ECONOMY, Latest Updates
3.17 million PAN cards issued so far
3.17 million PAN cards issued so far
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a total of 3.17 million PAN cards across the country as of mid-January.
Feb 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Construction of dry port at Timure faces labor shortage
Construction of dry port at Timure faces labor shortage
RASUWA, Feb 6: The construction of dry port at the Rasuwagadhi border point has been affected due to shortage of labor. The construction was started in mid-November but the widespread outbreak of coronavirus in China has led to the shortage of Chinese workers.
Feb 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Japan gives Rs 50 million for disaster reduction
Japan gives Rs 50 million for disaster reduction
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The government of Japan is extending financial assistance of Rs 50.36 million to Citizens' Committee in Japan for Overseas Support, or Shapla Neer, under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Schemes.
Feb 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rs 89 billion invested in airport projects in past 2.5 years
Rs 89 billion invested in airport projects in past 2.5 years
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The government invested a total of Rs 89 billion in airport infrastructure development and acquisition of land for airports across the country over the past two and half years.
Feb 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NT to switch off CDMA services
NT to switch off CDMA services
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Nepal Telecom (NT) has decided to switch off its CDMA service within Fiscal Year 2020/21.
Feb 06, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepse slightly up as sectors end mixed
Nepse slightly up as sectors end mixed
KATHMANDU: Stocks witnessed a choppy session on Wednesday as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded within a confined range on Wednesday. The major average opened on a positive note and climbed above 1,340 points in the morning. The index fell in red for a couple of times at midday, but an ad...
Feb 06, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood's tough guy on screen and off, dead at 103
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood's tough guy on screen and off, dead...
Kirk Douglas, the cleft-chinned movie star who fought gladiators, cowboys and boxers on the screen and the Hollywood establishment, died on Wednesday at the age of 103, his son Michael Douglas said.
Feb 06, 2020
Editorial
Make chicken affordable
Make chicken affordable
Nepal has become self-reliant on poultry products. We no longer have to import eggs and chickens like in the past to fulfill the domestic needs. With this, vast majority of people have access to nutritious food like eggs and chickens. No doubt, this is the result of growing poultry industry in the c...
Feb 06, 2020
OPINION
Think of their mental health
Think of their mental health
Binod BK, 30, explains that being a transman in Nepal is challenging. Hailing from Syangja, one of the rural districts of Nepal, Binod’s childhood was smeared in stigma and discrimination from his family, friends, and society. “I knew from the very beginning that even though I was born as a girl, I...
Feb 06, 2020
OPINION
Why Chhaupadi persists
Why Chhaupadi persists
Hindson Bethan (2009) mentions that menstruation taboos universally prevailed up to the mid-twentieth century in the world although anthropologists and historians did not make these taboos the subject of research until recently. Likewise, M Guterman and others (2007) provide that major religions of...
Feb 06, 2020