The Week
Symbols and secrets: A dive into Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’
Symbols and secrets: A dive into Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbo...
#Book Review
As a 22-year-old who enjoys a good thriller, I found ‘The Lost Symbol’ by Dan Brown to be an engaging and thought-provoking read. The book follows Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, as he unravels the mysteries of Freemasonry in Washington D.C. It is a fast-paced novel...
Oct 22, 2024
ECONOMY
Nepal’s public debt to GDP ratio reaches 44.23 percent with an additional loan burden of R...
Nepal’s public debt to GDP ratio reaches 44.23 percent with...
KATHMANDU, Oct 22: While the country’s debt burden has been increasing at an alarming rate, the government took additional public debt worth Rs 136.31 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year.
Oct 22, 2024
POLITICS
Over 600 people arrested in cooperative fraud cases before Rabi Lamichhane
Over 600 people arrested in cooperative fraud cases before R...
KATHMANDU, Oct 22: Police had arrested more than 600 people prior to Rabi Lamichhane’s arrest in the cooperative fraud scam. They were arrested on charges of embezzling and defrauding public funds deposited in cooperatives. Some of those arrested are currently serving sentences.
Oct 22, 2024
POLITICS
Govt shelves its plan to introduce ordinance on party split amid concerns of joint oppn pr...
Govt shelves its plan to introduce ordinance on party split...
KATHMANDU, Oct 22: The government’s plan to introduce an ordinance that paves the way for splitting the political party has been shelved amid concerns that the move could unite all opposition parties including CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) agai...
Oct 22, 2024
OPINION
AI Anxiety: Fear of Being Left Behind
AI Anxiety: Fear of Being Left Behind
As the excitement for the fourth industrial revolution looms, anxiety grips me. With AI positioned to reshape the world, I can't help but question: Will jobs disappear? IsNepalready, or will we be left behind?
Oct 22, 2024
POLITICS
Govt’s underwhelming performance marks end of honeymoon period
Govt’s underwhelming performance marks end of honeymoon peri...
KATHMANDU, Oct 22: Hundred days have elapsed since CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as the prime minister under Article 76(2) of the constitution, two days after the failure of the Maoist Center chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal to secure a vote of confidence from the parliament on July 12. The ne...
Oct 22, 2024
Editorial
Oli-led government’s bad honeymoon
Oli-led government’s bad honeymoon
The first 100 days of any government offer an opportunity to set the tone for the administration’s future. The coalition government led by CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli, which completed its honeymoon period on Monday, appears to have squandered this chance to instill hope among the people.
Oct 22, 2024
ECONOMY
150,000 new farmers registered in government database
150,000 new farmers registered in government database
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: More than 150,000 farmers have been registered in the government database within the hundred days since the formation of the current government. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), the total number of registered farmers has now reached 1,933...
Oct 21, 2024
ECONOMY
Real estate turnover slows down in the last two and a half years
Real estate turnover slows down in the last two and a half y...
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The overall turnover of the real estate sector has continuously decreased in the past two and a half years, with no significant improvement.
Oct 21, 2024
SOCIETY
Govt forms high-level committee for overall study of civil aviation sector
Govt forms high-level committee for overall study of civil a...
KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The government has formed a high-level committee for the overall study of Nepal's civil aviation sector.
Oct 21, 2024