SOCIETY
Govt declares six districts in Sudurpaschim Province as crisis-hit zones
Govt declares six districts in Sudurpaschim Province as cris...
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The government has announced six hill districts in the Sudurpaschim Province as natural disaster-hit areas.
Dec 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Post-earthquake reconstruction 90 percent complete: FinMin Sharma
Post-earthquake reconstruction 90 percent complete: FinMin S...
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said that 90 percent of the post-earthquake reconstruction work has been completed.
Dec 08, 2021
ECONOMY, WORLD
Meta to ban all Myanmar-army controlled businesses from platforms
Meta to ban all Myanmar-army controlled businesses from plat...
Dec 8: Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), formerly known as Facebook, said on Wednesday it would ban all Myanmar-military controlled businesses from having a presence on its platforms in an expansion of its earlier curbs on the country's security forces.
Dec 08, 2021
SOCIETY
Bhaktapur Murder Update: Shrestha killed by own pal
Bhaktapur Murder Update: Shrestha killed by own pal
BHAKTAPUR, Dec 8: A 33-year-old youth has been thrashed to death by his own close pal and a laborer in Bhaktapur.
Dec 08, 2021
POLITICS
Poudel faction holds meeting to pick common candidate for party presidency
Poudel faction holds meeting to pick common candidate for p...
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: A faction within the Nepali Congress (NC) close to senior leader Ramchandra Poudel is currently holding a meeting to determine a common candidate for the post of NC president for the party's upcoming 14th General Convention.
Dec 08, 2021
SOCIETY
Body of 33-year-old found in Balkot
Body of 33-year-old found in Balkot
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: A young man has been found murdered in Balkot of Bhaktapur district. The body of Rajan Shrestha, 33, of Balkot in Suryabinayak Municipality-3 was found in a field on the bank of the Hanumante River near Bangalamukhi Cooperative Chowk in Basitole of Suryabinayak-2.
Dec 08, 2021
POLITICS
Amnesty International urges leaders of wealthy nations to share vaccines with poor countri...
Amnesty International urges leaders of wealthy nations to sh...
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Amnesty International has urged world leaders not to forget their responsibility to share vaccines to all countries as Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 vaccines administered worldwide.
Dec 08, 2021
SOCIETY
Unilever Nepal and Maiti Nepal to make women employable through their initiative ‘Asha’
Unilever Nepal and Maiti Nepal to make women employable thro...
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Unilever Nepal Limited has partnered with Maiti Nepal with an inititative to generate employability among women of society, who have been victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse, in order to increase and improve their social, economic and legal strengths.
Dec 08, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal fully committed to SAARC vision, principles: PM Deuba
Nepal fully committed to SAARC vision, principles: PM Deuba
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has extended his warmest greetings and best wishes to the peoples and governments of the SAARC member states on the occasion of the thirty-seventh SAARC Charter Day today.
Dec 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Import of electricity from India starts, export stopped
Import of electricity from India starts, export stopped
KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started importing 70 MW of electricity daily from India. The NEA has started importing power from India after the domestic electricity could not meet the demand of peak hours due to declining production of Nepal's hydropower projects.
Dec 08, 2021