ECONOMY
14 firms accused of evading govt tax worth Rs 1.34 billion by using fake VAT receipts
14 firms accused of evading govt tax worth Rs 1.34 billion b...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases at the High Court in Patan against the proprietors of 14 firms on the charge of revenue leakage by using fake value added tax (VAT) receipts.
Jan 11, 2021
WORLD
Pelosi says House will impeach Trump unless VP forces ouster
Pelosi says House will impeach Trump unless VP forces ouster
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump unless the vice president and Cabinet invoke constitutional authority to force him out, calling Trump a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.
Jan 11, 2021
WORLD
North Korea says leader Kim elected as general secretary of ruling party: KCNA
North Korea says leader Kim elected as general secretary of...
SEOUL, Jan 11: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been elected as general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media KCNA said on Monday, taking over the title from his late father in a largely symbolic move seen aimed at further cementing his power.
Jan 11, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
How the country can be kept safe is my biggest worry at present: Former King
How the country can be kept safe is my biggest worry at pres...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Former King Gyanendra Shah has said that it was already late to analyze whether the current national politics is honest, nation-centered and pro-people.
Jan 10, 2021
WORLD
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
BOSTON, Jan 10: One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion.
Jan 10, 2021
SOCIETY
Electricity disrupted for four months in Bajura’s Budhinanda Municipality
Electricity disrupted for four months in Bajura’s Budhinanda...
BAJURA, Jan 10: The electricity supply has been disrupted in various places of Bajura for four months after the canal to supply water to the Baddigad micro hydropower was damaged at Kolti.
Jan 10, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
CIAA files corruption case against 17 on charge of transferring ownership of land on Karm...
CIAA files corruption case against 17 on charge of transferr...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday filed a corruption case at the Special Court against 17 people including the then chief of the Survey Office in Lalitpur, Buddhiman Jaisi, on the charge of transferring the ownership of land on the banks o...
Jan 10, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Three Nepalis died of COVID-19 abroad last week; 200,000 rescued so far
Three Nepalis died of COVID-19 abroad last week; 200,000 res...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: COVID-19 has recently claimed the lives of three Nepalis abroad. The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) said that two Nepalis died in the UK and one in Malaysia last week.
Jan 10, 2021
WORLD
UPDATE: Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet as body parts recovered
UPDATE: Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet as body...
JAKARTA, Jan 10: Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and pieces of the plane were retrieved.
Jan 10, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB starts enquiry against banks accused of giving borrowers undue pressure
NRB starts enquiry against banks accused of giving borrowers...
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, has started an enquiry against the banks that have been blamed for mounting undue pressure on the borrowers to clear their loans.
Jan 10, 2021