ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Chicken price rises to Rs 410 per kg
Chicken price rises to Rs 410 per kg
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The retail price of chicken has increased to Rs 410 per kg. Earlier last week, Nepal Chicken Sellers Association had decided to raise the price by Rs 15 per kg to Rs 360 citing high mortality of chicks during winter. Last year during February, the price of chicken was around Rs 325...
Feb 05, 2020
Editorial
Deadly lapse at TIA
Deadly lapse at TIA
It has been as we feared. The authorities delegated to conduct screening of passengers entering Nepal at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) failed to screen the passengers coming to Nepal from China on Monday. The passengers on board the Himalaya Airlines flight, which landed at TIA on Monday, w...
Feb 05, 2020
OPINION
Strengthen readiness
Strengthen readiness
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV is a Public Health Emergency of international concern. The highest level of international solidarity and cooperation is needed to protect health and keep people safe. Since the novel coronavirus emerged late December, the number of cases reported globa...
Feb 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest five for murdering a transgender woman after sex
Police arrest five for murdering a transgender woman after s...
MAKAWANPUR, Feb 5: Dispute over the payment after sexual intercourse has led to the murder of a woman in Hetauda, police said on Tuesday.
Feb 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Reconstruction of government buildings in the final stage
Reconstruction of government buildings in the final stage
DHADING, Feb 5: The earthquake in 2015 destroyed private homes, schools, hospitals and government buildings. Nearly five years on, post-quake reconstruction has picked up pace and government buildings are once again rising in the district headquarters and millions of rupees has been spent for that....
Feb 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Uniglobe College conducts third iteration of Uni-Global College International Model United...
Uniglobe College conducts third iteration of Uni-Global Coll...
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Uniglobe College in collaboration with Global College International organized a three-day model United Nations conference, UGCIMUN 2020, in Kathmandu.
Feb 05, 2020
OPINION
Day of solidarity
Day of solidarity
Every year, Pakistanis all over the world observe February 5 as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’—a designated day to express a feeling and a sentiment that the whole Pakistani nation nurtures 365 days a year.
Feb 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Ganga Maya seeks justice with UN Resident Coordinator
Ganga Maya seeks justice with UN Resident Coordinator
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: As part of her efforts to internationalize her struggle for justice, Ganga Maya Adhikari held a meeting with UN Resident Coordinator to Nepal, Valerie Julliand, at the UN House in Lalitpur on Tuesday.
Feb 05, 2020
My City, Entertainment
After Oprah’s exit, Russell Simmons doc acquired by HBO Max
After Oprah’s exit, Russell Simmons doc acquired by HBO Max
The documentary about several women who have accused Russell Simmons of sexual abuse has found a distributor after Oprah Winfrey’s exit from the film left it in the lurch.
Feb 05, 2020
OPINION
Geopolitics of Holocaust Memory
Geopolitics of Holocaust Memory
PARIS – The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army is an occasion marked by angst as well as sadness. Anti-Semitism is back with a vengeance around the world, as if the lessons of the Holocaust had evaporated with time—or, even worse, had never been fully integrated into our...
Feb 05, 2020