ECONOMY, Latest Updates
ADB, UNDP join hands with AEPC to promote renewable energy
ADB, UNDP join hands with AEPC to promote renewable energy
KATHMANDU, March 20: The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), the focal agency for renewable energy promotion in the country under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a US$ 1.5 million agreement to promote r...
Mar 20, 2020
The Week
How safe is your data?
How safe is your data?
Sandipa Tamang, interior designer based in Lalitpur, has been trying to limit her internet use as much as possible. Apparently, there was an incident that has made her a bit skeptical about privacy issues online. “I was talking to my friend about something and when I opened the internet later, a web...
Mar 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
As COVID-19 threats loom, Uniglobe College goes online
As COVID-19 threats loom, Uniglobe College goes online
KATHMANDU, March 20: These days Ajay Adhikari, a student of Uniglobe College, Kamaladi doesn’t feel pressurized to wake up early in the morning to reach college as early as possible. Instead of following his previous routine of waking up and rushing towards the college, Adhikari a 17-year-old studen...
Mar 20, 2020
WORLD
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and m...
NEW DELHI, March 20: India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling record for crimes against women.
Mar 20, 2020
WORLD
Timeline: India executes four men convicted in 2012 Delhi gang rape, murder case
Timeline: India executes four men convicted in 2012 Delhi ga...
MUMBAI, March 20: India executed four men on Friday convicted for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December 2012, in a case that shamed and outraged a nation with one of the world’s worst records for crimes against women.
Mar 20, 2020
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal asks India to send rapid response team to combat COVID-19
Nepal asks India to send rapid response team to combat COVID...
KATHMANDU, March 20: Amid coronavirus outbreak fears, Nepal has requested India to send a rapid response team.
Mar 20, 2020
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
US commits additional $1.8 million to Nepal to combat COVID-19
US commits additional $1.8 million to Nepal to combat COVID-...
KATHMANDU, March 20: The US government has announced an additional $1.8 million in assistance to bolster the Government of Nepal’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) readiness and response.
Mar 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Private sector seen stingy on social responsibility amid COVID-19 scare
Private sector seen stingy on social responsibility amid COV...
KATHMANDU, March 20: At a time when the COVID-19 menace looms over the economic life of the country, the big corporate houses appear to be taking a back seat in the exercise of social responsibility.
Mar 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Convicts sentenced to less than year to be freed on bail or without bail
Convicts sentenced to less than year to be freed on bail or...
KATHMANDU, March 20: Amid warnings from medical experts that overcrowded prisons could help the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government has decided to release on bail or without bail all convicts who were sentenced to less than a year in jail or those who have already served served half thei...
Mar 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt mulls complete closure of border with India
Govt mulls complete closure of border with India
KATHMANDU, March 20: As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe including South Asia, the Nepal government is thinking about closing all borders crossing points with the southern neighbor.
Mar 20, 2020