ECONOMY
Only one-fourth of the total capital expenditure spent in the first eight months
Only one-fourth of the total capital expenditure spent in th...
KATHMANDU, March 16: The government has been able to spend only one-fourth of the budget allocated for development projects in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, revealing the perennial problem of the government to spend money under capital expenditure.
Mar 16, 2021
OPINION
Let women lead
Let women lead
Men must be part of the equation but women must be prepared and assert themselves.
Mar 16, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
BERLIN, March 16: A cascading number of European countries — including Germany, France, Italy and Spain — suspended use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients, though the company and international regulators say there is no evidence the shot...
Mar 16, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal faction to hold national gathering as planned after reconciliation appears less like...
Nepal faction to hold national gathering as planned after re...
KATHMANDU, March 15: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the CPN-UML has decided not to stop the national gathering of party leaders and cadres scheduled to be held for March 17 and 18 as there was no sign of reaching agreement with Chairman K P Oli-led faction of the party.
Mar 15, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships
Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships
YANGON, MYANMAR, March 15: Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in six townships in the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup.
Mar 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
COVID-19: Nepal records 79 new cases
COVID-19: Nepal records 79 new cases
KATHMANDU, March 15: A total of 79 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours. Those cases were detected through 3,311 RT PCR tests carried out in various laboratories across the country.
Mar 15, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse falters for a fifth straight day
Nepse falters for a fifth straight day
KATHMANDU, March 15: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell sharply in the morning to trade around 2,380 mark in the first few minutes of the session. A sharp recovery followed suit pushing the index around 25 points higher at mid-day. The rally, nonetheless, remained short lived as the index p...
Mar 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bahraini royal family to scale Mt Sagarmatha
Bahraini royal family to scale Mt Sagarmatha
KATHMANDU, March 15: A 16-member expedition team of Bahraini royal family has arrived in Nepal to ascend the world’s highest Mount Everest.
Mar 15, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
CPN (Maoist Center) to seek review of Supreme Court verdict
CPN (Maoist Center) to seek review of Supreme Court verdict
KATHMANDU, March 15: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) is preparing to appeal for a review of the verdict issued by the Supreme Court (SC) to revive the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and CPN (MC), scrapping the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
Mar 15, 2021
My City, Lifestyle
Drenched in purple, South Korean islands draw tourists
Drenched in purple, South Korean islands draw tourists
Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South Korea.
Mar 15, 2021