609 more patients discharged in the last 24 hours

Who will save the Oli government?

Published On: July 21, 2020 04:40 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal

If there has been one big change in two and half years since Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli took office, it is near complete reversal of public faith in him and his government. The expectation that his administration would do better than previous ones has died down completely. The hope that coming days will be better, governance will improve and the Prime Minister will change the way he is governing the country has been shattered.

KATHMANDU, July 21: The Amnesty International (AI) has urged the Nepali authorities to immediately halt the forced eviction of Chepang Indigenous people from their settlements and ensure those responsible for the destruction of ten homes are held accountable.

BRUSSELS, July 21: Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever.

SINDHULI, July 21: Vehicular movement has been disrupted on the Mid-hill Highway due to landslides triggered by incessant rainfall on Tuesday.

37,000 new cases in India as more testing urged

Published On: July 21, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, July 21: A surge of 37,140 new cases in the past 24 hours has taken India’s number of coronavirus infections to 1,155,191.

NCP’s Standing Committee meeting postponed till 1 pm today

Published On: July 21, 2020 11:47 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 21: The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been postponed till 1 am Tuesday.

Two more Brazil ministers test positive for coronavirus

Published On: July 21, 2020 09:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

BRASILIA, July 21: Two more Brazilian government ministers said on Monday they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, underscoring a struggle to limit the world’s second-worst outbreak even among the political elite.

Landslide kills three of a family in Dhading

Published On: July 21, 2020 08:57 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha

DHADING, July 21: A landslide triggered by incessant rainfall for the past two days killed three people of the same family in Dhading on Tuesday morning.

ICC postpones T20 World Cup in Australia due to COVID-19

Published On: July 21, 2020 08:34 AM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, July 21: This year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia became a high-profile casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday after the sport’s governing International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the tournament scheduled for October-November.