WORLD, Latest Updates
Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content
Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful content.
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Record-high single-day spike of 5,008 COVID-19 cases reported in Nepal in past 24 hours
Record-high single-day spike of 5,008 COVID-19 cases reporte...
KATHMANDU, Oct 10: As many as 5,008 more people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease in Nepal in the past 24 hours.
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Highest single-day spike of 2,672 new cases recorded in Kathmandu Valley in past 24 hours
Highest single-day spike of 2,672 new cases recorded in Kath...
Kathmandu district alone witnessed 2,100 new cases in the past 24 hours as the Valley's COVID-19 death toll stands at 189
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal Police to implement special security plan in view of festivals, COVID-19
Nepal Police to implement special security plan in view of f...
KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The Nepal Police headquarters has directed the police chiefs in the Kathmandu Valley, provinces and districts to formulate a special security plan in view of COVID-19 and the approaching festivals.
Oct 10, 2020
OPINION
How school curriculum is implanting caste stereotypes in young minds
How school curriculum is implanting caste stereotypes in you...
No students should be taught that Tharu people are farmers and Newars live only in the Kathmandu Valley. No students should be mocked for not knowing their caste.
Oct 10, 2020
ECONOMY
Govt bans two more brands of sanitizer
Govt bans two more brands of sanitizer
KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) in its fresh move has banned the sale and distribution of two more sanitizers brands produced in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, after the products were found to contain toxic alcohol ‘methanol.’
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Relay hunger strike in Nepalgunj in support of Dr KC
Relay hunger strike in Nepalgunj in support of Dr KC
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 10: Civil society activists in Nepalgunj have started a relay hunger strike to express their solidarity with senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC and exert pressure on the government to address his demands.
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Two more succumb to COVID-19 at Butwal Corona Hospital
Two more succumb to COVID-19 at Butwal Corona Hospital
BUTWAL, Oct 10: Two more individuals have succumbed to COVID-19 at Butwal Corona Hospital.
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bal Gopaleshwar Temple at Ranipokhari to be open for public on Bhai Tika this year
Bal Gopaleshwar Temple at Ranipokhari to be open for public...
KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The Bal Gopaleshwar Temple located in the middle of the historic Ranipokhari (Queen’s Pond) will remain open for public on the day of Bhai Tika during the Tihar festival this year.
Oct 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
UN urges Nepal to take urgent action to address growing mental health issues amid COVID-19...
UN urges Nepal to take urgent action to address growing ment...
KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The United Nations in Nepal has urged the government of Nepal to take urgent action to address the increasing mental health problems in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct 10, 2020