The Week
Born to box
Born to box
Max (Manohar) Basnet, 14 times national boxing champion, recently won an international boxing championship in Japan. He has devoted 15 years of his life to boxing already and even after all these years of struggle, he is still up for participating in one more international boxing championship, if it...
Nov 01, 2019
The Week
Child and maternity care the Nepali way
Child and maternity care the Nepali way
Nepali families have been using things like mustard seed pillows, clothes made out of Dhaka, and kokro (a cot – typically made from bamboo – used to carry babies) for centuries for maternity and childcare purposes. Most of these pregnancy and childcare traditions have various scientific reasons behi...
Nov 01, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt forms panel to compensate farmers for low paddy yields
Govt forms panel to compensate farmers for low paddy yields
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has formed a committee to assess actual losses incurred by farmers who planted Garima paddy seeds.
Nov 01, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
HAN member hotels to offer 30% discounts on rooms, 15% on food
HAN member hotels to offer 30% discounts on rooms, 15% on fo...
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: The Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has announced 30% discounts on room tariff at its member hotels, resorts and guesthouses to foreigners visiting Nepal next year.
Nov 01, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse posts modest loss
Nepse posts modest loss
KATHMANDU: Stocks wavered along the opening level with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index trading flat in the first half of Thursday’s session. The secondary market came under some pressure thereafter and saw a slight decline in the latter trading hours. Eventually, Nepse ended the day slightly...
Nov 01, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Colors from life
Colors from life
The Blue for my pain,
Green for the nurture
Red for my future
Nov 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Alok Khatri becomes Nepal’s first Ironman
Alok Khatri becomes Nepal’s first Ironman
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Alok Khatri, 28, completed the Ironman 70.3 triathlon race on October 26, becoming the first Ironman 70.3 finisher from Nepal. He finished the race in six hours 44 minutes and 49 seconds in the competition held in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Nov 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Electric lights to be installed along Belahiya-Butwal road
Electric lights to be installed along Belahiya-Butwal road
BHAIRAHAWA, Nov 1: The Belahiya-Butwal Trade Road Expansion Project (BBTREP) is installing electric lights along the six-lane Belahiya-Butwal roadway.
Nov 01, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
SC says travel ban on Bista unlawful
SC says travel ban on Bista unlawful
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: The Department of Immigration’s decision to bar former Maoist child solider Lenin Bista from travelling abroad was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Responding to a writ petition filed by Bista, a division bench of SC Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Kumar Regmi on Thursday...
Nov 01, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Malaysia govt urged to allow migrant workers right to assembly
Malaysia govt urged to allow migrant workers right to assemb...
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Civil society members and rights groups in Malaysia have urged the government there to amend the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 to allow the migrant workers and refugees the right to unionize like other workers.
Nov 01, 2019