POLITICS, Latest Updates
Ex-PM Bhattarai for shifting federal capital from Kathmandu
Ex-PM Bhattarai for shifting federal capital from Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Chairperson of the Federal Council of Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai has called for relocating the federal capital from Kathmandu.
Jan 19, 2021
ECONOMY
EU-SAARC Think Tank Summit to be held
EU-SAARC Think Tank Summit to be held
The Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), a Kathmandu-based foreign policy think-tank, together with South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), a Brussels-based think tank, are holding a two days EU-SAARC think tank summit from January 20 to 21 to discuss the challenges in inter-r...
Jan 19, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
KMC starts removing algae from Ranipokhari
KMC starts removing algae from Ranipokhari
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started removing algae from the Ranipokhari in a bid to make it clean and more beautiful.
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD
Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions
Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel...
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said.
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Travel, Health
Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training
Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training
Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older.
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
The conspired winter
The conspired winter
The silence mornings
Catnapped days
Chilled evenings and frozen nights
Muting the restless city
Cuddling with uncertainty.
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green fields year-round.
Jan 19, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Writ petition filed against renewal of online media
Writ petition filed against renewal of online media
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court, demanding that it repeal the provision of renewal of online media every year. Journalists and advocates duo Leelanath Ghimire and Bishnu Giri 'Nischal' on Monday filed the writ petition against the annual renewal of the internet...
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration...
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids
California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids
A California lawmaker is trying again to ban some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children until they are at least 6-years-old, hoping a narrower focus combined with new legislative leadership will be enough to get the first-of-its-kind legislation signed into law.
Jan 19, 2021