ECONOMY

Tourists' spending, length of stay fall despite growth in arrivals

Tourists' spending, length of stay fall despite growth in arrivals

KATHMANDU, June 25: The average length and spending of foreign tourists are on a declining trend even though the governm...

KATHMANDU, June 25: The average length and spending of foreign tourists are on a declining trend even though the governm...

Jun 25, 2019

ECONOMY

Approve DPR of fast track project on time: House panel

Approve DPR of fast track project on time: House panel

KATHMANDU, June 25: The Development and Technology Committee of parliament has directed the government to endorse detail...

KATHMANDU, June 25: The Development and Technology Committee of parliament has directed the government to endorse detail...

Jun 25, 2019

POLITICS

Years on, CIAA still struggles to collect Joshi case documents

Years on, CIAA still struggles to collect Joshi case documents

KATHMANDU, June 25: In what appears to be maintaining poor records of important documents, the Commission for the Invest...

KATHMANDU, June 25: In what appears to be maintaining poor records of important documents, the Commission for the Invest...

Jun 25, 2019

POLITICS

Chand outfit leader Karki arrested in capital

Chand outfit leader Karki arrested in capital

KATHMANDU, June 25: Police  arrested Nar Bahadur Karki, a leader of the outlawed Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist party...

KATHMANDU, June 25: Police  arrested Nar Bahadur Karki, a leader of the outlawed Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist party...

Jun 25, 2019

SOCIETY

Women no more banished to menstruation sheds in Hima

Women no more banished to menstruation sheds in Hima

JUMLA, June 25: Unlike in the past, Siddha Shahi of Hima Rural Municipality sleeps at her own home even during her menst...

JUMLA, June 25: Unlike in the past, Siddha Shahi of Hima Rural Municipality sleeps at her own home even during her menst...

Jun 25, 2019

SOCIETY

Filmmaker Karki arrested

Filmmaker Karki arrested

KATHMANDU, June 24: Filmmaker Nar Bahadur Karki has been arrested allegedly being involved in Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav...

KATHMANDU, June 24: Filmmaker Nar Bahadur Karki has been arrested allegedly being involved in Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav...

Jun 24, 2019

Editorial

Why this neglect for Kailali?

Why this neglect for Kailali?

It’s over two weeks since the windstorm that struck at a speed of 95 kilometers per hour and lasted nearly two hours kil...

It’s over two weeks since the windstorm that struck at a speed of 95 kilometers per hour and lasted nearly two hours kil...

Jun 25, 2019

OPINION

Under the shadows of trade war

Under the shadows of trade war

Since Trump-Xi telephone talks happened on the heel of India slapping tariff against US goods, it is not unlikely to be...

Since Trump-Xi telephone talks happened on the heel of India slapping tariff against US goods, it is not unlikely to be...

Jun 25, 2019

OPINION

Monsoon mystery

Monsoon mystery

Monsoon rain is a lifeline to an agriculture-based economy like Nepal, where with poor irrigation system farmers have to...

Monsoon rain is a lifeline to an agriculture-based economy like Nepal, where with poor irrigation system farmers have to...

Jun 25, 2019

OPINION

Why GDP still matters

Why GDP still matters

GDP remains the single best indicator to guide government policies. Ignoring it in favor of alternative measures of well...

GDP remains the single best indicator to guide government policies. Ignoring it in favor of alternative measures of well...

Jun 25, 2019