September 2, 2023

Myanmar’s post-coup economy comes crumbling down

Amid the news of escalating violence, it’s easy to lose sight of two events in August 2023 that exposed the Myanmar military regime’s vulnerability.First, in a video message to the Moscow International Security Conference, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing c…

Ambassador Thapa presents Letter of Credence

Kathmandu, Sept 2: Ambassador of Nepal to Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, presented his Letter of Credence before Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Friday.At a special programme organised at…

50 editors protest foreigners’ open letter favouring Dr Yunus

Fifty editors in a joint statement today protested the issuance of an open letter by foreigners to Prime Minister Sheikh Hsian favoring Dr Muhammad Yunus, saying that it is an undue interference in the independent judiciary of a sovereign country.”Som…

Oli elected SEJON Chair

Kathmandu, Sept 2: Sujan Oli has been elected the chairperson of the Society of Economic Journalists-Nepal (SEJON).The 25th annual general meeting and convention held on Saturday elected a new working committee under the leadership of Oli.Oli obtained…

More than 60,000 snakebite patients receive treatment in a year

Kathmandu, Sept 2: More than 6,000 patients of snakebite were treated in a year at Snakebite Treatment Centres established with the support of the Nepali Army.Twenty-three Snakebite Treatment Centres established at the different places of the country …

Informal sector workers coming under social security scheme

Kathmandu, Sept 2: The government has begun incorporating workers in the informal sectors and those self-employed to the social security scheme since August 17.The Social Security Fund had already brought those in the formal sector and in foreign empl…

Transports to run on elevated expressway from tomorrow

Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA-Farmgate section will open for vehicular movements from tomorrow.Three wheelers, bicycles and pedestrians will not be allowed to move on the expressway, while motorbikes cannot r…