WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 7: President-elect Joe Biden has made his selections for two key public health positions, sources said on Sunday, as he prepares to take office next month as the coronavirus pandemic rages to new levels.......
Published On: December 7, 2020 11:17 AM NPT |WORLDWASHINGTON, Dec 7: President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s.......
Published On: December 7, 2020 10:06 AM NPT By: Associated Press |WORLDKATHMANDU, Dec 7: Ramro Nepali Vyakaran, written by Begendra Subba and Ramchandra Khanal, a government-prescribed textbook for lower secondary level defines a woman as a “helpless person”. The synonym has sparked outrage.......
Published On: December 7, 2020 02:20 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYBEIJING, Dec 7: China’s exports in November rose 21.1% from a year earlier, after 11.4% growth in October, while imports grew 4.5% last month, from a 4.7% expansion in October, customs data showed on Monday.
Published On: December 7, 2020 09:38 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDKATHMANDU, Dec 7: Nepal and China are set to jointly announce the height of Sagarmatha on Tuesday.
Published On: December 7, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica |NEPALINDIA, Dec 7: Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, has sought emergency use authorization in the country for AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, according to several reports.......
Published On: December 7, 2020 09:23 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDLONDON, Dec 6: Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors’ clinics,.......
Published On: December 6, 2020 07:54 PM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDKATHMANDU, Dec 7: Wages of women and low-paid workers have been disproportionately affected by the crisis, which has created a risk of severely increasing the income inequality, said the International Labour Organization.......
Published On: December 7, 2020 08:40 AM NPT |ECONOMYThis is the first foreign policy document after Oli-led government came to power in 2018
Published On: December 7, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Santosh Ghimire |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Dec 6: The number of Nepalis succumbing to the coronavirus infection in several countries across the world has surpassed 300 as of last Saturday, according to the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA).
Published On: December 6, 2020 06:22 PM NPT By: Republica |DIASPORAThe local benchmark index fell more than 50 points in the first few minutes of trading but attempted a recovery in the morning. Nonetheless, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index failed to reach the opening level and traded.......
Published On: December 6, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, Dec 6: Amid growing internal rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party due to factional feud, chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party KP Sharma Oli on Sunday skipped a crucial meeting of the party's.......
Published On: December 6, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Santosh Ghimire |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Dec 6: Nepal on Sunday confirmed 1,096 more cases of COVID-19 via 6,495 real time PCR tests carried out across the country in the past 24 hours.
Published On: December 6, 2020 04:32 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYThe 18th edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is scheduled to be held from December 10 to 14. This year's festival will be 'virtual', according to a statement issued by the organizers on Wednesday.
Published On: December 6, 2020 03:51 PM NPT By: Republica |My CityCommission had submitted the report two years ago, but govt refused to make public the recommendations
Published On: December 7, 2020 11:30 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Dec 6: Import of food items has surged by 64 percent in the last seven months since the first nationwide in March.
Published On: December 6, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is underway in Dhumbarahi.
Published On: December 6, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSAditya Narayan Jha, son of successful Bollywood singer Udit Narayan Jha, has tied the knot. Singer and host Aditya got married to his girlfriend Shweta Agrawal on Tuesday.
Published On: December 6, 2020 02:47 PM NPT By: Republica |My City"I am giving you homework for 25 days, and I want it completed."
Published On: December 6, 2020 03:40 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYActor David L. Lander, who played the character of Squiggy on the popular ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley,” has died after a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis, his wife said. He was 73.
Published On: December 6, 2020 01:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press |My City