WORLD
Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work
Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work
August 18: Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to revive the country's battered economy.
Aug 19, 2021
ECONOMY
456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project starts full-fledged production
456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project starts full-fle...
KATHMANDU, August 19: The Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (UTHP) has started piloting its full-fledged production of 456 MW of electricity from Tuesday.
Aug 19, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepali enterprises urged to grab opportunity to participate in the South and Southeast Asi...
Nepali enterprises urged to grab opportunity to participate...
KATHMANDU, August 18: The South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) 2021 is going to be held in Yunnan Province of China at the end of August.
Aug 18, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse jumps 38 points as most sectors end in green
Nepse jumps 38 points as most sectors end in green
KATHMANDU, August 18: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell slightly in the morning before an advance pushed the market in positive territory by mid-day. Stocks continued to climb in the afternoon with the index adding as much as 60 points in the afternoon. Following a slight retracement in th...
Aug 18, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal’s poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before pandemic hit the country: NPC
Nepal’s poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before pandemic...
KATHMANDU, August 18: Nepal was successful in reducing significantly poverty headcount from 30.1 percent in 2014 to 17.4 percent in 2019.
Aug 18, 2021
SOCIETY
US provides additional support for urgent COVID-19 assistance in Nepal
US provides additional support for urgent COVID-19 assistanc...
KATHMANDU, August 18: United States Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W Berry, along with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nepal Mission Director, Sepideh Keyvanshad, donated two liquid oxygen tanks to Bir Hospital and Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Aug 18, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal records 3,403 new cases, 2,104 recoveries and 42 deaths on Wednesday
Nepal records 3,403 new cases, 2,104 recoveries and 42 death...
KATHMANDU, August 18: The Kathmandu Valley recorded 993 cases of COVID-19 on the same day. Of them, 711 cases were recorded in Kathmandu, 122 in Bhaktapur and 160 in Lalitpur.
Aug 18, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Dr DR Upadhyaya sets another Guinness World Record
Dr DR Upadhyaya sets another Guinness World Record
Dr DR Upadhyaya has set another new Guinness Book of World Records. He has set the world record by publishing a same article on 36 national dailies on the same day. Previously, he had set the world record by composing same song in 12 different international languages.
Aug 18, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Nepali movie ‘Ek’ releasing on October
Nepali movie ‘Ek’ releasing on October
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, almost every sector including Nepali movie industry got stuck. Cinema halls have been closed for almost two years now. However, in this time of crisis, Nepali movie ‘Ek’ is planning for the digital release
Aug 18, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Manaslu conservation area records lowest number of tourists in 23 years
Manaslu conservation area records lowest number of tourists...
GORKHA, August 18: Only 194 international tourists visited the Manaslu Conservation Area in the fiscal year 2020/21, arguably due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), 74 tourists visited the region in March while 56 others visited Manaslu in April.
Aug 18, 2021