SOCIETY
Tourism entrepreneurs demand vaccine against COVID-19 within 30 days
Tourism entrepreneurs demand vaccine against COVID-19 within...
KATHMANDU, August 11: Different umbrella organizations related with tourism have demanded vaccines for tourism entrepreneurs, employees and staffers deputed in the frontline at tourism destinations against COVID-19 within 30 days.
Aug 11, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Kulman Ghising reappointed as managing director of NEA
Kulman Ghising reappointed as managing director of NEA
KATHMANDU, August 11: Kulman Ghising has been reappointed as the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
Aug 11, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Literature
'Kalakar Jiwanbritta', book on biographies of Thanka and Paubha artists released
'Kalakar Jiwanbritta', book on biographies of Thanka and Pau...
Artist/Art writer Devendra Thumkeli's 'Kalakar Jiwanbritta', a book on biographies of Thanka and Paubha artists has been released on Sunday at Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Naxal
Aug 11, 2021
OPINION
The Economics of Increasing Minimum Wage
The Economics of Increasing Minimum Wage
In Nepal, the minimum wage was introduced in the fiscal year 2007/08. Between 2007/08 and 2018/19, our economic growth has remained at an average of 4.59 percent while the minimum wage over the last decade has increased by 400 per cent. The gap between productivity and minimum wage seems to be ever-...
Aug 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Medical oxygen production begins at Arghakhanchi Hospital
Medical oxygen production begins at Arghakhanchi Hospital
ARGHAKHANCHI, August 11: The work to establish an oxygen plant at Arghakhanchi Hospital has concluded and oxygen production by the plant has already started. The oxygen plant came into operation on Tuesday and is capable of filling 70 large cylinders in 24 hours.
Aug 11, 2021
My City, Gen-Next, Article
A Situational Thief
A Situational Thief
For Timothy, someone’s life is more important than a few thousand dollars. When Timothy saw Matt in the hospital bed, he was shocked because the man in the bed was no other than his house assistant who worked for him for his entire life.
Aug 11, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Jennifer Hudson plays her idol Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’
Jennifer Hudson plays her idol Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’
Jennifer Hudson was fresh off her Oscar win for “Dreamgirls” when she was summoned to meet Aretha Franklin in 2007. The two singers had technically met before, when Hudson, freshly cut from American Idol, opened for Franklin at a show in Indiana. But this time was different: The Queen of Soul told H...
Aug 11, 2021
ECONOMY
150 Nepali passengers barred from traveling to Dubai
150 Nepali passengers barred from traveling to Dubai
KATHMANDU, August 11: Nepali youths have been facing problems in going abroad for foreign employment because of the rules implemented by different countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As many as 150 passengers were barred from traveling to Dubai on Monday due to new rules imposed by the United Ar...
Aug 11, 2021
POLITICS
No confidence motion against CM Pokharel to be tabled in provincial assembly today
No confidence motion against CM Pokharel to be tabled in pro...
KATHMANDU, August 11: A no-confidence motion filed earlier against Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Shankar Pokharel is being discussed in the provincial assembly on Wednesday.
Aug 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Youth found dead after being swept away by stream
Youth found dead after being swept away by stream
Rolpa, August 11: Police have recovered the dead body of a youth who went missing after being swept away by a stream in Rolpa district on Tuesday.
Aug 11, 2021