SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Man arrested for spreading rumors about COVID-19 patients
Man arrested for spreading rumors about COVID-19 patients
KATHMANDU, Sept 7: A man spreading rumors in a YouTube channel that the internal organs of those who die of COVID-19 are being trafficked was arrested by the Metropolis Crime Division, Kathmandu, earlier on Monday morning.
Sep 07, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Pakistan seeking relief from $5.8B fine over mining lease
Pakistan seeking relief from $5.8B fine over mining lease
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan is seeking the reversal of a $5.8 billion penalty imposed by an international tribunal for denying a mining lease to an Australian company, saying that paying the fine would hinder its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sep 07, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian issue
Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair...
CAIRO, Sept 7: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative, the state news...
Sep 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 1,000 in Chitwan
Number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 1,000 in Chitwan
CHITWAN, Sept 7: The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection cases has exceeded 1,000 in Chitwan district. An additional 30 coronavirus infection cases were confirmed in course of PCR tests carried out at COVID-19 laboratory of Chitwan Medical College on Sunday evening.
Sep 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
UNFPA launches Phase II of landmark project to prevent gender-based violence
UNFPA launches Phase II of landmark project to prevent gende...
KATHMANDU, Sept 7: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Monday launched the second phase of a project that seeks to reduce gender-based violence and discrimination against women and girls in two provinces. The project is launched in coordination with the Ministry of Women, Children and Seni...
Sep 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepalgunj Sub-metropolis employee dies of coronavirus
Nepalgunj Sub-metropolis employee dies of coronavirus
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 7: The COVID-19 death toll in Banke district has risen to seven after a 59-year-old man succumbed to the viral infection on Sunday evening, officials said.
Sep 07, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Why Nepal should take its security seriously
Why Nepal should take its security seriously
The world is suffering from a global health crisis. The COVID-19 has brought suffering, fear, and death everywhere. Nepal is struggling to overcome these terrible situations. Nobody knows when the vaccines will come out. People are losing lives every day.
Sep 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Corona death toll rises to 43 in Province 1
Corona death toll rises to 43 in Province 1
BIRATNAGAR, Sept 7: COVID-19 death toll is rising sharply in Province 1 with one more death reported in Morang district on Monday.
Sep 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Two killed as landslide buries power house in Taplejung
Two killed as landslide buries power house in Taplejung
TAPLEJUNG, Sept 7: A massive landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Taplejung district killed two people on Sunday night.
Sep 07, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Typhoon Haishen hammers southern Japan with high winds and power outages
Typhoon Haishen hammers southern Japan with high winds and p...
TOKYO, Sept 7: Typhoon Haishen battered Japan’s southern mainland with powerful winds and drenching rain, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting authorities to call for some 1.8 million people to evacuate.
Sep 07, 2020