ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Chicken price rises to Rs 360 per kg
Chicken price rises to Rs 360 per kg
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The price of chicken has increased to Rs 360 per kg.
Jan 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Tipper truck kills 20 yr old, overnight curfew in Birendranagar
Tipper truck kills 20 yr old, overnight curfew in Birendrana...
BIRENDRANAGAR, Jan 29: Birendranagar market remained tense throughout the day on Monday following the death of one Keshar Singh, 20, of Muhabai Rural Municipality of Kalikot. The local administration has imposed an overnight curfew to bring the situation under control. The curfew will be in effect i...
Jan 29, 2020
ECONOMY
Tourism at receiving end of coronavirus outbreak
Tourism at receiving end of coronavirus outbreak
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Nepal will have to withstand adverse impacts in number of its macroeconomic areas with an increasing threat of coronavirus which has claimed over 100 human lives and infected more than 4,500 people in China alone.
Jan 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
India starts screening visitors from Nepal
India starts screening visitors from Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The West Bengal State Government of India has started screening people entering into Indian territory from eastern Nepal at three different border checkpoints for preventing the spread of coronavirus.
Jan 29, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Dhananjay Regmi appointed CEO of Nepal Tourism Board
Dhananjay Regmi appointed CEO of Nepal Tourism Board
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Dhananjay Regmi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).
Jan 29, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Hope
Hope
I lie down by the river Sunkoshi
stretching my arms toward eternity
in search of you with the stars in my eyes
Jan 29, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Resignation of RJPN state minister opens possibility of govt change in Province 2
Resignation of RJPN state minister opens possibility of govt...
LAHAN, Jan 29: At a time when rumors are rife about a possible change of government in Province 2 amid growing bond between the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN), a state minister belonging to the RJPN in Province 2 government resigned her post on Tuesday.
Jan 29, 2020
WORLD
China virus toll passes 130 as U.S. weighs flight ban
China virus toll passes 130 as U.S. weighs flight ban
BEIJING, Jan 29: The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1,500 new cases, heaping pressure on Beijing to control the disease as U.S. officials said the White House was weighing whether to suspend all flights to the country.
Jan 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal’s climate targets woefully failing implementation test
Nepal’s climate targets woefully failing implementation test
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Under the Paris Agreement 2015, Nepal had promised to meet 14 targets related to climate change mitigation and adaptation in 2016. Four years on, the majority of the targets set under the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) have not been met thanks to weak implementation and...
Jan 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Animal rights activists urge Nepal to end elephant abuse
Animal rights activists urge Nepal to end elephant abuse
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Fifty international experts on elephants have urged the government of Nepal to stop elephant abuse during the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign.
Jan 29, 2020