 5: People have huge expectations from the local government regarding development and even for finding solutions to a wide range of legal issues
Feb 05, 2019
ECONOMY
Canal construction gaining momentum in Bheri Babai
Canal construction gaining momentum in Bheri Babai
BARDIYA, Feb 5: Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project, which was started under the government’s vision to give farmers proper access to irrigation facilities, has expedited construction of canals of late. With the recent progress in works, the project has entered the final stage to take irrigat...
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Vegas artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image
Vegas artist sues Ariana Grande over ‘God is a Woman’ image
A Las Vegas artist is suing pop music star Ariana Grande, alleging federal copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame in the pop star’s widely-viewed “God is a Woman” music video.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
The United States extends warm wishes on Sonam Lhosar
The United States extends warm wishes on Sonam Lhosar
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The United States has expressed warmest wishes on the occasion of Lhosar.
Feb 05, 2019
ECONOMY
SEZ firms not getting promised tax rebates
SEZ firms not getting promised tax rebates
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Industrial enterprises established in Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Bhairahawa, are entitled to a tax rebate on import of equipment and machineries as per the SEZ Act, 2016. However, the Ministry of Finance is not providing the promised tax incentives to industrialists setting up th...
Feb 05, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Adam Levine’s Super Bowl nipple reveal prompts backlash
Adam Levine’s Super Bowl nipple reveal prompts backlash
First, critics panned Maroon 5′s Super Bowl halftime performance. Then social media folks went full-on snark over Adam Levine’s throw pillow-like tank top design. Then he peeled off the busy brown shirt and the snark turned to outrage over his exposed nipples.
Feb 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Villagers compelled to carry dead body to district hospital for postmortem
Villagers compelled to carry dead body to district hospital...
KHOTANG, Feb 5: Nara Bahadur Rai, an elderly of Ainselukharka Rural Municipality-3 in Khotang district, lost his life after being drowned in a canal of a small hydropower project last week. Initially, his body was taken to Ainselukharka Primary Health Center for postmortem but there was no doctor.
Feb 05, 2019