ECONOMY
Rural Electrification Project worth Rs 4 billion to start in Province 2
Rural Electrification Project worth Rs 4 billion to start in...
KATHMANDU, March 19: A contract agreement has been signed to improve the electricity transmission and distribution system of eight districts in Province 2. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and Tata Project Limited on Wednesday signed a contract worth around Rs 4 billion for the implementation o...
Mar 19, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse ends week on positive note
Nepse ends week on positive note
KATHMANDU, March 19: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index witnessed a notable dip with the index sinking 51.23 points on Sunday followed by an 18.07 points decline on Monday. While the index remains unchanged on Tuesday’s trading and closed by a slight increment of 2.22 points. Whereas the market...
Mar 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle
Recycling flowers: One man's mission to clean up the Ganges
Recycling flowers: One man's mission to clean up the Ganges
Sitting at plain wooden tables, women in face masks roll a brown paste into thin cylinders - helping to recycle some of the millions of tonnes of flowers that Hindu worshippers throw into the Ganges.
Mar 19, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM Oli holds interaction with industrialists, entrepreneurs
PM Oli holds interaction with industrialists, entrepreneurs
KATHMANDU, March 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has held an interaction with industrialists and entrepreneurs at his official residence in Baluwatar on Friday evening.
Mar 19, 2021
WORLD
Myanmar security forces kill nine as Indonesia, envoys call for end to violence
Myanmar security forces kill nine as Indonesia, envoys call...
MYANMAR, March 19: Security forces killed at least nine opponents of Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup on Friday, a funeral service and media said, as Indonesia urged an end to violence and Western ambassadors condemned what they called the military’s immoral, indefensible actions.
Mar 19, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Prez Bhandari appoints Attorney General Badal
Prez Bhandari appoints Attorney General Badal
KATHMANDU, March 19:President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed advocate Ramesh Badal as the Attorney General (AG) of the Government of Nepal.
Mar 19, 2021
POLITICS
Making Nepal a conflict-free country among major achievement of Oli-led government: FM Gya...
Making Nepal a conflict-free country among major achievement...
KATHMANDU, March 19: Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has argued that making Nepal free from violent conflict is a major achievement made by the government.
Mar 19, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Airline companies hike airfare as price of aviation turbine fuel is increased
Airline companies hike airfare as price of aviation turbine...
KATHMANDU, March 19: In response to the decision of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to hike the price of aviation turbine fuel, airline companies in the country have decided to increase the air fare.
Mar 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Travel
Tourism-starved Europe charts course for summer travel
Tourism-starved Europe charts course for summer travel
The European Union will unveil on Wednesday plans to reopen summer travel with a new coronavirus pass intended to help revive the bloc’s multi-billion tourism and leisure industries that have been pulverised by the pandemic.
Mar 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now 2nd most popular US dog
Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now 2nd most popular US dog
Could the French bulldog become America’s favorite purebred pooch? After riding a rocket ship to popularity over the last quarter-century, Frenchies came in second only to Labrador retrievers — the leaders for 30 straight years — in the American Kennel Club’s latest rankings, set to be released Wedn...
Mar 19, 2021