ECONOMY
NOC enforces work plan to check cross-border smuggling of petroleum products
NOC enforces work plan to check cross-border smuggling of pe...
KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has enforced a work plan to check misappropriation of petroleum products through cross-border smuggling of the imported fuels.
Feb 21, 2021
POLITICS
Oli's threat to launch protest if verdict on house dissolution case goes against people an...
Oli's threat to launch protest if verdict on house dissoluti...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Nepali Congress (NC) has taken strong exception to the remarks of Prime Minister K P Oli that they will launch protests if the apex court passed a verdict on parlaiment dissolution against people and the country.
Feb 20, 2021
SOCIETY
One million doses of Covishield arriving in Nepal on Sunday: PM Oli
One million doses of Covishield arriving in Nepal on Sunday:...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Prime Minister K P Oli has said that an additional one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines is scheduled to arrive in Nepal from India on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2021
WORLD
Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal against jail term
Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal against jail term
MOSCOW, Feb 20: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lost his appeal on Saturday against what he said was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years, but said his faith in God and belief in the rightness of his cause was sustaining him.
Feb 20, 2021
WORLD
Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay in another day of protests
Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay in another day of pro...
MYANMAR, Feb 20: Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb. 1 military coup, emergency workers said.
Feb 20, 2021
POLITICS
Vice-president, Speaker acting as if they were the opposition: PM Oli
Vice-president, Speaker acting as if they were the oppositio...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Stating that they have failed to act in line with the duties assigned to them by the constitution, Prime Minister KP Oli has accused the Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun and Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota of acting in such a way as if they were opposition to the government.
Feb 20, 2021
WORLD
AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine more effective with longer dose gap: Study
AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine more effective with longer dose g...
AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine is more effective when its second dose is given three months after the first, instead of six weeks, a peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet medical journal showed on Friday.
Feb 20, 2021
POLITICS
Netra Bikram Chand-led armed outfit ready to sit for talks with government (With press sta...
Netra Bikram Chand-led armed outfit ready to sit for talks w...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: The outlawed Netra Bikram Chanda “Biplab’-led Nepal Communist Party has said that it is positive to hold dialogue and negotiation with the government to resolve their demands.
Feb 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Culprits behind rape and murder of Nirmala Panta will be booked soon: Home Minister Thapa
Culprits behind rape and murder of Nirmala Panta will be boo...
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that the culprits behind the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta will be booked soon.
Feb 20, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
France's bakers seek UNESCO recognition for the humble baguette
France's bakers seek UNESCO recognition for the humble bague...
The baguette - a mix of wheat flour, water, yeast, salt and a pinch of savoir-faire and as much a symbol of France as the Eiffel Tower - may soon join UNESCO’s listing of cultural treasures.
Feb 20, 2021