ECONOMY
Nepse stretches losses for fourth straight day
Nepse stretches losses for fourth straight day
KATHMANDU, May 6: Stocks faltered from the very beginning of Sunday's trading with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index dropping more than 14 points within first hour.
May 06, 2019
ECONOMY
Phase II of Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line ready
Phase II of Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line ready
KATHMANDU, May 6: Second phase of Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line Project has been completed. Test transmission of the transmission line began from Saturday itself, according to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
May 06, 2019
Editorial
Whose government is it anyway?
Whose government is it anyway?
On Friday, President Bidya Devi Bhandari unveiled the government’s policies and programs for this fiscal year at the Federal Parliament. The focus was on completing construction of long-stalled national pride projects on time, human resource development and maintaining rule of law in the country. Sh...
May 06, 2019
OPINION
Unusual ritual
Unusual ritual
Yes, President Bidya Devi Bhandari went to China on a state visit pegged to address Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, and returned home last week. That is a fact. It is also true that her only predecessor President Ram Baran Yadav visited the communist country up north twice...
May 06, 2019
OPINION
Benefits of drone
Benefits of drone
In recent decade drones have been subjected to many negative criticisms because of its undertoned use-value in security invasions and arms deployment, making drone a war material. Today when people think of drones, they get quick mental thought of flying machine trespassing private zones.
May 06, 2019
OPINION
Agenda for Europe
Agenda for Europe
AMSTERDAM – The European Union has spent much of the past decade managing crises, and has even faced a possible threat to its continued existence. Popular attitudes toward the EU have soured, too. Whereas citizens were generally positive about the first two waves of European integration in the 1950s...
May 06, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: Thailand set for official coronation of King Rama X
Infographics: Thailand set for official coronation of King R...
An elaborate three-day ceremony is planned for the official coronation of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who ascended the throne after the 2016 death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
May 06, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Biraj and Nikita pair together in ‘Saanglo
Biraj and Nikita pair together in ‘Saanglo
Veteran Nepali actor Biraj Bhatta was busy with Bhojpuri films in the past few years. His recent comeback movie ‘Jai Parshuram’ was not as successful as expected.
May 05, 2019
WORLD
Gaza rocket fire kills Israeli man amid worsening violence
Gaza rocket fire kills Israeli man amid worsening violence
JERUSALEM, May 5: An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli man Sunday outside a home in the coastal city of Ashkelon amid a massive wave of attacks, marking the first Israeli casualty from rocket fire since the 2014 war with Hamas militants.
May 05, 2019
WORLD
India cyclone kills at least 33, hundreds of thousands homeless
India cyclone kills at least 33, hundreds of thousands homel...
PURI, May 5: Hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless after a cyclone packing winds of about 200 km per hour slammed into eastern India, ripping out tin roofs and destroying power and telecom lines, officials said on Sunday.
May 05, 2019