ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
No COVID-19 infection on Everest Base Camp: Tourism ministry
No COVID-19 infection on Everest Base Camp: Tourism ministry
KATHMANDU, May 8: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has made it clear that there are no health safety risks at Mount Everest base camp.
May 08, 2021
POLITICS
Main oppn leader Deuba, Speaker Sapkota to boycott Constitutional Council meeting
Main oppn leader Deuba, Speaker Sapkota to boycott Constitut...
KATHMANDU, May 8: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has announced to boycott the Constitutional Council meeting called by Prime Minister K P Oli. The CC meeting called for Sunday is expected to pick commissioners of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and other vacant positions in oth...
May 08, 2021
POLITICS
PM Oli summons cabinet meeting
PM Oli summons cabinet meeting
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KATHMANDU, May 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has summoned a cabinet meeting for Saturday evening.
May 08, 2021
POLITICS
NC to hold parliamentary party meeting today
NC to hold parliamentary party meeting today
KATHMANDU, May 8: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), is scheduled to hold its parliamentary party meeting later today.
May 08, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
GENEVA, May 8: The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a U.N.-backed program rolling out coronavirus vaccines.
May 08, 2021
SOCIETY
69 including 15 lawmakers of federal parliament test positive for COVID-19, one succumbs t...
69 including 15 lawmakers of federal parliament test positiv...
KATHMANDU, May 8: As many as 69 individuals including 15 lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the test conducted by the parliament secretariat.
May 08, 2021
WORLD
How the U.S. locked up vaccine materials other nations urgently need
How the U.S. locked up vaccine materials other nations urgen...
LONDON, May 8: To fight the pandemic at home, the United States gave its own vaccine manufacturers priority access to American-made materials needed to make the shots.
May 08, 2021
WORLD
Maldives former president Nasheed critical after bomb blast
Maldives former president Nasheed critical after bomb blast
MALDIVES, May 8: The Maldives speaker of parliament and former president, Mohamed Nasheed, was in critical care on Friday after being severely wounded in a bomb blast outside his home, hospital authorities said, in what police are treating as a terrorist attack.
May 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Wide-body plane flying to Beijing to bring oxygen cylinders
Wide-body plane flying to Beijing to bring oxygen cylinders
KATHMANDU, May 8: A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is flying to Beijing, China on Monday to bring the much-needed health equipment and oxygen cylinders.
May 08, 2021
POLITICS
Deuba, Dahal reach understanding to foil PM Oli's bid to secure vote of confidence
Deuba, Dahal reach understanding to foil PM Oli's bid to sec...
KATHMANDU, May 8: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have reached an understanding to foil the bid of Prime Minister K P Oli to secure vote of confidence from parliament.
May 08, 2021