POLITICS, SOCIETY
How Bangladesh’s fourth estate abandoned its people during the pandemic
How Bangladesh’s fourth estate abandoned its people during t...
The pandemic left Bangladesh's fourth estate, the very profession that demands accountability from state and society, riddled with labour law violations.
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY
Target on their backs
Target on their backs
Honest reporting in Pakistan draws the ire of powerful quarters and some journalists pay the ultimate price
May 03, 2021
NEPAL, SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal’s health reporters brave the pandemic
Nepal’s health reporters brave the pandemic
KATHMANDU, May 3: Kailash Joshi, a journalist from Far West Nepal, has not taken a break from his work for the past one year. Just when he thought that COVID-19, that is wreaking havoc worldwide, was perhaps making an exit from Nepal, 'it came back with a bigger roar'. The country is engulfed by the...
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY
Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authoritarianism: IPI
Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authorit...
Collective action needed to stop domino effect of silencing independent media
May 03, 2021
WORLD
Eight reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to ‘shake the world’
Eight reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to ‘shake the...
MYANMAR, May 3: Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing eight people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
May 03, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse kicks off week in green fueled by investor enthusiasm
Nepse kicks off week in green fueled by investor enthusiasm
KATHMANDU, May 3: The stock market opened Sunday’s trading in green before a small correction pulled the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index towards the opening level. However, stocks saw strength in the latter trading hours. The benchmark traded around 30 points higher at mid-day, with a subsequent...
May 02, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal decides to suspend domestic, int'l flights until May 14 amid rapid spread of COVID-1...
Nepal decides to suspend domestic, int'l flights until May 1...
KATHMANDU, May 2: The government has decided to suspend both domestic and international flights in order to curb further spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
May 02, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Cabinet recommends to summon House session on May 10, PM Oli to take vote of confidence on...
Cabinet recommends to summon House session on May 10, PM Oli...
KATHMANDU, May 2: The Cabinet has recommended to President Bidya Devi Bhandari to summon the session of the House of Representatives (HoR) on May 10.
May 02, 2021
ECONOMY
Upasana Poudel becomes Nepal’s first female insurance company CEO
Upasana Poudel becomes Nepal’s first female insurance compan...
KATHMANDU, May 2: United Insurance Company (Nepal) Ltd has appointed Upasana Poudel as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company.
May 02, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Finding medical oxygen at Karnali hospitals getting harder
Finding medical oxygen at Karnali hospitals getting harder
The number of infected patients at the hospital is surging every day. The demand for oxygen from the patients has not been met despite the hospital supplying some amount from the private hospitals and clinics. Doctors warn that the patients will die due to the lack of oxygen if the authorities fail...
May 02, 2021