SOCIETY
Kaiser Library awaits renovation
Kaiser Library awaits renovation
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Around 60,000 books including some rare manuscripts have somehow been stuffed into two tiny, congested rooms in the Kaiser Library. Severe damage to the library in the heart of the capital during the April 2015 earthquake has left the upper part of the historical building complete...
Sep 04, 2018
SPORTS
DAV to host futsal tournament
DAV to host futsal tournament
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: DAV College is set to host an inter-college six-a-side futsal tournament on September 6-7 in Kathmandu. About 25 colleges from Kathmandu Valley are expected to participate in the event. According to Suman Basnet, academic director of DAV, the event will create an opportunity to al...
Sep 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks post strong gains amid improved market activity
Stocks post strong gains amid improved market activity
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The sole equity market of Nepal witnessed a broad rally since the beginning of Monday's session. Following the surge, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) Index gained more than 23 points to reach to an intraday high of 1,213.86 in the afternoon. The market retraced slightly toward th...
Sep 04, 2018
ECONOMY
IMARS Nepal signs Anmol KC as brand ambassador
IMARS Nepal signs Anmol KC as brand ambassador
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: IMARS Nepal, under the sole distributorship of Opal Multinational Pvt Ltd for Nepal, is introducing IMARS mobile phones in Nepal. The company signed Nepali actor Anmol KC as its brand ambassador on Monday.
Sep 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Qatar Airways extends flight
Qatar Airways extends flight
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Airways has announced the schedule of a new flight on the Kathmandu- Doha sector, effective from September 2, 2018. The flight will depart Kathmandu at 2:10AM and reach Doha at 4:45AM.
Sep 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Honda X Blade in Nepali market
Honda X Blade in Nepali market
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Syakar Trading Company Pvt. Ltd., the authorized distributor of Honda motorcycle, scooters and Honda cars for Nepal, has introduced its new motorcycle model Honda X Blade in the Nepali market.
Sep 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Cabinet postpones appointment of NTA chief
Cabinet postpones appointment of NTA chief
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: A cabinet meeting on Sunday could not finalize a name for the vacant position of chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), amid controversies surrounding the nomination of Digambar Jha for the post. Jha is former chief of NTA.
Sep 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Grandmother in grade 1
Grandmother in grade 1
KHOTANG, Sept 4: In her twilight years, Jurimaya Rai of Keplasgadhi Rural Municipality-4, Bakshila should have been spending her days taking rest like some of her friends of her age. Instead, she has chosen to go to school with students who are of her grandchildren's age.
Sep 04, 2018
SOCIETY
A passport blunder: Resident of Dhading, address Doti, nationality Tibetan
A passport blunder: Resident of Dhading, address Doti, natio...
DHADING, Sept 4: Muktikala Lamichhane of Gajuri Rural Municipality-1 could not believe her eyes when she turned the pages of her passport for the first time. On the main page of the passport, her name is Muktikala Lamichhane while on another page it has changed to Moktikala.
Sep 04, 2018
POLITICS
Bill bars local units from recruiting civil servants
Bill bars local units from recruiting civil servants
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: A bill drafted by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration proposes barring the local units from recruiting civil servants on their own. Revising the draft bill prepared to replace the Civil Service Act with the Federal Civil Service Bill, the ministry has barred...
Sep 04, 2018