SPORTS
Russia all set for new chapter in football history
Russia all set for new chapter in football history
REPUBLICA, July 9: The 2018 FIFA World Cup has set yet another chapter in the football history with the teams who won more than two titles already being crashed out of the tournament as we go into the semifinals in Russia.
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
To retain youths in villages, rural municipality initiates loans against educational certi...
To retain youths in villages, rural municipality initiates l...
PALPA, July 10: Bagnaskali rural municipality of Palpa has started to provide loans to promote self employment in agriculture and animal husbandry after youths present their education certificates as collateral.
Jul 10, 2018
WORLD
Gay and hopeful: What is at stake in fight against gay sex law Section 377
Gay and hopeful: What is at stake in fight against gay sex l...
Activism against Section 377 began in the early 90s when NGOs and health workers, primarily working against HIV/AIDS, alleged that the law was being used to persecute them and hamper the distribution of condoms
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Jhapa farmers quitting tea farming
Jhapa farmers quitting tea farming
DAMAK, July 25: With price of green tea declining rapidly, many farmers of the district have decided to get rid of tea bushes and cultivate new crop. For this, they have decided to give green leaves as a bonus to laborers who pluck leaves for them.
Jul 10, 2018
SOCIETY
Forty eight districts get 'districts with full immunisation' status
Forty eight districts get 'districts with full immunisation'...
ROLPA, July 10: Forty eight districts in the country have been declared as the districts where full immunisation is guaranteed.
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks on losing spree
Stocks on losing spree
KATHMANDU: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index moved notably lower during early trading on Monday. Despite the market making slight recovery in the afternoon session, the index continued its slump in the final trading hour, closing almost 18 points lower. The index ended the day at 1,20...
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Sebon to launch ‘One Nepali, One Demat Account’ campaign
Sebon to launch ‘One Nepali, One Demat Account’ campaign
KATHMANDU, July 9: Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has announced that it will launch ‘One Nepali, One Demat Account’ campaign to increase participation of more public in the securities market.
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
China chili fest gets off to scorching star
China chili fest gets off to scorching star
NINGXIANGPU, China, July 9: An annual chili pepper festival kicked off Monday in central China’s spice-loving Hunan province with a chili-eating contest in which the winner set a blistering pace by downing a gut-busting 50 peppers in just over a minute.
Jul 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Samsung opens world’s largest phone factory in India
Samsung opens world’s largest phone factory in India
MUMBAI, July 9: Samsung Electronics has formally opened a new factory in India, which the South Korean tech group says is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturing plant, part of its plans to expand production in the world’s fastest growing major mobile phone market.
Jul 10, 2018
SPORTS
Nepal’s best female golfer grew up in a shed and wants to make history
Nepal’s best female golfer grew up in a shed and wants to ma...
Nepal golfer Pratima Sherpa grew up around golf, literally. The 17-year-old lives with her parents in a maintenance shed at the Royal Nepal Golf Club.
Jul 10, 2018