POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM Oli appoints Khatiwada as Chief Economic Advisor
PM Oli appoints Khatiwada as Chief Economic Advisor
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The government has appointed former Finance and Communication and Information Technology Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada as the Chief Economic Advisor of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Sep 15, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
CIAA files graft case against ex-BPKIHS VC Balbhadra Prasad Das for amassing property wort...
CIAA files graft case against ex-BPKIHS VC Balbhadra Prasad...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft case at the Special Court against former vice chancellor of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Balbhadra Prasad Das, on the charge of amassing property worth Rs 77.19 million illega...
Sep 15, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Pakistani students back in school after more than six months
Pakistani students back in school after more than six months
KARACHI, Sept 14: Millions of students in Pakistan returned to classes on Tuesday after a break of six months, as schools and colleges began to reopen for the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally surges to 12,924 with 676 new cases in the past 24 hours
Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally surges to 12,924 with 676...
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: With 676 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the past 24 hours, Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally jumped to 12,924 on Tuesday.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal sees 1,459 new cases, 11 more fatalities linked to coronavirus in past 24 hours
Nepal sees 1,459 new cases, 11 more fatalities linked to cor...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Ministry of Health and Population said that 1,459 persons were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s national coronavirus case tally to 56,788.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Scientists discover antibody that 'neutralizes' virus that causes COVID-19
Scientists discover antibody that 'neutralizes' virus that c...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: As scientists around the world are struggling to find medicine to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a group of scientists in the US have achieved a major breakthrough, which could potentially prove an effective treatment for this virus
Sep 15, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
ADB projects Nepal’s growth rate to slump to 1.5 percent in current fiscal year
ADB projects Nepal’s growth rate to slump to 1.5 percent in...
Growth projection lowered citing longer than anticipated period to contain coronavirus
Sep 15, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP orders institutions named after party leaders to halt all activities
NCP orders institutions named after party leaders to halt al...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has issued orders to the institutions and organisations set up in the name of the party’s leaders not to carry out any activities.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Indian govt gifts 2,000 vials of Remdesivir to Nepal
Indian govt gifts 2,000 vials of Remdesivir to Nepal
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Indian government has handed over 2,000 vials of Remdesivir, an antiviral medicine, on Tuesday.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Three arrested on charge of gang-rape in Okhaldhunga
Three arrested on charge of gang-rape in Okhaldhunga
OKHALDHUNGA, Sept 15: Police on Monday arrested three boys on the charge of gang-raping a girl in Okhaldhunga.
Sep 15, 2020