ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Gold price hits record high as it is traded at Rs 101,400 per tola
Gold price hits record high as it is traded at Rs 101,400 pe...
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The price of gold has reached Rs 101,400 per tola (11.66 grams) in the domestic market on Wednesday. It is the highest price recorded in the history of the gold market of Nepal.
Aug 05, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
How do we resolve the Jammu Kashmir dispute?
How do we resolve the Jammu Kashmir dispute?
August 05, 2020 completes one year since India’s illegal action to revoke the Article 370 of its constituion. This Article had given a Special Status to the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Aug 05, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies ev...
LONDON, Aug 5: The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.
Aug 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Parsa reports one more COVID-19 related death
Parsa reports one more COVID-19 related death
BIRGUNJ, Aug 5: Parsa has reported one more COVID-19 related death on Wednesday morning.
Aug 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Amid rising cases of coronavirus in Province 2, Sarlahi District Administration issues six...
Amid rising cases of coronavirus in Province 2, Sarlahi Dist...
SARLAHI, Aug 5: The District Administration Office in Sarlahi has imposed a six-day prohibitory order starting 6 AM today morning to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Aug 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Experts suggest government impose curfew in affected areas
Experts suggest government impose curfew in affected areas
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: As coronavirus cases are increasing at an alarming rate after the government lifted the nationwide lockdown, public health experts have suggested to the government to change the modality of the lockdown, and impose curfews only in the affected areas to curb the spread of the virus.
Aug 05, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
Aug 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
After death of an elderly due to COVID-19, 14 of his family members test positive for viru...
After death of an elderly due to COVID-19, 14 of his family...
MORANG, Aug 5: A few days after the death of an elderly in Rangeli Municipality of Morang district due to COVID-19, 14 members of his family tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday.
Aug 05, 2020
WORLD, PHOTO FEATURE/Video
Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
BEIRUT, Aug 5: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.
Aug 05, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NEA projects achieve 81 pc financial and 82 pc physical progress
NEA projects achieve 81 pc financial and 82 pc physical prog...
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The projects under Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) achieved 81.23 percent financial and 82.29 percent physical progress in the last fiscal year 2019/20. Power generation, transmission and distribution projects are being carried out by the authority.
Aug 05, 2020