SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Private health centers charging exorbitant fee for dengue test
Private health centers charging exorbitant fee for dengue te...
DHARAN, June 19: Private clinics and hospitals in Dharan are taking advantage of dengue outbreak by charging exorbitant fee for tests due to the inability of the overcrowded BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) to handle all the patients who have flooded the institute for free tests.
Jun 19, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Samata Hospital founder Sanjel, three others arrested after suspicious death of a staffer
Samata Hospital founder Sanjel, three others arrested after...
KATHMANDU, June 19: Police on Tuesday arrested four persons including the founder of Samata Hospital, Uttam Sanjel, after a female staffer working at the hospital was found hanging inside one of the hospital rooms.
Jun 19, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Internet prices likely to go up from mid-July
Internet prices likely to go up from mid-July
KATHMANDU, June 19: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have warned that Internet prices could go up by 20 percent from the beginning of new fiscal year 2019/20 if the government decides to continue 13 percent telecommunication service charge (TSC) on Internet service.
Jun 19, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Stocks fall, erasing previous day gains
Stocks fall, erasing previous day gains
KATHMANDU, June 19: Market turned choppy on Tuesday as the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index wavered along with the opening level throughout the day.
Jun 19, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Road to death
Road to death
Road accidents have claimed way too many lives in Nepal and yet the government authorities seem to be clueless as to how to minimize such deaths.
Jun 19, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Killing the constitution
Killing the constitution
The more Prime Minister Oli wastes time dishing out slogans and false promises, the more he will be pushing the country to the brink
Jun 19, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Thought for forests
Thought for forests
By 2050, what if we can’t see the forests or the trees? At present rate of exploitation of our forests in Asia and the Pacific, we run that risk
Jun 19, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Dangers of forced merger
Dangers of forced merger
Moving toward a regulatory driven forced merger will be dangerous and detrimental to stability of Nepal’s banking system
Jun 19, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: China threatens rare earth export controls
Infographics: China threatens rare earth export controls
The United States has called on Australia and Canada to develop rare earth mineral deposits after China threatened to stop exports to America. Rare earth elements are crucial to advanced U.S. weapons.
Jun 19, 2019
SPORTS
Former France soccer great arrested in 2022 World Cup probe
Former France soccer great arrested in 2022 World Cup probe
PARIS, June 18: Former UEFA president Michel Platini denied wrongdoing during police questioning Tuesday following his arrest as part of a corruption probe into the vote that gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
Jun 18, 2019