OPINION, Latest Updates
Salaries remain the same
Salaries remain the same
In one early announcement of this year’s budget on May 30, Finance Minister Yuvraj Khatiwada said that growth target has been set at 8.5 percent for the year and it will ensue from a number of growth inducing schemes introduced with the new budget and will be supported by a record Rs.1.53 trillion s...
Sep 25, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Are we prepared?
Are we prepared?
I was going through Instagram posts and came across a majestic photo of Kanchenjunga. The photo was taken from a hotel in Damak, which is situated at an elevation of 126 meters. A 8,586 meter high mountain was looming behind the hills, roughly at a vertical distance of 130 kilometers.
Apart from m...
Sep 25, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
The last days of Netanyahu?
The last days of Netanyahu?
TEL AVIV – At long last, Israel has taken a step back from the religious nationalist abyss into which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had been leading it. In the September 17 parliamentary election, the country’s second in five months, the “natural coalition” of Netanyahu’s Likud party, Orthodox g...
Sep 25, 2019
Infographic
UN Budget : Who Has Paid Their Dues?
UN Budget : Who Has Paid Their Dues?
All permanent UN members have made their full regular payments to the intergovernmental body, except the United States.
Sep 25, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Art & Culture, Exhibitions
‘Art is Power’ on display
‘Art is Power’ on display
‘Art is Power’; an artistic outcome by the girls who are asking for an equal world through their art work for the equal representation has begun at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited. One week long exhibition kicked off on September 22 that features around 150 representative artworks by g...
Sep 24, 2019
My City, Lifestyle
Loo and behold! Japan's high-tech toilets bemuse fans
Loo and behold! Japan's high-tech toilets bemuse fans
Japan may not win their home Rugby World Cup but they have already proved themselves world beaters when it comes to toilets.
Sep 24, 2019
WORLD
Brexit crisis deepens as court rules Johnson unlawfully suspended UK parliament
Brexit crisis deepens as court rules Johnson unlawfully susp...
LONDON, Sept 24: The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, a humiliating rebuke that thrusts Britain’s exit from the European Union into deeper turmoil.
Sep 24, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment
Demi Moore recalls incident of sexual harassment at 15
Demi Moore recalls incident of sexual harassment at 15
American actor Demi Moore recently opened up about being sexually assaulted at the age of 15 by a man who paid her mother for the heinous act. The 56-year-old made the shocking revelation at 'Good Morning America' show on Monday. She was at the show to talk about her new book 'Inside Out'.
Sep 24, 2019
My City, On the Job, People
Poetry detoxifies mental toxin: Viplob Pratik
Poetry detoxifies mental toxin: Viplob Pratik
Viplob Pratik is a prolific name when it comes to poems, lyrics, and translation in contemporary Nepali literary fraternity. Born and raised in Kathmandu, Pratik has penned over a hundred poems in Nepali and English including two poem collections: 'The person kissed by moon' and 'Nahareko Manchhe'.
Sep 24, 2019
WORLD
Timeline of events leading up to key UK Supreme Court ruling
Timeline of events leading up to key UK Supreme Court ruling
LONDON, Sept 24: Britain’s Supreme Court is set to rule Tuesday on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament was legal. Here’s how we got here.
Sep 24, 2019