ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Sikta Irrigation Project starts releasing water through its western and eastern canals to...
Sikta Irrigation Project starts releasing water through its...
NEPALGUNJ, July 1:One of the national pride projects, Sikta Irrigation Project, has started releasing water to the fields from its western and eastern canals. The eastern canal is currently under construction.
Jul 01, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Top NCP leaders ask PM Oli to step down as intra-party dispute peaks
Top NCP leaders ask PM Oli to step down as intra-party dispu...
KATHMANDU, July 1: Just a couple of days after Prime Minister KP Oli said that forces within Nepal and India were conspiring against him to oust him from power, senior leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have asked Oli to step down from the posts of both prime minister and the party’s...
Jul 01, 2020
SPORTS
Dybala solo goal, Ronaldo rocket set up Juve win
Dybala solo goal, Ronaldo rocket set up Juve win
GENOA, ITALY, July 1: Juventus secured a 3-1 win at lowly Genoa on Tuesday to stay four points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to a solo goal by Paulo Dybala, a long-range rocket from Cristiano Ronaldo and an exquisite curling shot by Douglas Costa.
Jul 01, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Exhausted and on empty stomachs, youth demonstrators still refuse to give up on their moti...
Exhausted and on empty stomachs, youth demonstrators still r...
KATHMANDU, June 31: Just when the daylight was fading into dusk on Monday, Sudan Gurung was rushed to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. On a hunger strike for four consecutive days, without ingesting food or water, his body had become weak and it eventually flaked out. However...
Jul 01, 2020
SPORTS
Barca title bid on rocks as Atletico upstage Messi's 700th goal
Barca title bid on rocks as Atletico upstage Messi's 700th g...
BARCELONA, July 1: Barcelona gave up more ground to Real Madrid in La Liga’s title race on Tuesday after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to third-placed Atletico Madrid as a late penalty from Saul Niguez cancelled out Lionel Messi’s 700th career goal.
Jul 01, 2020
OPINION
The necessity of diversity in the digital newsroom
The necessity of diversity in the digital newsroom
MUNICH – When a local radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina started a podcasting competition in its community, it was prepared for many contingencies, except one: that the response would overwhelm the station’s server. The initiative was aimed at increasing on-air diversity, and tens of thousan...
Jul 01, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike...
WASHINGTON, July 1: New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double.
Jul 01, 2020
SOCIETY
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop child marriage and son preference: UNFPA
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop child marriage and...
KATHMANDU, June 30: Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, said on Tuesday in its report title...
Jun 30, 2020
ECONOMY
Daily Commentary: Buyers overwhelm Nepse on second day of post-lockdown relaxation trading
Daily Commentary: Buyers overwhelm Nepse on second day of po...
KATHMANDU, June 30: Nepse witnessed one of its best days since March as the pandemic fear among investors seems to have subsided fairly. Sentiment remained positive since the opening of Tuesday’s trading.
Jun 30, 2020
WORLD
China's NPC endorses new law on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong
China's NPC endorses new law on safeguarding national securi...
BEIJING, June 30: Chinese lawmakers have voted to adopt the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), media reports said.
Jun 30, 2020