ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Gandaki steps up monitoring at projects employing Chinese workers
Gandaki steps up monitoring at projects employing Chinese wo...
POKHARA, March 11: Health officials of Gandaki Province have said that they have upped monitoring in settlements near project sites where Chinese nationals are working to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Mar 11, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Dana-Kusma transmission line to come into operation by April
Dana-Kusma transmission line to come into operation by April
KATHMANDU, March 11: The section from Dana to Kusma of Parbat, under the Kaligandaki Corridor 220 kV transmission line, is expected to come into operation by April.
Mar 11, 2020
Editorial
Keep fighting
Keep fighting
That Chhaupadi system—whereby girls and women are secluded during menstruation for days and are forced to live in dangerous sheds—is a human cruelty is no brainer. This has resulted in huge social, psychological and physical harm on women. They have suffered isolation, poor hygiene, sexual abuse and...
Mar 11, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Medical report of climbers mandatory for acquiring climbing permits
Medical report of climbers mandatory for acquiring climbing...
KATHMANDU, March 11: The Department of Tourism has asked expedition operators to submit medical report of climbers disclosing state of their health while applying for expedition approval letter.
Mar 11, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
FM Gyawali congratulates his Malaysian counterpart
FM Gyawali congratulates his Malaysian counterpart
KATHMANDU, March 11: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has sent a message of congratulations to his Malaysian counterpart YB Dato' Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein on his appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of...
Mar 11, 2020
OPINION
Road to apocalypse
Road to apocalypse
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Major climate stressors here are rising temperatures, increased floods, landslides and droughts. All major rivers, the agricultural lifelines, receive freshwater supply from melting snows and glaciers, and seasonal monsoon rainfall. Ch...
Mar 11, 2020
OPINION
COVID-19 in Korea
COVID-19 in Korea
When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan city of China in December last year, the rest of the world saw it as something terrible and prayed for the early recovery of the patients and control of the disease. We in South Korea did the same. The situation took unanticipated turn later on...
Mar 11, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Italian coronavirus deaths jump 36% to 631
Italian coronavirus deaths jump 36% to 631
ROME, March 11: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36%, the Civil Protection Agency said on Tuesday, the largest rise in absolute numbers since the contagion came to light on Feb. 21.
Mar 11, 2020
OPINION
Netanyahu Again?
Netanyahu Again?
TEL AVIV – Israel’s third electoral showdown in a year was not kind to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Even though his right-wing bloc of ultra-Orthodox and nationalist parties won more seats in parliament than the center-left bloc headed by former army chief Benny Gantz, he still lacks the parli...
Mar 11, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Art & Culture
Unusual greeting of the Maasai tribe
Unusual greeting of the Maasai tribe
While spitting is often considered an uncivilized and unhealthy gesture around the world, Kenyan and Tanzanian people of the Maasai tribe have incorporated it into their greeting ritual.
Mar 11, 2020