ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse gives up over 45 points as uncertainty looms
Nepse gives up over 45 points as uncertainty looms
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KATHMANDU, March 13: The local stock market faced a sharp slide in the morning session on the Thursday with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index giving up over 25 points in the first 20 minutes of trading. Some strength preceded as bulls tried to gain control thereafter. Nonetheless, the market fa...
Mar 13, 2020
The Week
First aid myths
First aid myths
While most of us have heard of ‘first aid’, the technicalities that lie behind it usually go overlooked. Much of our responses during injuries is learned from our parents or friends. And while some of those might work, many actually stem from hereditary superstitions. When you apply those remedies d...
Mar 13, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepal suspends visa on-arrival for all foreign nationals to be effective from tomorrow
Nepal suspends visa on-arrival for all foreign nationals to...
KATHMANDU, March 13: Nepal government has announced suspension of the visa on-arrival for all foreign nationals to be effective from tomorrow as a precautionary measure to prevent possible spread of coronavirus.
Mar 13, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
India confirms first coronavirus death
India confirms first coronavirus death
New Delhi, March 13: The number of coronavirus patients in India is 75, including the death of a 76-year-old man in Karnataka, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
Mar 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Quack arrested in Surkhet
Quack arrested in Surkhet
SURKHET, March 13: A person has been arrested by the District Police Office, Surkhet on the charge of practising medicine without a license. The alleged is Dipendra Kafle associated with the Subhalaxmi Hospital. He is accused of using other's medical council registration number to impersonate himsel...
Mar 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
NC passes condolence motion on Sherma's demise
NC passes condolence motion on Sherma's demise
KATHMANDU, March 13: An emergency meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee held at Party Office, Sanepa, today passed a condolence motion, expressing deep sorrow on the demise of former central committee member of NC and former minister, Purna Kumar Sherma.
Mar 13, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Impact of pandemic stretches from schools to world’s leaders
Impact of pandemic stretches from schools to world’s leaders
NEW YORK, March 13: Schools shut down across much of Europe. Gatherings were canceled or banned from California to Germany. And the coronavirus reached directly into the world’s centers of power Thursday, with politicians in Canada, Brazil, Spain and elsewhere either testing positive for the new vir...
Mar 13, 2020
The Week
Things to do in Kathmandu
Things to do in Kathmandu
March 13: Many of us complain about there not being enough fun things you can do in your free time in Kathmandu. But in the last few years, paying heed to that complain, a number of organizations have introduced different fun activities that you can participate in either as a one-time thing or as a...
Mar 13, 2020
The Week
Documenting his travels more than just a hobby
Documenting his travels more than just a hobby
March 13: Dikpal Thapa fell in love with cameras when he saw one for the first time in his father’s hands during a trip to the zoo. It was a typical film camera that was popular at the time. When he found out that all the pictures he’d seen in photo albums were taken by that small device in his fath...
Mar 13, 2020
The Week
As witty as can be
As witty as can be
Now that Bong Joon Ho with his “Parasite” win has finally displaced the Hollywood dynamics, there is another foreign director who deserves audiences’ attention and appreciation and that is Yorgos Lanthimos. This Greek director is truly a master in storytelling as well as making films that are eerie...
Mar 13, 2020