ECONOMY
Rate of overall import slows, but food import soars at alarming rate
Rate of overall import slows, but food import soars at alarm...
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The import of rice soared more than double to Rs 13.57 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of fiscal year 2019/20.
Dec 23, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Father sentenced to life imprisonment for raping daughter
Father sentenced to life imprisonment for raping daughter
UDAYAPUR, Dec 23: District Court, Udayapur has slapped life imprisonment to a man, 45, convicted of raping his own daughter on Tuesday.
Dec 23, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent
Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec 23: The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Dec 23, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Weekly COVID-19 cases hit record fuelled by Americas - WHO
Weekly COVID-19 cases hit record fuelled by Americas - WHO
GENEVA, Dec 23: Weekly COVID-19 cases rose by the highest amount since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization said late on Tuesday, with the Americas accounting for half of them.
Dec 23, 2020
ECONOMY
Sugarcane farming declines in Mahottari
Sugarcane farming declines in Mahottari
MAHOTTARI, Dec 22: Hiralal Mahato of Bhangaha Municipality-4 in Mahottari district, who used to cultivate sugarcane in three bighas of land, has grown the cash crop only in one bigha of land.
Dec 22, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Fashion, Social
Ivory Coast company brings Black dolls to African children
Ivory Coast company brings Black dolls to African children
Frustrated by seeing store shelves in Ivory Coast lined with almost exclusively light-skinned dolls, Sara Coulibaly decided to create alternatives in which local children could see themselves.
Dec 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Agenda of LGBTI 'suppressed' in recent years, the community fears further regression amid...
Agenda of LGBTI 'suppressed' in recent years, the community...
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Sexual minorities in Nepal have been fighting for long for equal rights. In the last decade, they achieved a lot in this regard. Their representation in state machineries, separate budget and acceptance of the category 'others' in their citizenship certificate were some of the cha...
Dec 22, 2020
ECONOMY
EU decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines
EU decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The European Union (EU) has decided to continue its ban on Nepali airlines through a recent update in the EU Air Safety List, although the Himalayan country has been making efforts to get delisted from the EU blacklist for a long time.
Dec 22, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Article
Without you
Without you
My heart felt very heavy, millions of thoughts were going on in my brain. I was drowned in the dark ocean of my own thoughts. I did what society suggested to me.
Dec 22, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Dahal-Nepal faction expels KP Oli from post of NCP chairman
Dahal-Nepal faction expels KP Oli from post of NCP chairman
KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)’s Central Committee members close to Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal that was organized by the rival faction of the ruling party has decided to expel chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli f...
Dec 22, 2020