ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
How prepared and equipped is Nepal to bring migrant workers back home?
How prepared and equipped is Nepal to bring migrant workers...
KATHMANDU, May 22: As the government prepares to bring the migrant workers back to Nepal, the question on its capacity to hold the operation lingers. Not only because the number is huge, but also because there are challenges the government has to face in order to realize the plan.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police raid ex-minister Alam’s house, fire several rounds of bullets into air to control s...
Police raid ex-minister Alam’s house, fire several rounds of...
RAUTAHAT, May 22: Police late Thursday evening raided the house of former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, suspecting that his brother Mohammad Mahtab Alam, one of the accused of multiple murders and bombing in Rautahat district in 2008, was hiding there.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Most COVID-19 patients in Nepal are males under 30
Most COVID-19 patients in Nepal are males under 30
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal reported a total of 457 cases of COVID-19 disease as of Friday morning since the first case was confirmed on January 24.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal’s COVID-19 tally soars to 487 with 30 new cases on Friday morning
Nepal’s COVID-19 tally soars to 487 with 30 new cases on Fri...
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal has reported a total of 487 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday morning since the first case was confirmed on January 24.
May 22, 2020
WORLD
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new sec...
HONG KONG, May 22: Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China’s plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear could erode its freedoms and international standing as a global finance hub.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Some Nepali celebs think this is the most effective way to stop cyber harassment
Some Nepali celebs think this is the most effective way to s...
KATHMANDU, May 20: With the hope of stopping cyber misconducts, some Nepali celebs have formed a Facebook group called ‘Zero tolerance’. The group is a private one and has limited people who share information on issues and seek solutions. The most discussed issue in the group is the portrayal of fem...
May 22, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Commentary: Indian media's blame China strategy is complicating the Lipu Lekh issue
Commentary: Indian media's blame China strategy is complicat...
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal's objection to India's unilateral inauguration of a road through Lipu Lekh, a sovereign Nepali territory, two weeks ago has been horribly misinterpreted in Indian media. Basically, they say that Nepal is taking up this issue at someone else's behest.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Corona Insurance for employees of Classic Tech
Corona Insurance for employees of Classic Tech
KATHMANDU, May 21: Classic Tech Private Limited has insured the health of all its employees working amid the lockdown with Corona Insurance in a bid to encourage them.
May 21, 2020
ECONOMY
NTB floats the idea of Tourism Leave Travel to boost domestic tourism
NTB floats the idea of Tourism Leave Travel to boost domesti...
KATHMANDU, May 21: In a bid to compensate the losses incurred by the country’s tourism industry due to COVID-19, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has recommended to the government to make a policy level intervention. To make up for the losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, NTB has asked the government to...
May 21, 2020
ECONOMY
Budget needs to focus on agricultural production to check increasing dependency on food im...
Budget needs to focus on agricultural production to check in...
KATHMANDU, May 21: With several negative impacts on the economic activities amid the growing threat of Covid-19 across the country, the government is expected to come up with effective programs to boost the agricultural sector via the announcement of the budget for fiscal year 2020/21 that is schedu...
May 21, 2020