POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC to lower party flag at half-mast to mourn Joshi's demise for three days
NC to lower party flag at half-mast to mourn Joshi's demise...
KATHMANDU, March 27: The Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to fly the party flag at half-mast for three days to mourn the passing of its leader and former Minister Nabindra Raj Joshi.
Mar 27, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepali man kills his differently-abled son in India for failing to meet his medical expens...
Nepali man kills his differently-abled son in India for fail...
GUJARAT, March 27: A Nepali man living in the Indian State of Gujarat was arrested on Thursday for killing his differently-abled son after he failed to meet the latter's medical expenses, media reports said referring to local police.
Mar 27, 2021
SOCIETY
IN PICS: Hazardous haze blankets Pokhara
IN PICS: Hazardous haze blankets Pokhara
POKHARA, March 27: As the air quality deteriorates across the nation, the lake city Pokhara, too, has been blanketed with a thick toxic haze.
Mar 27, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
UML's Nepal-led faction holds central committee meeting to chalk out strategy to contain C...
UML's Nepal-led faction holds central committee meeting to c...
KATHMANDU, March 27: A central committee meeting of the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) is currently underway in Kathmandu.
Mar 27, 2021
WORLD
India begins voting in two eastern states in key test for Modi
India begins voting in two eastern states in key test for Mo...
KOLKATA, India, March 27: Voting began in Assam and West Bengal on Saturday in state elections that will show how support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding up following a coronavirus-stricken year, and months of protests by farmers against his agricultural reforms.
Mar 27, 2021
SOCIETY
Doctor arrested on charge of sexual harassment in Saptari
Doctor arrested on charge of sexual harassment in Saptari
LAHAN, March 27: A doctor has been arrested on the charge of sexually harassing a woman at Chinnamasta Hospital in Rajbiraj of Saptari district.
Mar 27, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
National census to begin from May 9
National census to begin from May 9
KATHMANDU, March 27: The national census, which is conducted every 10 years, is scheduled to start on May 9, 2021. This time, the census will be conducted in two phases, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The CBS has saids that the first phase of data collection for the census will...
Mar 27, 2021
SOCIETY
Mass suicide attempted again in Dailekh
Mass suicide attempted again in Dailekh
DAILEKH, March 27: Hira Thapa Magar, 28, of Lekcha in Dungeshwar Rural Municipality-3 attempted mass suicide along with her children on Thursday morning. First, she killed her 3-year-old son Umesh Thapa by hanging him by a piece of cloth. Shortly afterwards, she and her daughter jumped into the Lekc...
Mar 27, 2021
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tests positive for coronavirus
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tests positive for coronavir...
NEW DELHI, March 27: India's cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday morning, media reports said.
Mar 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt approves proposal on establishing fertilizer plant
Govt approves proposal on establishing fertilizer plant
KATHMANDU, March 27: The government is to set up a fertilizer factory in the country to be operated through the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The Council of Ministers approved a proposal in this connection on Thursday. The proposal was presented by Minister for Agriculture and Livestock D...
Mar 27, 2021