ECONOMY
HAN applauds tax exemptions for hotels, resorts
HAN applauds tax exemptions for hotels, resorts
The umbrella organization of hotel entrepreneurs has welcomed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025/26, stating it appreciated the government's announcement to grant income tax and electricity tariff exemptions to hotels and resorts, treating them at par with productive industries.
May 31, 2025
Market
USD rate stands at Rs 137.23
USD rate stands at Rs 137.23
Nepal Rastra Bank has set the foreign exchange rates for today. According to the central bank, the buying rate for one US dollar stands at Rs 136.63, while the selling rate is Rs 137.23.
May 31, 2025
SOCIETY
DIG Shrestha retained at CIAA amid visit visa misuse probe
DIG Shrestha retained at CIAA amid visit visa misuse probe
When Nepal Police posted officers recently promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), it reassigned DIG Om Bahadur Rana, initially designated for the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), to the Kathmandu Valley Police Office instead.
May 31, 2025
SPORTS
Mumbai reach IPL Qualifier 2, beating Gujarat
Mumbai reach IPL Qualifier 2, beating Gujarat
Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs to advance to Qualifier 2. Led by Hardik Pandya, Mumbai will now face Punjab Kings on June 1 in Ahmedabad.
May 31, 2025
SOCIETY
Aftab Alam suffers stroke, hospitalized
Aftab Alam suffers stroke, hospitalized
Former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam has been admitted to Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences after suffering an acute ischemic stroke early Thursday morning.
May 31, 2025
SOCIETY
Heavy rainfall likely in some Koshi, Madhesh places
Heavy rainfall likely in some Koshi, Madhesh places
Westerly and local winds are currently affecting the western and central regions of Nepal, while monsoon winds are influencing most parts of Koshi Province.
May 31, 2025
WORLD
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke humanitarian parole for 530,000
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke humanitarian parole for...
The conservative-dominated United States Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump another major victory, allowing his administration to revoke a temporary legal status from more than 500,000 immigrants as legal challenges continue in lower courts, as reported by Al ZaJeera.
May 31, 2025
POLITICS
Dr Shekhar and Gagan talk again—Is a reunion on the table for 15th convention?
Dr Shekhar and Gagan talk again—Is a reunion on the table fo...
By the end of their last conversation in July 2024, political allies-turned-contenders Dr Shekhar Koirala and Gagan Thapa had gone from standing shoulder to shoulder to drifting into separate lanes of Nepali Congress (NC) politics. For nearly a year, not a word passed between them.
May 31, 2025
WORLD
Trump signals fresh trade tensions with China
Trump signals fresh trade tensions with China
US President Donald Trump signaled renewed trade tensions with China on Friday, arguing that Beijing had "violated" a deal to de-escalate tariffs, at a time when both sides appeared deadlocked in negotiations.
May 31, 2025
Literature Cafe
Wonder, Objectivity and the point of Philosophy
Wonder, Objectivity and the point of Philosophy
As highlighted, philosophers, the tribe of greatest head-scratchers and pensive chin-on-hands, have spent millenia on the seemingly simple question, “Where does philosophy start?” and are yet to reach an objective answer.
May 30, 2025