My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
New wave of bars creates buzz without the booze
New wave of bars creates buzz without the booze
There’s something missing from a new wave of bars opening around the world: Alcohol. Aimed at the growing number of people exploring sobriety, the bars pour adult drinks like craft cocktails without the booze
Mar 17, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Madhav Nepal-led faction of CPN-UML holds its national gathering as party heads for vertic...
Madhav Nepal-led faction of CPN-UML holds its national gathe...
KATHMANDU, March 17: Amid deepening rift within the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the Madhav Nepal-led faction of the party is holding a two-day national gathering beginning today.
Mar 17, 2021
SOCIETY
Body of Rajani, who allegedly jumped into Karnali River along with her mother and three ot...
Body of Rajani, who allegedly jumped into Karnali River alon...
KARNALI, March 17: Body of seven-year-old Rajani Baduwal of Nimail in Aathbis Municipality-3 in Dailekh district, who allegedly jumped into the Karnali river along with her mother and three other family members, was recovered along the river banks near Asaraghat in Achham district.
Mar 17, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC leader Joshi undergoing treatment in critical condition
NC leader Joshi undergoing treatment in critical condition
KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepali Congress (NC) leader and former minister Nabindra Raj Joshi, who is undergoing treatment for brain hemorrhage at Norvic International Hospital in the capital, is in critical condition, the hospital stated in a press release on Wednesday morning.
Mar 17, 2021
WORLD
In landmark ruling, Japan court says not allowing same-sex marriage is 'unconstitutional'
In landmark ruling, Japan court says not allowing same-sex m...
TOKYO, March 17: A Japanese court ruled on Wednesday that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is “unconstitutional,” setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully recognise same-sex partnership.
Mar 17, 2021
ECONOMY
Prices of petroleum products hiked again; NOC says they are still selling at a loss
Prices of petroleum products hiked again; NOC says they are...
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has yet again increased the prices of petroleum products. The price of petrol, diesel and kerosene has been increased by Rs 2 per liter each with effect from Wednesday.
Mar 17, 2021
WORLD
Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities after violent crackdown
Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities after...
MYANMAR, Mar 17: The most powerful group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians following last month’s coup, media reported on Wednesday.
Mar 17, 2021
WORLD
Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending
Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 c...
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TOKYO, March 17: Japanese households’ financial assets hit a fresh record near 2 quadrillion yen last year, half of which was in cash and bank deposits, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic encouraged them to save rather than spend.
Mar 17, 2021
ECONOMY
Inflation in first seven months eased to 2.70 percent: NRB
Inflation in first seven months eased to 2.70 percent: NRB
KATHMANDU, March 17: Consumer inflation stood at 2.70 percent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, almost one-third of the rate in the same period last year.
Mar 17, 2021
WORLD
Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured
Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured
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ATLANTA, March 17: Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt.
Mar 17, 2021