SOCIETY, Latest Updates
‘Construction of Banchare Danda landfill site to complete before Dashain’
‘Construction of Banchare Danda landfill site to complete be...
The site can hold Valley’s waste for nearly 50 years
Sep 20, 2020
SOCIETY
Chitwan Medical College starts giving PCR test results within two hours
Chitwan Medical College starts giving PCR test results withi...
Chitwan Medical College has started giving the results of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for COVID-19 within two hours. The hospital started this service today.
Sep 20, 2020
OPINION
How poverty reduction can survive deglobalization
How poverty reduction can survive deglobalization
NEW HAVEN – The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have curtailed globalization in ways that the current US administration could scarcely have dreamed up even a year ago. But, viewed in a broader context, this year’s retreat from globalization is merely the latest chapter in an ongoing process that has left...
Sep 20, 2020
OPINION
Cooperation for trade
Cooperation for trade
Economic and trade integration at the global and regional level has faced a strong headwind in recent years as the multilateral trade body—the World Trade Organization—is struggling to remain relevant in global trade architecture. Trade negotiations are stymied and appellate body, also the umpire of...
Sep 20, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
The Balloon Vendor
The Balloon Vendor
Despite the pandemic outbreak,
Here comes,
the man with balloon stick
He comes out of his den
To make children happy
Whose life is so mundane
Sep 20, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
Forget banana bread, try this dish sponge: Pandemic inspires 'illusion cakes' in Hong Kong
Forget banana bread, try this dish sponge: Pandemic inspires...
A bakery studio in Hong Kong is aiming to bounce back from its COVID-19 slump with “illusion cakes” that appear to be everyday objects until you take a slice.
Sep 20, 2020
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Emmy show will include $2.8M donation to fight child hunger
Emmy show will include $2.8M donation to fight child hunger
Every Emmy Award handed out Sunday will come with something extra — a $100,000 donation to fight child hunger. The Television Academy announced Friday that each network and streaming service competing on the telecast has pledged the donation for every Emmy they win.
Sep 20, 2020
ECONOMY
Escalating prices of potato, onion and tomato make kitchen expenses dearer
Escalating prices of potato, onion and tomato make kitchen e...
KATHMANDU, Sept 20: The prices of major vegetable items — potatoes, onions and tomatoes — have skyrocketed in the Kathmandu Valley over the past few days, which traders blamed mainly on the slump in production of these products.
Sep 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Woman who claimed to be Province 1 CM’s wife arrested “for trying to forcibly enter meetin...
Woman who claimed to be Province 1 CM’s wife arrested “for t...
KATHMANDU, Sept 20: Balika Khadka Rai, a cadre of the then CPN-UML, was arrested “for trying to forcibly enter the meeting venue of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP)” at Parisdanda in the capital on Sunday.
Sep 20, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Kegs tapped in Munich pubs for mini-Oktoberfest in shadow of COVID-19
Kegs tapped in Munich pubs for mini-Oktoberfest in shadow of...
Innkeepers in Munich tapped their barrels on Saturday for revellers determined to make the most of a scaled-down Oktoberfest after the world’s biggest beer festival was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sep 20, 2020