ECONOMY

Banking stocks propel Nepse to 20-month high

Banking stocks propel Nepse to 20-month high

KATHMANDU: Stocks continued to soar as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index began the week on a highly optimistic note...

KATHMANDU: Stocks continued to soar as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index began the week on a highly optimistic note...

Feb 03, 2020

SOCIETY

Corona virus prevention health desk set up at Jamunaha

Corona virus prevention health desk set up at Jamunaha

BANKE, Feb 3: A 'health desk' has been brought into operation at Jamunaha, the transit point at the Nepal-India border i...

BANKE, Feb 3: A 'health desk' has been brought into operation at Jamunaha, the transit point at the Nepal-India border i...

Feb 03, 2020

Editorial

Listen to your comrades

Listen to your comrades

While much of the focus of the central committee meeting of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was centered on MCC grants of th...

While much of the focus of the central committee meeting of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was centered on MCC grants of th...

Feb 03, 2020

OPINION

Assessing Kathmandu’s pollution

Assessing Kathmandu’s pollution

Kathmandu is becoming unlivable because of the seething air pollution. Photos of people wearing masks battling vehicle e...

Kathmandu is becoming unlivable because of the seething air pollution. Photos of people wearing masks battling vehicle e...

Feb 03, 2020

Interview

In the UK, it would not have been possible to appoint a speaker who was under investigation for serious allegations

In the UK, it would not have been possible to appoint a speaker who was under investigation for serious allegations

Nepal-UK relations go back to centuries and the UK remains Nepal’s one of the largest donors and development partners. A...

Nepal-UK relations go back to centuries and the UK remains Nepal’s one of the largest donors and development partners. A...

Feb 03, 2020

SOCIETY

World Wetlands Day a low-key affair in Nepal

World Wetlands Day a low-key affair in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: As the world celebrated the World Wetlands Day on February 2, Nepal joined the bandwagon. However, it...

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: As the world celebrated the World Wetlands Day on February 2, Nepal joined the bandwagon. However, it...

Feb 03, 2020

SOCIETY

Deforestation rampant in Kailali

Deforestation rampant in Kailali

DHANGADI, Feb 3: Some 30 trees of 'Saal' species were found cut down in a national forest near Sanupal area a few weeks...

DHANGADI, Feb 3: Some 30 trees of 'Saal' species were found cut down in a national forest near Sanupal area a few weeks...

Feb 03, 2020

SOCIETY

Head-on collision of passenger vehicles leaves five dead

Head-on collision of passenger vehicles leaves five dead

ITAHARI, Feb 3: At least five persons were killed when two passenger vehicles collided head-on along the East-West Highw...

ITAHARI, Feb 3: At least five persons were killed when two passenger vehicles collided head-on along the East-West Highw...

Feb 03, 2020

SOCIETY

5 Nepali students in China barred from boarding flights home

5 Nepali students in China barred from boarding flights home

BEIJING, Feb 3: Five Nepali students who were returning home to Nepal have been held at Beijing airports Friday on suspi...

BEIJING, Feb 3: Five Nepali students who were returning home to Nepal have been held at Beijing airports Friday on suspi...

Feb 03, 2020

POLITICS

Will the new NCP panel resolve the MCC row?

Will the new NCP panel resolve the MCC row?

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: After its failure to forge a common understanding on the $500 million Millennium Challenge Compact (MC...

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: After its failure to forge a common understanding on the $500 million Millennium Challenge Compact (MC...

Feb 03, 2020