Committee recommends five-day week KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 10 A committee formed by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has recommended a five-day working week. The committee formed by the ministry in October to promote tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic severely... 11 Dec, 2020
Tokyo residents stockpile essentials to hunker down for the weekend Tokyo people hoarding food over stay-at-home request, governor urges calm Zoos, aquariums, department stores closing for two weeks from the weekend Tokyo scaling down popular cherry blossom viewing TOKYO: Large queues formed at... Women 27 Mar, 2020
Euro hits 6-month high, Asia shares firm after French vote relief PARIS: The euro hit a six-month high against the dollar on Monday while Asian shares gained and US stock futures briefly touched a record high, on investor relief after centrist Emmanuel Macron comfortably won the French presidential... 08 May, 2017
Japan opposition makes final effort to block security bills TOKYO: They filed frivolous no-confidence motions. They made long-winded speeches to explain them. One employed the "cow walk," moving slowly like a cow to the podium to vote on a motion. Japanese opposition parties pulled out all the stops... Women 18 Sep, 2015
Japan's ruling bloc to vote on military bills amid protests TOKYO: Opposition lawmakers and thousands of demonstrators were staging last-ditch protests in a political showdown Wednesday as Japan's ruling party started a final push to pass security legislation to expand the role of the country's... Women 16 Sep, 2015
Nepal Telecom tops in transaction KATHMANDU: Nepal Telecom (NT) topped the chart both in terms of transaction amount and number of share units traded this week — with Rs 9.28 million for 17,000-unit of shares, but it could neither save Nepse nor the others sub-group that has NT... 25 Oct, 2009
LETTERS Incorrect pictureThis is in reference to the editorial “Cooking to taste” (THT, Feb. 5) wherein you have commented on the tendency of some of the financial institutions to present an incorrect picture of their financial health. I fully agree with... 05 Feb, 2009
Saving oil in B’deshi way Dhaka, September 7:In an effort to cope with soaring oil prices and deficiency in electricity generation, Bangladesh has re-introduced a five-day week from September 9. Presently Friday is the weekly holiday for all government, semi-government and... 07 Sep, 2005
