ECONOMY
Substitution Budget: Oxygen and sanitary pad industries to get 100 percent tax exemption f...
Substitution Budget: Oxygen and sanitary pad industries to g...
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The government has introduced a substitution budget for the ongoing fiscal year 2021/22. Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma unveiled the new budget of Rs 1.63 trillion in parliament amid protests of the lawmakers belonging to the main opposition party, CPN-UML, on Friday.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
UNICEF hands over life-saving oxygen concentrators
UNICEF hands over life-saving oxygen concentrators
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: UNICEF delivered a total of 800 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Sankhuwasabha massacre: One arrested
Sankhuwasabha massacre: One arrested
SANKHUWASABHA, Sept 11: A man from Madi-1 Umling Khola village has been arrested on the charge of involvement in the massacre of Tej Bahadur Karki’s family. According to DSP Laldhwaj Subedi, chief of the District Police Office, Sankhuwasabha, the arrested person is a relative of the Karki family.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Former Sports Council member-secretary Rana dies
Former Sports Council member-secretary Rana dies
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Former member-secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC) and former ambassador Rukma Shumsher Rana has passed away. According to family sources, he died last night at the age of 85 at his residence in Battisputali, Kathmandu. He was suffering from kidney ailment, diabetes and...
Sep 11, 2021
POLITICS
Suicide rate at all-time high following COVID-19 outbreak
Suicide rate at all-time high following COVID-19 outbreak
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The number of people commiting suicide inside the country follwing the COVID-19 pandemic has increased, according to a government study. As many as 7,117 people committed suicide in the fiscal year 2020/2021. The number was 6,241 in 2019/2020 and 5,754 in 2018/2019.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Collective efforts needed to establish peace: APF Chief Khanal
Collective efforts needed to establish peace: APF Chief Khan...
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Inspector General of Armed Police Force, Shailendra Khanal has said that the peace process can be made strong and successful only with the collective efforts and spirit of all of us.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
In Pics: Rishi Panchami being observed today
In Pics: Rishi Panchami being observed today
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Two days after celebrating Teej, women of Nepal again throng the nearby water sources and Shiva Temple to observe Rishi Panchami on Panchang Tithi of Shukla Paksha in Bhadra according to the Hindu calendar.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Measles patients detected in Jajarkot
Measles patients detected in Jajarkot
JAJARKOT, Sept 11: Two persons were diagnosed with measles in Rawatan of Bheri Municipality-1. They were diagnosed with measles during a screening carried out with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) after some people were found with symptoms similar to the disease, said Deepak Oli of th...
Sep 11, 2021
ECONOMY
Supply of Melamchi water will be resumed by mid-April: Finance Minister Sharma
Supply of Melamchi water will be resumed by mid-April: Finan...
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has announced that the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, which was damaged severely by the floods and landslides, will be repaired and water supply will be resumed by mid-April 2022.
Sep 11, 2021
WORLD
US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end
US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end
NEW YORK, Sept 11: Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy.
Sep 11, 2021