POLITICS, Latest Updates
Some MPs belonging to UML’s Nepal-led faction also joining parliamentary party meeting cal...
Some MPs belonging to UML’s Nepal-led faction also joining p...
KATHMANDU, March 26: A section of parliamentarians belonging to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) are also joining the party's parliamentary party meeting called by Chairperson KP Sharma Oli this afternoon.
Mar 26, 2021
WORLD
Biden vows action on migrants as he defends border policy
Biden vows action on migrants as he defends border policy
WASHINGTON, March 26: The U.S. will take steps to more quickly move hundreds of migrant children and teens out of cramped detention facilities along the Southwest border, President Joe Biden said. He was pushing back against suggestions that his administration’s policies are responsible for the risi...
Mar 26, 2021
WORLD
At least 5 dead as series of tornadoes strike Deep South
At least 5 dead as series of tornadoes strike Deep South
USA, March 26: A series of tornadoes hatched by early spring “super cell” storms tore across Alabama and moved into Georgia early Friday, leaving at least five people dead amid ruins of wrecked homes, splintered trees and crumpled businesses.
Mar 26, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality in Kaski closes service for six days to curb spread of co...
Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality in Kaski closes service for...
KASKI, March 26: Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality in Kaski district has suspended its services for the next six days owing to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Mar 26, 2021
ECONOMY
More than 700,000 people waiting for trials after filling out online forms for driving lic...
More than 700,000 people waiting for trials after filling ou...
KATHMANDU, March 26: Online form submission for acquiring a driving license that was suspended due to COVID-19 was reopened in the third week of December last year. The number of people filling out online license forms after 10 months of suspension has increased significantly. More than 700,000 serv...
Mar 26, 2021
WORLD
India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas
India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas
NEW DELHI, March 26: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim populations. But the Bharatiya Janata Party has for years been accused of stoking religious polarization and d...
Mar 26, 2021
WORLD
More than 300 people killed since Myanmar's coup
More than 300 people killed since Myanmar's coup
MYANMAR, March 26: Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 300 people in attempts to crush opposition to a Feb. 1 coup, with nearly 90% of victims shot dead and a quarter of them shot in the head, according to data from an advocacy group and local media.
Mar 26, 2021
OPINION
Boxed in on China
Boxed in on China
China is a challenge for the US but also an opportunity. The US-China relationship is far too important.
Mar 26, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal is self-reliant in egg, milk powder, butter and meat: Govt
Nepal is self-reliant in egg, milk powder, butter and meat:...
KATHMANDU, March 26: The government has claimed that Nepal has become self-reliant in a number of farm products including egg, milk powder, butter and meat.
Mar 26, 2021
WORLD
India has not banned COVID-19 vaccine exports, will keep supplying in phased manner - gove...
India has not banned COVID-19 vaccine exports, will keep sup...
NEW DELHI, March 26: India has not imposed a ban on coronavirus vaccine exports and New Delhi will continue to supply vaccines in a phased manner, a government source told Reuters on Thursday.
Mar 26, 2021