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2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say

BRUSSELS: The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 11:54am

World

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of Tibet earthquake

BEIJING: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued, Chinese officials...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

World

Rescue efforts under way after earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120

BEIJING: More than 400 people trapped by a strong earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas have been rescued,...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 08:36am

World

Quake in China’s Tibet kills 126 with tremors felt in Nepal, India

BEIJING: A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people and damaged thousands of...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 10:22pm

Life & Style

Nepal’s kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years

KATHMANDU: About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 12:28pm

World

Nepal hosts hot air balloon festival

POKHARA: With Nepal’s snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 12:00pm

World

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world’s 8,000m peaks

KATHMANDU: An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 12:14pm

World

Record number of climbers chase 14-peak dream in Tibet

KATHMANDU: A record number of climbers are gathered in Tibet to complete mountaineering’s pinnacle achievement,...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 11:54am

World

Deadly floods swamp India, Bangladesh

GUWAHATI: Torrents of water rushing downstream from the Himalayas have killed at least 20 people in India and...

Published 07 Oct, 2024 01:15pm

Markets

Nepal signs power export deal with BD, India

KATHMANDU: Nepal signed an agreement with Bangladesh on Thursday to export 40 megawatts of hydroelectricity ...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

World

Nepal begins to assess damage after deadly rains, floods kill 192

KATHMANDU: Nepal began on Monday to grapple with damage wrought by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

World

Nepal surveys flood wreckage as death toll reaches 192

KATHMANDU: Search and rescue teams in Nepal’s capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 12:36pm

World

170 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

KATHMANDU: Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage...

Updated 29 Sep, 2024 09:43pm

World

59 dead in Nepal as downpours trigger floods

KATHMANDU: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal killed at least 59 people across the ...

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

World

Twenty-one dead as bus carrying Indian tourists plunges into Nepal river

KATHMANDU: Half of the passengers in a bus carrying 43 Indians died on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 05:42pm

World

Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber crime concerns

KATHMANDU: Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the popular...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:38am

Nepal approves long-delayed war crimes bill

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s parliament approved Wednesday long-delayed amendments to the transitional justice act aimed at...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 05:59am

World

Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor

KATHMANDU: A passenger plane crashed on take-off in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the wreckage...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 07:08am

World

At least 18 dead in Nepal plane crash, officials say

KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from...

Updated 24 Jul, 2024 05:31pm

World

No hope of survivors in Nepal bus accident, 55 still missing

KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week’s landslide that swept two...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 09:35am

World

Nepal landslides sweep two buses into a river, 65 passengers missing

KATHMANDU: Landslides in Nepal swept two buses with at least 65 passengers on board into a river on Friday, while...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 11:24am

World

Monsoon rains flood India’s financial capital of Mumbai

MUMBAI: Heavy rains flooded roads and railway tracks on Monday in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, pushing...

Published 08 Jul, 2024 10:58am

World

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing

KATHMANDU: Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in...

Published 07 Jul, 2024 10:17am

World

Nepal PM loses majority after coalition partner quits

KATHMANDU: Embattled Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost his government's majority Wednesday after his key...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 10:51pm

World

Nepal landslides kill nine, including 3 children

KATHMANDU: At least nine people, including three children, were killed after heavy monsoon rains in west Nepal...

Published 29 Jun, 2024 12:28pm

World

Landslides, lightning and floods kill 14 in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Torrential monsoon storms in Nepal have triggered landslides, lightning and flooding killing at least 14...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:46pm

World

As ice melts, Everest’s ‘death zone’ gives up its ghosts

KATHMANDU: On Everest’s sacred slopes, climate change is thinning snow and ice, increasingly exposing the bodies of...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:50am

Sports

Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan fined for ‘contact’ with Nepal captain

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Tanzim Hasan Saqib has been fined 15 percent of his match fee after confronting Nepal captain...

Published 19 Jun, 2024 01:04pm

World

Nepali reaches summit of Everest for record 30th time

KATHMANDU: Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record Wednesday as the person to have scaled Mount Everest...

Published 22 May, 2024 11:48am

World

Bodies of US, Nepali climbers recovered from Tibet mountain

KATHMANDU: A team of mountaineers has retrieved the bodies of a US climber and her Nepali guide who were killed in...

Published 18 May, 2024 07:58pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	155.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 16	5,937.34
Nasdaq / Jan 16	19,338.29
Dow Jones / Jan 16	43,153.13
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,671.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,567.81
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,477.94
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,852.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 16	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 16	241,941
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	79.09
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,713.02
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.05
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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