Coronavirus
Drugmakers, scientists begin the hunt for long COVID treatments
Drugmakers, scientists begin the hunt for long COVID treatme...
March 26: After producing vaccines and treatments for acute COVID-19 in record time, researchers and drugmakers are turning to finding a cure for long COVID, a more elusive target marked by hundreds of different symptoms afflicting millions of people.
Mar 26, 2022
POLITICS
Electoral alliance will be based on need: Minister Karki
Electoral alliance will be based on need: Minister Karki
INARUWA, March 26: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, has said that electoral alliances will be formed for the local-level elections on the basis of need and justification.
Mar 26, 2022
POLITICS
UML delegation returns home from China
UML delegation returns home from China
KATHMANDU, March 26: A delegation led by CPN-UML Vice-Chairperson Bishnu Poudel has returned home after completing a four-day visit to China.
Mar 26, 2022
OPINION
Global Inequality Fueling Global Chaos
Global Inequality Fueling Global Chaos
The most comprehensive research done on the topic of inequality shows that in the year 1820, the average income of the global top 10 percent was 18 times higher than the bottom 50 percent while that number skyrocketed 38 times in the year 2020. The primary driver of this income disparity is financia...
Mar 26, 2022
SOCIETY
Federal MP Shah seriously injured in clash over land dispute
Federal MP Shah seriously injured in clash over land dispute
KATHMANDU, March 26: A member of the federal parliament, Pramod Shah was seriously injured in a clash between two groups of locals over a dispute related to a piece of land in Ishwarpur Municipality of Sarlahi on Saturday morning
Mar 26, 2022
ECONOMY
Indian firms Tata, Airtel warn to block internet bandwidth in Nepal
Indian firms Tata, Airtel warn to block internet bandwidth i...
KATHMANDU, March 26: Indian companies Tata and Airtel have sent letters to Nepal's Internet Service Providers (ISPs), warning that the internet bandwidth entering Nepal will be blocked as they have not received payment for five months.
Mar 26, 2022
POLITICS
Responsibility of development should be given to locals: PM Deuba
Responsibility of development should be given to locals: PM...
KATHMANDU, March 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it is necessary to give the responsibility of development to the locals in any area.
Mar 26, 2022
ECONOMY
93 percent work of Pokhara airport completed
93 percent work of Pokhara airport completed
Kaski, March 26: Ninety three percent construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport has been completed, according to project officials.
Mar 26, 2022
ECONOMY
Main gate of Melamchi headworks being opened, 130,000 cubic meters of debris removed
Main gate of Melamchi headworks being opened, 130,000 cubic...
KATHMANDU, March 26: Preparations are underway to open the main gate of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project at Ambathan and inspect the tunnel, which was covered by debris due to flood and landslides that occurred on June 15 and July 30.
Mar 26, 2022
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Foreign Minister Dr Khadka reiterates Nepal’s commitment to GCM
Foreign Minister Dr Khadka reiterates Nepal’s commitment to...
KATHMANDU, March 26: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Narayan Khadka, addressed the Ministerial Meeting of the Champion Countries of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) held today in Rabat, Morocco, in hybrid format on Friday.
Mar 26, 2022