ECONOMY, Interview
Nepal is significant market for us
Nepal is significant market for us
Having two decades of experience in marketing, brand management and sales team management, Sabrina Chan joined MoneyGram in 2004. The Marketing Head of Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East, Chan has expanded her remit to cover more regions including South Asia and the Middle East region developi...
Sep 15, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
YouTube star Lilly Singh makes bold leap to late-night TV
YouTube star Lilly Singh makes bold leap to late-night TV
The stubborn curfew barring female hosts from late-night network TV is about to be challenged. Viewer warning: expect more rule-breaking when NBC’s “A Little Late With Lilly Singh” debuts Monday.
Sep 15, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Uncertainty looms over the operation of regular flights
Uncertainty looms over the operation of regular flights
POKHARA, Sept 15: A flight from Pokhara to Manang was operated last Friday in a bid to reconnect Humde Airport of Manang to the country’s air network. An aircraft of Summit Air, a private-sector airline company, had conducted the test flight.
Sep 15, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
New cold storage comes up in Pokhara
New cold storage comes up in Pokhara
POKHARA, Sept 15: Pokhara Agriculture Cold Store, which is said to be equipped with all modern facilities, has been opened under public private partnership model in Pokhara.
Sep 15, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
World Bank recommends having fewer than 15 banks
World Bank recommends having fewer than 15 banks
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: A recent report of the World Bank has recommended the government to further consolidate the banking sector to enable it to finance large-scale infrastructure projects in Nepal.
Sep 15, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Suicide cases on the rise in Okhaldhunga
Suicide cases on the rise in Okhaldhunga
OKHALDHUNGA, Sept 15: Nabin Pariyar and Ganga Pariyar married amid a huge celebration on June 11. Nabin, a local of Bhadaure village of Chishkhugadhi Rural Municipality and Ganga, from Rawabeshi Rural Municipality of Khotang seemed quite happy after marriage, according to their families. Nabin left...
Sep 15, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Surkhet district prison filled four times its capacity
Surkhet district prison filled four times its capacity
BIRENDRANAGAR , Sept 15: The Surkhet District Jail houses detainees and prisoners more than four times its capacity, making it one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country. At present, 212 prisoners and detainees are kept inside the district jail against its capacity of 50 people.
Sep 15, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
FIR lodged against 10 NCP cadres
FIR lodged against 10 NCP cadres
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 15: Nepali Congress (NC), Banke district chapter, has filed an FIR against 10 ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) cadres after the district president of the main opposition party was thrashed while attending a public function in the district.
Sep 15, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
30-meter broad road to be widened to 140 meters, locals warn of protests
30-meter broad road to be widened to 140 meters, locals warn...
BIRATNAGAR, Sept 15: The Postal Highway which runs from Jhapa in the east to Kanchanpur in the west touching over 50 rural villages alongside the Indian border is a common dream of the people in the Tarai belt. The project, which is almost a century old, is still not near completion. While its statu...
Sep 15, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Citizenship Bill hits roadblock as NC objects to threshold period
Citizenship Bill hits roadblock as NC objects to threshold p...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The government’s push for the Citizenship Bill requiring foreign women marrying Nepali nationals to wait for seven years to acquire citizenship hit a major roadblock on Saturday when the opposition parties objected to the threshold provision for naturalization of foreign brides.
Sep 15, 2019