SOCIETY, Latest Updates
People’s lifestyle and climate changed in Jumla, not everyone is happy
People’s lifestyle and climate changed in Jumla, not everyon...
JUMLA, Oct 16: Winter doesn’t feel like winter to a local of Jumla Sampati Rawat, 70, anymore. Jumla’s weather has become hotter over the years, he says. “Neither is the monsoon as bothering as before, actually there is no downpour during the monsoon too,” he notes.
Oct 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
DDA advises against Ranitdine for gastritis, cites cancer risk
DDA advises against Ranitdine for gastritis, cites cancer ri...
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Ranitidine, a commonly prescribed medicine for gastritis, has been found to contain nitro sodomithylamine, a carcinogen. The Department of Drugs Administration (DDA) has directed pharma companies and importers not to import medicines that contain this element.
Oct 16, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Complacency
Complacency
Coherence tells me up-front
About my right to shimmer
That, as a rainbow
I must not deny glimmer,
I see my indifference
Oct 16, 2019
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Paras Khadka resigns, ending Nepal’s longest innings as captain
Paras Khadka resigns, ending Nepal’s longest innings as capt...
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Nepal’s longest-serving and most successful national cricket team captain Paras Khadka resigned from his position on Tuesday. Khadka, who started captaining the national side in 2009, was the longest-serving overall international captain until Monday.
Oct 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Qatar to reimburse workers for illegal recruitment costs
Qatar to reimburse workers for illegal recruitment costs
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Qatar has started a scheme to reimburse expatriate workers who were forced to pay exorbitant fees to get employed there in a move that could benefit thousands of Nepali migrant workers.
Oct 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
43% Nepali children below five years are malnourished: UNICEF
43% Nepali children below five years are malnourished: UNICE...
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Around 43 percent children under the age of five are malnourished in Nepal, according to a report published by UNICEF.
Oct 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Alam remanded to seven days in police custody
Alam remanded to seven days in police custody
RAUTAHAT, Oct 16: The Rautahat District Court on Tuesday has remanded suspended lawmaker and former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam to judicial custody for seven days for investigations.
Oct 16, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Mahara produced in court, remanded for 3 days
Mahara produced in court, remanded for 3 days
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Kathmandu District Court has remanded former House of Representatives speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara in custody for three more days for investigations into a rape attempt complaint filed against him by a female staffer at the parliament secretariat.
Oct 16, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Pay your attention
Pay your attention
Kathmandu, some parts of it at least, was given a facelift overnight on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal last week. It had to be done. We could not keep major parts of the valley enveloped in dust and dotted with potholes during the times of high level visit from the largest...
Oct 16, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Free the by-elections
Free the by-elections
The gross violation of election code of conduct is a major threat to a free, fair and peaceful
election. It could jeopardize integrity and eclipse the sanctity of democratic exercise
Oct 16, 2019