ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Efforts at digitizing government services in current federal set-up
Efforts at digitizing government services in current federal...
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been taken as a key driving force in transforming the traditional Nepali society into a knowledge-based society. Successive governments in Nepal have envisaged that the goal of prosperity will also be achieved through the optimum utilization of adv...
Apr 15, 2021
SOCIETY
National Food Bank established with investment of Rs 2 billion
National Food Bank established with investment of Rs 2 billi...
KATHMANDU, April 15: The Office of National Food Bank was inaugurated at New Baneshwar in the capital on Thursday. The food bank was established a few months ago under the slogan 'Sustainable Agriculture for Nutrient-Rich Food' in order to give priority to organic production.
Apr 15, 2021
SOCIETY
330 hectares of forests destroyed in bushfires in Baglung
330 hectares of forests destroyed in bushfires in Baglung
BAGLUNG, April 15: Several incidents of wildfire have taken place in the district with the onset of summer, causing losses worth hundreds of thousands of rupees.
Apr 15, 2021
WORLD
India's military chief concerned about US pullout from Afghanistan
India's military chief concerned about US pullout from Afgha...
NEW DELHI, April 15: India is concerned about a vacuum developing in Afghanistan following the proposed withdrawal of United States and NATO forces from the country, the chief of the defence staff said on Thursday.
Apr 15, 2021
WORLD
Weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi after a sharp spike of COVID-19 cases
Weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi after a sharp spike of C...
Kathmandu, April 15: India’s national capital, New Delhi, has enforced weekend curfew after it registered a new high daily COVID-19 tally of 17, 282 cases on Wednesday.
Apr 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal Trust evacuates Kathmandu Plaza, two business enterprises sealed
Nepal Trust evacuates Kathmandu Plaza, two business enterpri...
KATHMANDU, April 15: Nepal Trust on Thursday evacuated the Kathmandu Plaza building in the capital.
Apr 15, 2021
My City, Art & Culture
Sotheby’s sale of digital-only artwork fetches $16.8 million
Sotheby’s sale of digital-only artwork fetches $16.8 million
An online sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by the digital artist Pak fetched a total of $16.8 million at Sotheby’s, including an image of a single pixel which sold for $1.36 million, the auction house said on Wednesday.
Apr 15, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
No-confidence motion filed against Gandaki CM Gurung, NC’s Pokharel proposed as new CM
No-confidence motion filed against Gandaki CM Gurung, NC’s P...
POKHARA, April 15: Opposition parties have registered a no-confidence motion against the chief minister of Gandaki Province, Prithvi Subba Gurung.
Apr 15, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Music
Rapper Mystikal breaks silence on dropped rape charge
Rapper Mystikal breaks silence on dropped rape charge
Mystikal, convicted almost two decades ago of sexual battery and recently cleared of a second allegation of rape and kidnapping, acknowledges his past puts him in a “horrible fraternity.”
Apr 15, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Fashion
Gucci heirs worry over family depiction in Ridley Scott film
Gucci heirs worry over family depiction in Ridley Scott film
The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name nearly a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder.
Apr 15, 2021