SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Isolation ward set up at GP Koirala treatment center
Isolation ward set up at GP Koirala treatment center
DAMAULI, March 16: The GP Koirala National Respiratory Treatment Centre at Shuklagandaki municipality-5, Belchautari in Tanahun has set up an isolation ward for the treatment of coronavirus suspects.
Mar 16, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Bad roads, coronavirus fears take toll on tourism in Karnali
Bad roads, coronavirus fears take toll on tourism in Karnali
JUMLA, March 16: Prem Bahadur Khatri, local of Sinja Rural Municipality-2, said that in recent time the arrival of tourists has significantly declined in Nagma Rara Corridor. Earlier, in a single day 100 to 50 tourists vehicle used to pass but now transport of tourist vehicle have become completely...
Mar 16, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
New York, Los Angeles shut bars and restaurants, world's central banks coordinate to comba...
New York, Los Angeles shut bars and restaurants, world's cen...
NEW YORK, March 16: Bars, restaurants, theatres and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the world to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepse slides in first ever five-hour trading session
Nepse slides in first ever five-hour trading session
KATHMANDU: Stocks posted a feeble start to the week, as the local bourse remained under pressure throughout Sunday's trading session. After giving up more than 25 points in the first trading hour on Sunday, Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index gained some ground but eventually succumbed to bearish pre...
Mar 16, 2020
Editorial
Who did this?
Who did this?
When the terms of transitional justice bodies—Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)—came to an end in April, 2019, one of the major concerns of the victims as well as the rights activists was what would happen to the complai...
Mar 16, 2020
OPINION
Shifting paradigm in farming
Shifting paradigm in farming
Agronomy, livestock and horticulture are the three major sub-sectors of agriculture. If we review past developmental efforts of Nepali agriculture, we find that agronomy (a branch of agriculture dealing with field-crop production) was on the top priority in terms of public sector investment and hu...
Mar 16, 2020
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Movie review
Movie review
Movie review
Mar 16, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
XcelTrip launches campaign to support domestic tourism
XcelTrip launches campaign to support domestic tourism
KATHMANDU, March 16: XcelTrip, an online travel aggregator has launched 'Ramro Pokhara, Ghumau Pokhara', a campaign focusing on Pokhara to support domestic tourism of Nepal.
Mar 16, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Technical assessment of Upper Tamakoshi dam site begins
Technical assessment of Upper Tamakoshi dam site begins
DOLAKHA, March 16: The technical assessment at the dam site of the under-construction national pride project, Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project at Lamabagar of Dolakha is scheduled from today. The openings of the dam will be sealed and the water of Tamakoshi River will be collected at the sand sedi...
Mar 16, 2020
OPINION
Don’t stigmatize China
Don’t stigmatize China
When the news emerged that a Chinese doctor, who had warned his colleagues about an emerging virus, was reprimanded by the Chinese authorities, the West went into a tizzy. The media was quick to criticize China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak and how its authoritarian government’s desperate a...
Mar 16, 2020