POLITICS, Latest Updates
UML's Madhav Nepal-led faction calls its central committee meeting for Friday amid deepeni...
UML's Madhav Nepal-led faction calls its central committee m...
KATHMANDU, March 25: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) has called its central committee meeting on Friday to chalk out its strategy amid the heightened dispute within the ruling party owing to factional feud.
Mar 25, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Banke administration halts mobility at Nepal-India border
Banke administration halts mobility at Nepal-India border
BANKE, March 25: The District Administration Office, Banke has stopped Nepali people from crossing the Nepal-India transits due to increasing Covid-19 infection in India.
Mar 25, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Art & Culture
Banksy painting raises $23 million for UK health charities
Banksy painting raises $23 million for UK health charities
A Banksy painting honoring Britain’s health workers in the pandemic has sold for a record 16.8 million pounds ($23.2 million), auction house Christie’s said Tuesday. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund health organizations and charities across the U.K., it said.
Mar 25, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Durga Prasad Timsina acquires citizenship who was recently freed from Indian jail after 40...
Durga Prasad Timsina acquires citizenship who was recently f...
ILAM, March 25: Durga Prasad Timsina, originally from Mai Municipality-10 of Ilam, who was recently released from Dum Dum Correctional Home of Kolkata, India, was granted citizenship, on Thursday.
Mar 25, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
COVID-19 infection on the rise, country might go into lockdown if trend continues
COVID-19 infection on the rise, country might go into lockdo...
KATHMANDU, March 25: The COVID-19 infection in neighboring India has intensified in recent days. Its effect might be visible in Nepal within a week, health ministry officials say.
Mar 25, 2021
WORLD
U.S. to blacklist Myanmar military companies after deadly crackdown - sources
U.S. to blacklist Myanmar military companies after deadly cr...
WASHINGTON, March 25: The United States is planning to impose sanctions on two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military over the generals Feb. 1 coup and a deadly crackdown, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Mar 25, 2021
SOCIETY
'Foreign returnees need to stay in isolation for 10 days'
'Foreign returnees need to stay in isolation for 10 days'
MYAGDI, March 25: Returnees from neighboring and other third countries will be mandatorily kept in quarantine and isolation in Myagdi for 10 days.
Mar 25, 2021
SOCIETY
High alert in area around BNP as ‘killer’ tiger escapes from enclosure
High alert in area around BNP as ‘killer’ tiger escapes from...
NEPALGUNJ, March 25: The area around the Banke National Park (BNP) has been placed on high alert after a ‘killer’ Bengal tiger which was confined by the park authorities escaped from its enclosure on Tuesday morning.
Mar 25, 2021
WORLD
Brazil becomes 2nd nation to top 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
Brazil becomes 2nd nation to top 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
SAO PAULO, March 25: Brazil topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days.
Mar 25, 2021
WORLD
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift
USA, March 25: AstraZeneca insisted Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is strongly effective even after counting additional illnesses in its disputed U.S. study, the latest in an extraordinary public rift with American officials.
Mar 25, 2021