WORLD
Over 18,000 people evacuated since Sunday from Kabul airport-NATO official
Over 18,000 people evacuated since Sunday from Kabul airport...
KABUL, August 20: More than 18,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul airport since the Taliban took over the Afghanistan capital, a NATO official told Reuters on Friday.
Aug 20, 2021
SOCIETY, DIASPORA
SC issues interim order to save the life of the agitating ex-Gurkha soldiers
SC issues interim order to save the life of the agitating ex...
KATHMANDU, August 20: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order in the name of the government to immediately make arrangements through the Nepali Embassy in the UK to save the life of former ex-Gurkha soldiers, who are staging a fast-unto-death in London.
Aug 20, 2021
ECONOMY
Commercial banks’ profits increased by around 20 pc in FY 2020/21
Commercial banks’ profits increased by around 20 pc in FY 20...
KATHMANDU, August 20: The profits earned by the 27 commercial banks in the last fiscal year soared by 19.31 percent, backed by the flexible monetary policy and the banks’ earnings from the transaction of shares amid the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 20, 2021
ECONOMY
Stocks end slightly lower to cap high volume week
Stocks end slightly lower to cap high volume week
KATHMANDU, August 19: The equity market opened above 3,200 mark but succumbed to selling pressure in the latter trading hours. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index hovered around 3,200 mark for most of the afternoon. A final hour dip saw the index close more than 18 points lower at 3,180...
Aug 19, 2021
ECONOMY
ERC warns developers against giving wrong information to influence stock prices of hydropo...
ERC warns developers against giving wrong information to inf...
KATHMANDU, August 19: The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has warned the producers and developers of hydroelectricity projects not to disseminate manipulated information targeted at influencing the share prices of their companies.
Aug 19, 2021
POLITICS
Remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan to arrive in Kathmandu on August...
Remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan to...
KATHMANDU, August 19: The remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccine Japan pledged for Nepal through COVAX Facility are expected to arrive in Kathmandu on August 21 and 23, according to the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu.
Aug 19, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Literature
Pandemic fiction: Fall books include stories of the virus
Pandemic fiction: Fall books include stories of the virus
Near the end of 2020, the pandemic had lasted long enough for author Jodi Picoult to try something that seemed unthinkable for novelists in its early stages — turn it into fiction.
Aug 19, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal’s active case tally reaches 40,500 with 3,075 new cases recorded on Thursday
Nepal’s active case tally reaches 40,500 with 3,075 new case...
KATHMANDU, August 19: With 3,075 new cases of COVID-19 registered on Thursday, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Nepal has reached 40,500.
Aug 19, 2021
SOCIETY
Railway compensation dispute resolved
Railway compensation dispute resolved
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KATHMANDU, August 19: As the railway compensation dispute is over, locals believe that the work of Bardibas-Janakpur-Jayanagar and East-West railway service expansion will now move forward. The district level Land Compensation Determination Committee (CDC) fixed the price of the land proposed by the...
Aug 19, 2021
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
The 6 strings
The 6 strings
It sits before me and I embrace it a little,
With care, it was held and it might just be brittle
The sleek body my hand slithers upon,
Those 6 strings with time had withered along.
Aug 19, 2021