SOCIETY, Latest Updates
COVID-19 vaccination campaign postponed until new batch of vaccines arrives in Nepal
COVID-19 vaccination campaign postponed until new batch of v...
KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal has postponed the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for the time being as the vaccine maker has failed to deliver the vaccines on time. The Family Welfare Division of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has stated that the program has been postponed for some t...
Mar 18, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Ex-prez of NC's Morang district committee Ashok Koirala dies
Ex-prez of NC's Morang district committee Ashok Koirala dies
MORANG, March 18: Former President of Nepali Congress Morang district committee, Ashok Koirala, passed away on Wednesday night.
Mar 18, 2021
WORLD
Three killed, 11 wounded in bombing of Afghan government bus in Kabul
Three killed, 11 wounded in bombing of Afghan government bus...
KABUL, March 18: Three people were killed and 11 wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, officials said.
Mar 18, 2021
OPINION
Why K P Oli must go
Why K P Oli must go
Failing to sack Oli out of power is tantamount to breeding a situation of impunity at the highest level of executive authority.
Mar 18, 2021
WORLD
Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge
Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge
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WASHINGTON, March 18: Delegation trips to the border. Apocalyptic warnings. A flurry of new conferences.
Mar 18, 2021
SOCIETY
56-year-old man lands in jail for raping granddaughter
56-year-old man lands in jail for raping granddaughter
UDAYAPUR, March 18: The District Court, Udayapur, has sent a 56-year-old man to jail for raping his eight-year-old granddaughter. The District Court on Wednesday gave life imprisonment to the rape convict.
Mar 18, 2021
WORLD
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
CHICAGO, March 18: The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come on the heels of a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the United States.
Mar 18, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB issues refinance loans of Rs 82.29 billion in seven months
NRB issues refinance loans of Rs 82.29 billion in seven mont...
KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, released a total of Rs 82.29 billion under refinance schemes in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Mar 18, 2021
WORLD
Bolivia's detained former president Anez taken ill in prison
Bolivia's detained former president Anez taken ill in prison
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LA PAZ, March 18: The daughter of former Bolivian president Jeanine Anez raised concerns about her mother’s health on Wednesday after authorities confirmed she was taken ill in prison but an ambulance called for her was later sent away.
Mar 18, 2021
SOCIETY
Child marriage spiked amid humanitarian crises of COVID-19 in Nepal: UNESCAP
Child marriage spiked amid humanitarian crises of COVID-19 i...
KATHMANDU, March 18: Child marriage spiked in humanitarian crises triggered by the COVID-19 in a number of South Asian countries, mainly in Nepal and Bangladesh, says a report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP).
Mar 18, 2021