POLITICS
EU Ambassador Deprez calls on Maoist Center Chairman Dahal
EU Ambassador Deprez calls on Maoist Center Chairman Dahal
KATHMANDU, July 30: Ambassador of the European Union to Nepal Nona Deprez on Friday paid a courtesy call on CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter's residence in Khumaltar, Lalitpur.
Jul 30, 2022
WORLD
Indonesia, U.S. to hold military exercise amid heightened Indo-Pacific tensions
Indonesia, U.S. to hold military exercise amid heightened In...
JAKARTA, July 30: Some 4,000 soldiers mostly from Indonesia and the United States will conduct a joint military exercise next week that underscores "the importance we place on a free and open Indo-Pacific region," a senior U.S. military official said on Friday.
Jul 30, 2022
ECONOMY
Parliamentary panel directs importing, exporting betel nut only after DNA tests
Parliamentary panel directs importing, exporting betel nut o...
KATHMANDU, July 29: A parliamentary committee has directed the government authorities concerned to make an arrangement to import and export betel nuts only after conducting DNA test.
Jul 29, 2022
POLITICS
UML demands retention of temporary, contract employees
UML demands retention of temporary, contract employees
KATHMANDU, July 29: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has urged the federal, provincial and local governments to not relieve employees working on contract and temporary basis.
Jul 29, 2022
POLITICS
RPP demands immediate announcement of parliamentary election date
RPP demands immediate announcement of parliamentary election...
KATHMANDU, July 29: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden has demanded the government to immediately announce the date of parliamentary election.
Jul 29, 2022
POLITICS
Mayor conference of metropolitan cities begins in Pokhara
Mayor conference of metropolitan cities begins in Pokhara
POKHARA, July 29: The meeting of all six metropolitan chiefs, deputy chiefs and administrative officers has started in Pokhara.
Jul 29, 2022
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Gluttonous cosmic 'black widow' is heaviest-known neutron star
Gluttonous cosmic 'black widow' is heaviest-known neutron st...
Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of the mass of a stellar companion trapped in an unhappy cosmic marriage.
Jul 29, 2022
SOCIETY
One dies of hornet bite in Parbat
One dies of hornet bite in Parbat
GALKOT, July 29: A 34-year-old youth succumbed to hornet sting at Kushma Municipality-1 in Parbat district today.
Jul 29, 2022
POLITICS
US Assistant Secy Lu calls on PM Deuba
US Assistant Secy Lu calls on PM Deuba
KATHMANDU, July 29:The visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Jul 29, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal logs 577 new cases, 269 recoveries and two deaths on Friday
Nepal logs 577 new cases, 269 recoveries and two deaths on F...
KATHMANDU, July 29: Nepal recorded 577 new cases of COVID-19 along with 269 recoveries and two deaths from the virus on Friday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population.
Jul 29, 2022