Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (December 28, 2019).

An international study ranks Asia’s water towers as the most important ones to downstream communities and also most threatened due to changing climate and socio-economic changes.

Only 30 percent of the post-quake reconstruction is complete in the district, where the 2015 quakes saw over 5,000 houses demolished.

Ranipokhari Police Office is further investigating the case.

Hundi traders are now using Indian shopkeepers along the border to exchange foreign currency for Nepali rupees.

Bjarke Mikkelsen and Lino Ahlering on customers trust issues on e-commerce in Nepal and Daraz’s plan to mitigate them.

Thomas Nösner on Nepal’s beer scene and its adaptability with the international brands.

Seema Golchha says they have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harrassment at Him Electronics.

Demand for the plant-based products has seen a surge in recent years.

Chief executive officer of International Money Express on challenges he tackles as the top leader of a growing remit company

How Kul Labs—an e-learning platform with more than  200,000 monthly users—is here to change how you view education in Nepal.

SOCHAI was announced the winner of Lead 2030 Challenge for Sustainable Development Goal’s Zero Hunger category.

Using vending machines to sell sanitary napkins, Pad2Go hopes to dispense with menstrual taboos.

Bajra Brick is in the market to bring greener ways to the trade—manufacturing bricks and tiles through smoke and dust free methods

After several camera strap prototypes and product tests, Yatri Supply produced a first-run of 15 camera straps, which were either sold or distributed for free among their friends and families.

In a competitive ecommerce landscape, cheers.com.np has managed to distinguish itself by delivering alcohol to doorstops, and offering impeccable customer service.

When Tuladhar returned to Kathmandu in 2016, after a decade of living abroad, he’d acquired a strong taste for cocktails. But in Kathmandu, he discovered that the cocktails didn’t suit his palate, leading him to make his own, and share them with his family and friends.

Despite this increasing demand for qualified personnel in the IT and communications sector, numerous problems remain with Nepali job seekers, say human resource management companies.

In the last decade, coffee made in a pressure cooker has taken Butwal by storm

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, so goes the old adage, but two women—Ojaswi Baidya and Loonibha Manandhar—seem to have taken this saying to heart. They are co-founders of Tyre Treasure, a company that turns old, used tyres from cars, trucks and buses into recycled furniture.