SOCIETY

A bomb detonated at ex-Communication Minister Baskota's home

A bomb detonated at ex-Communication Minister Baskota's home

KATHMANDU, March 11: A powerful bomb was detonated at the newly-constructed house of former Minister for Communications...

KATHMANDU, March 11: A powerful bomb was detonated at the newly-constructed house of former Minister for Communications...

Mar 11, 2020

ECONOMY

Stocks resume trading with a massive slide

Stocks resume trading with a massive slide

KATHMANDU, March 11: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index witnessed a notable drop in the initial trading gi...

KATHMANDU, March 11: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index witnessed a notable drop in the initial trading gi...

Mar 11, 2020

ECONOMY

Locals take initiative to reopen Meghauli Airport

Locals take initiative to reopen Meghauli Airport

CHITWAN, March 11: Preparations are on to reopen Meghauli Airport that has remained shut for the past six years.

CHITWAN, March 11: Preparations are on to reopen Meghauli Airport that has remained shut for the past six years.

Mar 11, 2020

ECONOMY

Gandaki steps up monitoring at projects employing Chinese workers

Gandaki steps up monitoring at projects employing Chinese workers

POKHARA, March 11: Health officials of Gandaki Province have said that they have upped monitoring in settlements near pr...

POKHARA, March 11: Health officials of Gandaki Province have said that they have upped monitoring in settlements near pr...

Mar 11, 2020

Editorial

Keep fighting

Keep fighting

That Chhaupadi system—whereby girls and women are secluded during menstruation for days and are forced to live in danger...

That Chhaupadi system—whereby girls and women are secluded during menstruation for days and are forced to live in danger...

Mar 11, 2020

ECONOMY

Dana-Kusma transmission line to come into operation by April

Dana-Kusma transmission line to come into operation by April

KATHMANDU, March 11: The section from Dana to Kusma of Parbat, under the Kaligandaki Corridor 220 kV transmission line,...

KATHMANDU, March 11: The section from Dana to Kusma of Parbat, under the Kaligandaki Corridor 220 kV transmission line,...

Mar 11, 2020

OPINION

Road to apocalypse

Road to apocalypse

Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Major climate stressors here are rising temperatures, i...

Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Major climate stressors here are rising temperatures, i...

Mar 11, 2020

ECONOMY

Medical report of climbers mandatory for acquiring climbing permits

Medical report of climbers mandatory for acquiring climbing permits

KATHMANDU, March 11: The Department of Tourism has asked expedition operators to submit medical report of climbers discl...

KATHMANDU, March 11: The Department of Tourism has asked expedition operators to submit medical report of climbers discl...

Mar 11, 2020

OPINION

COVID-19 in Korea

COVID-19 in Korea

When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan city of China in December last year, the rest of the world saw i...

When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan city of China in December last year, the rest of the world saw i...

Mar 11, 2020

WORLD

Italian coronavirus deaths jump 36% to 631

Italian coronavirus deaths jump 36% to 631

ROME, March 11: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36%, th...

ROME, March 11: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36%, th...

Mar 11, 2020