POLITICS, Latest Updates
Writ petitioners’ pleading over, govt side to plead against writ petitions starting Monday
Writ petitioners’ pleading over, govt side to plead against...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Pleadings on behalf of the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House at the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench are over now.
Jan 31, 2021
WORLD
Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond May deadline - NATO sources
Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond May deadline -...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban’s deal with the United States, four senior NATO officials said, a move that could escalate tensions with the Taliban demanding full withdrawal.
Jan 31, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Music
Sophie, Grammy-nominated Scottish musician, dies at age 34
Sophie, Grammy-nominated Scottish musician, dies at age 34
Sophie, the Grammy-nominated Scottish disc jockey, producer and recording artist who had worked with the likes of Madonna and Charli XCX, has died following an accident in the Greek capital of Athens. She was 34.
Jan 31, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
President Bhandari sends congratulatory message to Portuguese counterpart
President Bhandari sends congratulatory message to Portugues...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: President Bidya Devi Bhandari sent a congratulatory message on Sunday to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousaon on his reelection as the President of the Republic of Portugal.
Jan 31, 2021
SOCIETY
Flood survivors continue to spend nights under open sky in Kalikot
Flood survivors continue to spend nights under open sky in K...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: As many as 206 households in wards 4, 5 and 7 of Naraharinath Rural Municipality in Kalikot district who were displaced by a massive flood on June 27 last year have been living under open sky braving the biting cold.
Jan 31, 2021
WORLD
Russian police detain over 450 at protests against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny's jailing
Russian police detain over 450 at protests against jailed Kr...
MOSCOW, Jan 31: Police detained more than 450 people at rallies in Siberia and Russia’s Far East on Sunday as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets to protest his jailing, despite biting cold and the threat of arrest.
Jan 31, 2021
WORLD
India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency
India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official...
MUMBAI, Jan 31: India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government.
Jan 31, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Speculation is rife that PM Oli will proclaim Nepal as a Hindu state on February 5: Dahal-...
Speculation is rife that PM Oli will proclaim Nepal as a Hin...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Surendra Pandey, a key leader of the agitating Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, on Sunday said that speculation is rife that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is going to proclaim Nepal as a Hindu state later this week.
Jan 31, 2021
WORLD
Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests
Modi breaks silence on months long farm protests
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent this week.
Jan 31, 2021
SOCIETY
Nepali Pratibha Pratisthan honors litterateur Rajendra Bimal and poet Bimala Tumkhewa
Nepali Pratibha Pratisthan honors litterateur Rajendra Bimal...
KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Nepali Pratibha Pratisthan, UK, has honored senior litterateur Dr Rajendra Bimal and poet Bimala Tumkhewa for their contributions to the field of literature.
Jan 31, 2021