SOCIETY, Latest Updates
New conduct code to keep tabs on journalists' social media posts
New conduct code to keep tabs on journalists' social media p...
KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Press Council Nepal has drafted a Journalists Code of Conduct that allows surveillance by the media watchdog body over the personal social media accounts of journalists.
Aug 31, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Gauriganga and Ghodaghodi municipalities have border dispute
Gauriganga and Ghodaghodi municipalities have border dispute
KAILALI, Aug 31: A border dispute between Gauriganga Municipality and Ghodaghodi Municipality has become further complicated.
Aug 31, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse extends losses to sixth straight week
Nepse extends losses to sixth straight week
Semained under pressure throughout the last trading week of August. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index witnessed a loss of 3.44 points on Sunday followed by a decline of 6.49 points on Monday. Though the index recouped some of its losses mid-week as Tuesday saw a gain of 4.87 points, w...
Aug 31, 2019
OPINION
Understanding disability
Understanding disability
Parents please don’t make a face just yet. This is a very important topic. When I start to talk for the rights of people with disability, I often get asked if someone in my family has some form of disability because I do not have any disability. Without my glasses, I would be one. Let us face it....
Aug 31, 2019
OPINION
What plagues Nepali movies?
What plagues Nepali movies?
Recently, two supposedly super-hit Nepali movies uploaded in Youtube caught my attention: Anmol KC starrer “Kri” and Ramesh Upreti starrer “Aishwarya.” These movies highlight major issues plaguing the Nepali movie industry today.
Aug 31, 2019
OPINION
Beware of dengue
Beware of dengue
Dengue, also nicknamed breakbone fever and now emerging as a serious public health threat to Nepal, is a viral disease caused by virus belonging to Flaviviridae family closely related to four different serotypes—DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. That’s why an individual can be infected with a dengue vi...
Aug 31, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Acham mishap kills two
Acham mishap kills two
ACHHAM, Aug 30: Two persons died and five other sustained injuries in a jeep accident in Mellekh rural municipality-2, Nandegada, Achham.
Aug 30, 2019
WORLD
Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned
Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned
HONG KONG, Aug 30: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march as they took what appears to be a harder line on this...
Aug 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Vehicle meant for rescuing street beggars handed to Manav Sewa Ashram
Vehicle meant for rescuing street beggars handed to Manav Se...
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The Kathmandu metropolis has handed a vehicle purchased for the management of street beggars to the Manav Sewa Ashram.
Aug 30, 2019
WORLD
Brexit: PM Johnson faces mounting legal, political, diplomatic challenges
Brexit: PM Johnson faces mounting legal, political, diplomat...
LONDON/HELSINKI, Aug 30: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan was facing mounting legal, political and diplomatic challenges on Friday as Ireland accused Britain of being unreasonable and former British leader John Major sought to stop the suspension of parliament.
Aug 30, 2019