SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Kathmandu Valley goes for a week-long lockdown, starting Wednesday midnight
Kathmandu Valley goes for a week-long lockdown, starting Wed...
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Local administration in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have decided to issue a prohibitory order for a week starting Wednesday midnight to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Aug 19, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Daily Commentary: Stocks ends in green for second straight day
Daily Commentary: Stocks ends in green for second straight d...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The stock market moved to the upper side within the first few minutes of trading on Tuesday and shot 12 points. However, the wave of selling pressure dragged the index back to red by the end of the first trading hour. But a steady advance followed suit at mid-day and continued its...
Aug 19, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Pakistan gives go-ahead to Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial
Pakistan gives go-ahead to Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Pakistan’s drug regulator greenlit the country’s first Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by China’s CanSino Biologics (CanSino) and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology.
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PHOTOS: Late Ghimire’s friends, families and well-wishers throng his residence to offer co...
PHOTOS: Late Ghimire’s friends, families and well-wishers th...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Shortly after news about his demise spread in social media and online news platforms, a large number of well-wishers, friends and relatives thronged the residence of Nepal’s National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire.
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Prohibitory order extended for 15 more days in Saptari
Prohibitory order extended for 15 more days in Saptari
SAPTARI, Aug 18: Saptari district has extended the prohibitory order for 15 more days to discourage the activities involving people's gathering in order to contain the increasing cases of coronavirus infection. The local authority would however organize awareness programmes to reduce the virus sprea...
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal’s National Poet Madhav Ghimire dies at age of 101
Nepal’s National Poet Madhav Ghimire dies at age of 101
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The veteran poet, Madhav Prasad Ghimire popularly known as National Poet died in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
COVID-19 patients in home isolation recovering faster than those staying in hospital isola...
COVID-19 patients in home isolation recovering faster than t...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday claimed that COVID-19 patients staying in home isolation are recovering faster than those staying in the isolation centers of hospitals.
Aug 18, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Depression in UK doubles during pandemic, official data shows
Depression in UK doubles during pandemic, official data show...
LONDON, Aug 18: The proportion of people in Britain suffering with depression has almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday.
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
With two more dead bodies recovered today, death toll in Lidi landslide hits 24
With two more dead bodies recovered today, death toll in Lid...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Aug 18: The death toll in the Lidi landslide in Sindhupalchowk district has reached 24 with two more bodies retrieved from the landslide debris on Tuesday.
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
B & B Meat Mart found selling chickens that died due to various reasons
B & B Meat Mart found selling chickens that died due to vari...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection on Monday seized 22 sacks of dead chickens intended for selling by B & B Meat Mart, one of the popular meat sellers in Bhimsengola, Kathmandu-31.
Aug 18, 2020