ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt decides to grant full authority to NEA to conduct cross-border power trading
Govt decides to grant full authority to NEA to conduct cross...
KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has allowed the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to carry out the entire procedure to export electricity with India and Bangladesh.
Jul 23, 2020
WORLD
U.S. gives China 72 hours to shut Houston consulate, Trump says other closures 'always pos...
U.S. gives China 72 hours to shut Houston consulate, Trump s...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, July 23: The United States gave China 72 hours to close its consulate in Houston amid accusations of spying, marking a dramatic deterioration in relations between the world’s two biggest economies.
Jul 23, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Tourism minister directs staff to submit progress report within a week
Tourism minister directs staff to submit progress report wit...
KATHMANDU, July 22: Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, has directed his staff to submit the progress of their performance agreement within a week.
Jul 22, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NAC says it is not renewing contract of 145 contract-based employees
NAC says it is not renewing contract of 145 contract-based e...
KATHMANDU, July 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has said that financial constraints have forced the company to not renew contracts of more than 100 contract-based employees.
Jul 22, 2020
WORLD
United States and China enter a new cold war
United States and China enter a new cold war
LONDON, July 22: The abrupt closure of China’s consulate in Houston marks the latest incident in a rapidly escalating conflict between China and the United States.
Jul 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Enough is Enough Campaign files complaint against Health Minister Dhakal, officials at CIA...
Enough is Enough Campaign files complaint against Health Min...
KATHMANDU, July 22: Activists affiliated to the Enough is Enough Campaign have registered a complaint against Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), for allegedly embezzling state funds while procuring medical equi...
Jul 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
207 COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery in the past 24 hours
207 COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery in the past...
KATHMANDU, July 22: As many as 207 COVID-19 patients were discharged after recovery from various isolation centers across the country in the past 24 hours.
Jul 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Chinese national dies of coronavirus in Nepal
Chinese national dies of coronavirus in Nepal
KATHMANDU, July 22: A Chinese national has succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Nepal on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Population said.
Jul 22, 2020
ECONOMY, Coronavirus
Nepal records 100 new cases of coronavirus in past 24 hours : MoHP
Nepal records 100 new cases of coronavirus in past 24 hours...
KATHMANDU, July 22: 100 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in various parts of the country in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Jul 22, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Intra-party row in NCP takes a new twist after PM Oli offers Dahal as chairman of unified...
Intra-party row in NCP takes a new twist after PM Oli offers...
KATHMANDU, July 21: The month-long row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has taken a new twist after Prime Minister K P Oli promised Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to extend his support during the party’s unity general convention, likely to be held within a year.
Jul 22, 2020