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
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse ends in red for third straight week
Nepse ends in red for third straight week
KATHMANDU: Substantial weakness was visible in the equity market in the start of the week's trading. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index tanked over 64.14 points on Sunday as investors continued to flee the secondary market. The selling pressure eased of slightly on Monday as the bourse gained so...
Mar 21, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Toxic masculinity
Toxic masculinity
Toxic masculinity promotes the idea that men are better than women. Those that don’t abide by the patriarchal rules of what defines a man are often called “girls”
Mar 21, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Province 1 govt to build fifty-bed hospital, close all border crossings
Province 1 govt to build fifty-bed hospital, close all borde...
ITAHARI, March 21: The Province 1 government has decided to set up a 50-bed hospital along with 10-bed ventilator facility in partnership with Nepal Army and Armed Police Force and Nepal Police. The hospital will be established in the building of erstwhile National Trading Limited within a week. The...
Mar 21, 2020