SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nurses taking the lead in diabetes control campaigns
Nurses taking the lead in diabetes control campaigns
BANEPA, Dec 31: There used to be a time when nurses were identified only as helping hands to doctors. A common understanding that they are only someone who provides medicines to the sick was prevalent. However, as Dhulikhel Hospital for the first time conducted diabetes control campaigns, giving com...
Dec 31, 2019
OPINION
Not Another Arab Spring
Not Another Arab Spring
TEL AVIV : “A specter is haunting the rich world. It is the specter of ungovernability,” began an editorial in The Economist earlier this year, paraphrasing the opening line of the Communist Manifesto. But it is not only the West that is grappling with ungovernability. Across the Arab world, protest...
Dec 31, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse stretches sideways movement with modest gain
Nepse stretches sideways movement with modest gain
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded flat in early trading on Monday. However, a steady advance after mid-session saw the index recoup its previous day's losses. The benchmark index eventually ended the session 5.53 points higher at 1,167.95 points.
Dec 31, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rape-accused ‘Siddhababa’ freed on Rs 300,000 bail
Rape-accused ‘Siddhababa’ freed on Rs 300,000 bail
ITAHARI, Dec 31: The Sunsari District Court has released rape-accused Krishna Das Giri, known as Siddhababa, on bail on Monday.
Dec 31, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Karnali academy to start MBBS courses this year
Karnali academy to start MBBS courses this year
JUMLA, Dec 31: The senate meeting of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) has decided to run Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) courses in the academy from the current fiscal year, officials said on Monday.
Dec 31, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Chengdu Int'l Railway Port wants Nepal to launch its pavilion there
Chengdu Int'l Railway Port wants Nepal to launch its pavilio...
CHENGDU, Dec 30: The Chengdu International Railway Port which has established a new model of the modern service industry in Sichuan Free Trade Zone, has wished for Nepal to set up a National Pavilion there as other countries have done. At present, this port has allotted space for six pavilions of di...
Dec 31, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
'Trans-Himalayan connectivity crucial for Nepal's development'
'Trans-Himalayan connectivity crucial for Nepal's developmen...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokharel said on Monday that trans-Himalayan connectivity is key to Nepal's development and prosperity.
Dec 31, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt renews efforts to bring integrated Guthi law
Govt renews efforts to bring integrated Guthi law
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation has renewed consultations to amend the Guthi Bill, which was shelved in June after massive protests in Kathmandu.
Dec 31, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Sugarcane farmers high and dry as mills delay payment since years
Sugarcane farmers high and dry as mills delay payment since...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Sugarcane farmers, who have not been paid by the sugar mills for their crops, are staging a sit-in in the capital since the past four days. However, neither the government nor the sugar mills have done anything to address their grievance
Dec 31, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt all prepared to host opening ceremony of Visit Nepal Year 2020 in grand manner
Govt all prepared to host opening ceremony of Visit Nepal Ye...
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) on Tuesday said that the government agencies are all prepared to host a grand inaugural ceremony of Visit Nepal Year 2020 on Thursday.
Dec 30, 2019