ECONOMY
Nepse closes week nearly flat despite initial surge
Nepse closes week nearly flat despite initial surge
KATHMANDU, July 21: Stocks opened the week posting strong gains ahead of the start of the Fiscal Year 2018/19. On the first two trading sessions, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse), which opened the week at 1191.98 points, climbed more than 20 points. Nonetheless, the index recorded losses in all latt...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
21 Nepali girls rescued from Kenyan strip clubs
21 Nepali girls rescued from Kenyan strip clubs
KATHMANDU, July 20: Twenty-one Nepali girls trafficked to Kenya and employed at strip clubs there were rescued on Thursday, according to Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Activists protest against Bag Durbar demolition plan
Activists protest against Bag Durbar demolition plan
KATHMANDU, JULY 20: Heritage conservation activists have staged a protest against the decision of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) to demolish Bag Durbar, a neoclassical architectural palace in the capital that also served as KMC's main office, instead of retrofitting it. About 40 conservation acti...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
1,103 people bitten, 12 killed by snakes in a year
1,103 people bitten, 12 killed by snakes in a year
RUPANDEHI, July 20In the last one year, a total of 1,103 people sought treatment for snakebites at Lumbini Zonal Hospital (LZH), Butwal. Unfortunately, 12 of them succumbed to the venom of the poisonous snakes.With the onset of summer every year, snakes start taking their toll on the lives of the lo...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
Mayor slaps municipal staffer over dozer purchase row
LAHAN, July 20: Ganga Paswan, the mayor of Karjanha Municipality of Siraha, on Thursday slapped a municipal staffer over payments made for the purchase of a dozer.
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
Swiss held on pedophilia charge
KATHMANDU, July 20: Over a month after a foreigner was arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a minor, police have arrested another 66-year-old Swiss citizen for his alleged involvement in pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder that leads to sexual attraction toward children.
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Nepal Association of the Blind celebrates silver jubilee
Nepal Association of the Blind celebrates silver jubilee
KATHMANDU, JULY 20; Nepal Association of the Blind (NAB) marked its silver jubilee amidst various cultural events in the capital on Friday. Started at 2:30 pm at Rastriya Nach Ghar in Jamal, the function chaired by NAB central president Ramesh Pokharel saw the participation of Nepal Community Party...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Human trafficking through Pashupatinagar on the rise
Human trafficking through Pashupatinagar on the rise
ILAM, July 20: The Indian gateway to eastern Nepal, Pashupatinagar has become the main 'transit' for human trafficking in recent days .Despite being aware that human trafficking through Pashupatinagar is much higher than through other customs points along the eastern border, the authorities concerne...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Children in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
Children in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
DHANGADHI, July 20Six days ago, two girls went missing after attempting to cross the Bahuli River through a makeshift bridge made of wooden logs, locally known as Sanghu. Bimala Kumari Bohora, 15, and Rinu Kumari Bohora, 9, of Surma Rural Municipality-2 were returning home from school when they got...
Jul 21, 2018
SOCIETY
WNSO-Bangladesh challenges Prasain to prove allegation or apologize
WNSO-Bangladesh challenges Prasain to prove allegation or ap...
KATHMANDU, July 20; Worldwide Nepalese Students' Organization-Bangladesh (WNSO-Bangladesh) has condemned the 'senseless and unethical' statement made recently by Durga Prasain, the executive director of Jhapa-based controversial B&C Hospital.
Jul 21, 2018