SOCIETY
Westerly winds partially influence country
Westerly winds partially influence country
Westerly winds partially influence the country, causing partly cloudy conditions in the hilly regions of Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali provinces, while the rest of the country has clear weather. Fog has covered some areas in the central and eastern Terai.
Feb 13, 2025
Editorial
Restore the Roads, Bridges
Restore the Roads, Bridges
The bad news is the order of the day in Nepal. One such to come by – certainly not the only one – is that the Department of Roads has yet to start restoration of the five major highways damaged by the massive rains in September 2024. According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure a...
Feb 13, 2025
OPINION
Trump 2.0: Beginning of the End of Democratic History
Trump 2.0: Beginning of the End of Democratic History
The world has been witnessing a one-man circus-drama in international politics since Donald Trump assumed the oath of office of the US presidency for the second term.
Feb 13, 2025
POLITICS
Home Minister directs concerned bodies to improve pre, post-disaster information system
Home Minister directs concerned bodies to improve pre, post-...
Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak directed the concerned bodies to make the pre-disaster and post-disaster information systems more effective.
Feb 13, 2025
Health
Health Ministry to provide free test for non-communicable disease for a month
Health Ministry to provide free test for non-communicable di...
The Ministry of Health and Population has announced to provide free tests for noncommunicable diseases for a month. The service, which begins today (February 13), will continue till the end of Fagun (March 13).
Feb 13, 2025
ECONOMY
Banks keep interest rates unchanged amid low loan demand
Banks keep interest rates unchanged amid low loan demand
KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Most commercial banks in Nepal have kept their interest rates unchanged for Falgun (mid-February to mid-March), with 18 out of 20 banks maintaining the same rates as last month. Only one bank raised its rates, while another lowered them.
Feb 13, 2025
SOCIETY
LPG bottlers postpone strikes for 15 days
LPG bottlers postpone strikes for 15 days
Cooking gas suppliers have postponed their protest programs after the government assured to form a study committee to fulfill their demands.
Feb 13, 2025
SPORTS
Gill ton helps India sweep England in ODI series
Gill ton helps India sweep England in ODI series
Gill's 112 off 102 balls steered India to 356 after being sent in to bat first at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Feb 12, 2025
WORLD
Scammers using AI to dupe the lonely looking for love
Scammers using AI to dupe the lonely looking for love
"This is a new tool in the toolkit of scammers," Meta global threat disruption policy director David Agranovich told journalists during a briefing.
Feb 12, 2025
WORLD
124 journalists killed, most by Israel, in deadliest year for reporters: CPJ
124 journalists killed, most by Israel, in deadliest year fo...
A total of 85 journalists died in the Israeli-Hamas war, "all at the hands of the Israeli military," the CPJ said, adding that 82 of them were Palestinians.
Feb 12, 2025