SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Three die in truck accident in Baitadi
Three die in truck accident in Baitadi
BAITADI, Dec 7: Three people died in a road accident in Baitadi district on Sunday night.
Dec 07, 2020
SOCIETY
Synonym of a woman is “helpless,” says a government textbook, and Facebook users are outra...
Synonym of a woman is “helpless,” says a government textbook...
KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Ramro Nepali Vyakaran, written by Begendra Subba and Ramchandra Khanal, a government-prescribed textbook for lower secondary level defines a woman as a “helpless person”. The synonym has sparked outrage and debate after Laxmi Basnet, a Kathmandu-based journalist, noticed this on he...
Dec 07, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Shweta Khadka begins a new chapter in life
Shweta Khadka begins a new chapter in life
Actress Shweta Khadka got married on Monday. On her marriage eve on Sunday, she wrote a long Facebook status saying that she has decided to close the sad chapter of her life and start a new happy one.
Dec 07, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
India can bank on match-winner Pandya for next five years: Kohli
India can bank on match-winner Pandya for next five years: K...
SYDNEY, Dec 7: India captain Virat Kohli has identified Hardik Pandya as their “bankable” match-winner for the next four to five years after the all-rounder dazzled in their series-clinching Twenty20 International victory over Australia on Sunday.
Dec 07, 2020
WORLD
UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world
UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world
LONDON, Dec 7: Shipments of the coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech were delivered Sunday in the U.K. in super-cold containers, two days before it goes public in an immunization program that is being closely watched around the world.
Dec 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest former minister Alam’s brother in connection with Rautahat ‘mass murders’
Police arrest former minister Alam’s brother in connection w...
LAHAN, Dec 7: Police have arrested Mahatab Alam, one of the accused of the 2008 Rautahat mass killing, which took place on the eve of the Constituent Assembly elections.
Dec 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Private hospitals asked not to charge additional fees on COVID-19 pretext
Private hospitals asked not to charge additional fees on COV...
KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The Ministry of Health and Population has directed the private hospitals not to charge additional fees to the patients in the name of health care services on the pretext of COVID-19 treatment.
Dec 07, 2020
ECONOMY
National Reconstruction Authority’s term extended for a year
National Reconstruction Authority’s term extended for a year
KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The government has extended the term of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), the agency formed in 2015 to oversee and manage post-earthquake reconstruction, for a year.
Dec 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Private schools should operate under a trust, recommends National Education Commission Rep...
Private schools should operate under a trust, recommends Nat...
Commission had submitted the report two years ago, but govt refused to make public the recommendations
Dec 07, 2020
WORLD
Biden makes picks for key public health roles as pandemic rages: sources
Biden makes picks for key public health roles as pandemic ra...
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 7: President-elect Joe Biden has made his selections for two key public health positions, sources said on Sunday, as he prepares to take office next month as the coronavirus pandemic rages to new levels across the United States.
Dec 07, 2020