S. Korea keeps crowd limits as omicron causes 25-fold spike

South Korea will extend restaurant dining hours but maintain a six-person limit on private social gatherings as it wrestles with a massive coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious omicron variant.

ADB country director visits road improvement project sites

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois visited the Narayangadh- Butwal section of the South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Improvement Project (SRIP) and observed the current status of the construction amid concerns of delays.

Closure of Kimathanka border point affects Bhotkhola locals for second year

Locals of Bhotkhola in the northern part of Sankhuwasabha district have been facing difficulties to maintain their livelihood since the closure of Kimathanka check post by China about two years ago to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

‘UK ready to facilitate renewable energy production and electricity trade’

British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal on Thursday. During the meeting held at the Ministry, various issues of mutual interest were discussed.

Four held with Rs. 294,000 counterfeit currencies

The Metropolitan Crime Division arrested four individuals with counterfeit Nepali currencies from Naya Bazaar area in Ward No. 16 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City on Wednesday. The four individuals were held with 294 notes of Rs. 1,000 denominations. The arrested individuals have been identified as Prithvi Prasad Sah, 28; Mohammad Musaraf Ali, 27; Asaraf Ali Saheed, 30; and Mohammad Shamsad Alam, 28. They all hailed from Rautahat district.

Election Commission begins party registration for local polls

The Election Commission (EC) has started registration of political parties for the upcoming local level election scheduled for May 13. The EC has slated the party registration time for two weeks starting from Thursday. On the first day, today, three political parties got registered at the EC. Issuing a press statement, EC Spokesperson Saligram Sharma Poudel said three new political parties – Janata Pragatisheel Party, Nepal Samajik Ekta Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party – got registered.

Refinance and bank rate reach 7 %

The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has made significant adjustments in the rates of Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), repo and deposit collection. It has increased the bank rate – the interest rate charged by the central bank to domestic banks while lending money – from existing 5 per cent to 7 per cent.

Anti-cancer drugs manufactured in Nepal available in local market

Anti-cancer drugs produced for the first time in Nepal is now available in the market. Tizig Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (TPPL), a foreign investment-based Nepali drug manufacturer, has launched locally produced anti-cancer drugs for the first time in the Nepali market.

Curbing Cybercrimes

With the development and promotion of numerous social media sites, the number of cybercrimes has been on the rise considerably worldwide. Nepal, too, is not an exception as many people living in different parts of the country are suffering from this problem. Because social media sites are turning into hotbeds for various illegal activities, the remaining ones are also at high risk. One may not know when his/her Facebook and other social media accounts are hacked. Since most social media account holders...

Music As Means Of Communication

Denis McQuail, a prominent media scholar, argues that relatively little attention has been given to the music as a mass medium in theory and research. Mentioning that the recording and replaying of music began around 1880 and were quite rapidly diffused, based on the wide appeal of popular songs and melodies, he states that much radio content since the early days has considered music, even more so since the rise of television. He presents a high degree of internationalisation and diversity of reception...