My City, Entertainment
Anupam Kher opts self isolation after returning from New York
Anupam Kher opts self isolation after returning from New Yor...
Veteran actor Anupam Kher who returned from New York to Mumbai after four months on Friday, decided to keep himself in self-isolation as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 21, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Actor, singer, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor, singer, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on record and on TV died Friday night. He was 81.
Mar 21, 2020
WORLD, TECHNOLOGY, Coronavirus
Google launches coronavirus website in the United States
Google launches coronavirus website in the United States
CALIFORNIA, March 21: - Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Saturday it launched a United States-focused website with information about coronavirus guidance and testing, as the country works on slowing the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Mar 21, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Sudur Paschim government urges people not to go to India for at least one week
Sudur Paschim government urges people not to go to India for...
ATTARIYA, March 21: Sudur Paschim provincial government has urged the Nepali citizens not to visit India at least for a week when the spread of a global pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) accelerates.
Mar 21, 2020
OPINION
Social distancing for family socialization
Social distancing for family socialization
I have been reading newspapers and come across the following headlines: People asked not to make movements outside the home except when it is absolutely essential, gatherings of more than 25 persons at party venues, temples, mosques, monasteries and other public places banned, cinema halls, cultural...
Mar 21, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NTB suspends issuance of TIMS card until further notice
NTB suspends issuance of TIMS card until further notice
KATHMANDU, March 21: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has decided to suspend issuance of Trekking Information Management System (TIMS) cards for the trekkers for various trekking areas in Nepal putting trekking expeditions to a halt.
Mar 21, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Bamboo becomes source of income for locals of Tikapur
Bamboo becomes source of income for locals of Tikapur
TIKAPUR, March 21: Satti Karnali community forest at Tikapur Municipality has become a lucrative source of income for the locals in the area. The locals had been earning income through fodder, log among others but now bamboo has become one of the major income source.
Mar 21, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Provision of subsidy loan ineffective in Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality
Provision of subsidy loan ineffective in Barpak Sulikot Rura...
GORKHA, March 21: Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality started the 'Gaunpalika Adakxya Garibi Niwaran Program' last year to provide employment opportunities to the youth within the village. Under the program, the rural municipality had made working procedure to provide Rs 200,000 to the youths without...
Mar 21, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
FMTCL calls tender to purchase rice worth Rs 430m
FMTCL calls tender to purchase rice worth Rs 430m
KATHMANDU, March 21: The Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTCL) have solicited tender bids to purchase rice worth Rs 430 million.
Mar 21, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Lal Shankar Ghimire emerges as the dark horse candidate for NRB governor
Lal Shankar Ghimire emerges as the dark horse candidate for...
KATHMANDU, March 21: As the race for the post of the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) intensifies, Lal Shankar Ghimire is emerging as the dark horse candidate. Sources within the prime minister's office say Ghimire is Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli's favorite candidate.
Mar 21, 2020