Climate change affects farming Most Nepali people still depend on agriculture for maintaining their livelihood. Since climate change has affected this sector a lot, agricultural production is likely to dwindle in the years to come, impeding the people, especially the poor, even to subsist. Blogs 19 May, 2022
Racketeers using airplane toilets to smuggle gold arrested It has come to light that gold smugglers in Kathmandu use aeroplane toilets to hide smuggled gold and later carry it outside the airport by using airplane cleaning and sanitation employees, evading basic security check by police and avoiding biometric door that examines contraband being smuggled. Nepal 30 Apr, 2022
Supply chains The pandemic has created supply and demand mismatches, and reallocated global demand from services to goods. As a result, supply disruptions have emerged alongside the global recovery. Blogs 28 Apr, 2022
DRI files cases against three companies for evading over Rs 180 million worth of revenues The Department of Revenue Investigation has filed cases against operators of three companies for evading revenues amounting to over Rs 180 million by creating fake bills. Business 25 Apr, 2022
Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday: sources Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter said, which would allow city to further ease its lockdown and start returning to normal life as public frustrations grow. World 17 Apr, 2022
More Chinese cities impose COVID curbs as Shanghai cases rise ​​​​​​​Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China imposed restrictions as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant. World 16 Apr, 2022
Shanghai reports 23,000 COVID cases as economic impact bites ​​​​​​​The daily tally of COVID-19 cases in Shanghai, which is at the centre of China's epidemic, has fallen slightly, authorities said on Friday, as the city's lockdown threatened to exact a heavier toll on the world's second-biggest economy. World 15 Apr, 2022
Drugs running out, surgeries cancelled as Sri Lanka's health system buckles Rosanne White was first diagnosed with cancer eight years ago and lost a kidney. After the cancer returned five years ago, an oncologist in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo started her on Bevacizumab last May, a treatment she was responding to. World 12 Apr, 2022
Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for offensive Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the "tragedy" of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major offensive. World 08 Apr, 2022
Bansbari, Siddhartha Bank ink deal Bansbari Club and Siddhartha Bank on Wednesday reached a sponsorship agreement. Business 07 Apr, 2022
No relief for consumers despite end to fuel strike Vehicles owners, who had sighed in relief after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) inked an agreement with the agitating fuel transporters on Saturday night and assured of smooth supply of petroleum products, were in for an unpleasant surprise today. Business 04 Apr, 2022
Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily caseload surges by a third Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of schedule, as new COVID-19 cases in China's most populous city jumped by a third despite stringent measures already in place to try to stop the virus spreading. World 30 Mar, 2022
