WORLD
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
KABUL, August 29: Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies were ending a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan.
Aug 29, 2021
ECONOMY
Sri Lankan Airlines starting direct flights between Kathmandu-Colombo from Tuesday
Sri Lankan Airlines starting direct flights between Kathmand...
KATHMANDU, August 29: Direct flights between Nepal and Sri Lanka are resuming from Tuesday after a hiatus of four decades.
Aug 29, 2021
OPINION
Bangladesh-Nepal Ties: The Neutrality Dilemma on the Rohingya Issue
Bangladesh-Nepal Ties: The Neutrality Dilemma on the Rohingy...
At the plenary meeting of the 75th UN General Assembly, a draft resolution regarding 'The Rohingya issue and other human rights situation in Myanmar' was adopted. Unsurprisingly global big shots like China and Russia defended Myanmar and India preferred to abstain from voting for obvious geopolitica...
Aug 29, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal’s BoP surplus nosedived from over Rs 282 billion to Rs 1.23 billion last FY
Nepal’s BoP surplus nosedived from over Rs 282 billion to Rs...
KATHMANDU, August 29: Nepal’s balance of payments (BoP) registered a surplus of only Rs 1.23 billion in 2020/21, a straight fall from the surplus of Rs 282.41 billion in the previous year, mainly due to the soaring imports and slowdown in the net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI).
Aug 29, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal’s public debt crosses 40 percent of the country’s GDP
Nepal’s public debt crosses 40 percent of the country’s GDP
KATHMANDU, August 28: Nepal’s public debt has reached 40.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), with the government relying more on borrowed money to meet its financial obligations due to low revenue collection amid impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 28, 2021
POLITICS
Oppn alliance expedites preparations to topple Acharya-led govt even as new cabinet is yet...
Oppn alliance expedites preparations to topple Acharya-led g...
KATHMANDU, August 28: Even as the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Province 1, Bhim Acharya is yet to give a full shape to his Cabinet, the opposition alliance has already expedited preparations to form a new government.
Aug 28, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
27 died of COVID-19 on Saturday
27 died of COVID-19 on Saturday
KATHMANDU, August 28: The Kathmandu Valley recorded 549 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Of them, 370 were detected in Kathmandu, 67 in Bhaktapur and 112 in Lalitpur. There are currently 9,278 active cases of COVID-19 in the Valley alone.
Aug 28, 2021
ECONOMY
KUSOM organizes job and internship fair
KUSOM organizes job and internship fair
KATHMANDU, August 28: Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) organized its 9th edition of Job and Internship Fair (KJIF) on August 25-27.
Aug 28, 2021
BLOG
What's your business missing out on?
What's your business missing out on?
The Pareto Principle, named after an economist Vilfredo Pareto, states that 80 percent of the consequences come from 20 percent of the causes. In the business world, we often imply this theory referring to the benefits that the handful of major clients bring into the organization.
Aug 28, 2021
POLITICS
Madhav Nepal was a blight on UML: Oli
Madhav Nepal was a blight on UML: Oli
KATHMANDU, August 28: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that he had made every possible effort he could to keep the party’s unity intact. Speaking at a program in the capital on Saturday, Oli said that he had called Madhav Kumar Nepal over 20 times to maintain the unity in the party.
Aug 28, 2021