SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police beating leaves a COVID-19 patient in Surkhet with a fractured hand
Police beating leaves a COVID-19 patient in Surkhet with a f...
SURKHET, July 18: A coronavirus-infected man who was beaten severely by a police officer in Surkhet has been taken to a hospital five days after the incident, and his medical reports show that the patient has severe injuries in his right hand and has to undergo a surgery.
Jul 18, 2020
ECONOMY, DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Over 80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home, engage in self-employment
Over 80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home,...
KATHMANDU, July 18: An overwhelming majority of Nepali migrant workers in Gulf countries, Malaysia and India have expressed their desire to return home and engage in self employment in the agriculture or non-agriculture sector.
Jul 18, 2020
SPORTS
England's Archer fined, warned for bio-secure protocol breach
England's Archer fined, warned for bio-secure protocol breac...
MANCHESTER, July 18: England fast bowler Jofra Archer was fined an undisclosed amount and received an official warning for breaching the team’s bio-secure protocols following the opening test against West Indies, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday.
Jul 18, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Why Nepal needs to localize SDGs
Why Nepal needs to localize SDGs
Nepal was one of the countries putting forward its latest update, the second so far, in its quest for the SDGs. Branded as Voluntary National Review, this reporting was envisioned as a tool to keep all state signatories of the Agenda 2030 from which the SDGs stem accountable.
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PHOTOS: ‘Enough is Enough’ campaigners resume Satyagraha
PHOTOS: ‘Enough is Enough’ campaigners resume Satyagraha
KATHMANDU, July 18: Accusing the Ministry of Health and Population of making no significant efforts to bring reforms in the ways to fight the pandemic of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaigners have started Satyagraha (relay hunger strike) from Saturda...
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal reports 57 new COVID-19 cases, 103 recoveries in past 24 hours
Nepal reports 57 new COVID-19 cases, 103 recoveries in past...
KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal has reported as many as 57 more cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours. With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 17,502.
Jul 18, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepali Congress welcomes Monetary Policy with some reservations
Nepali Congress welcomes Monetary Policy with some reservati...
KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepali Congress (NC) partly welcomed the Monetary Policy 2020/21, stressing the need for simplifying the procedure of refinancing and making it more transparent to enable the targeted group receive maximum benefit.
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Siddhartha Highway blocked following landslides
Siddhartha Highway blocked following landslides
PALPA, July 18: The Tansen-Butwal road section of the Siddhartha Highway has been blocked following rain-triggered landslides in the Gaudepul area in Tansen Municipality-8 since Thursday night.
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Supreme Court decision to grant bail to man who killed a pedestrian in Budhanilkantha in a...
Supreme Court decision to grant bail to man who killed a ped...
KATHMANDU, July 18: After being freed on bail, Prithvi Raj Malla,21, whose drunken drive hit and killed Lila Devkota last year at Budhanilkantha of Kathmandu is reportedly preparing to leave the country for the USA. Malla or his family members were not available for comment on the issue. On the othe...
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Two including a policeman injured as police fire shots in Sunsari to seize smuggled goods
Two including a policeman injured as police fire shots in Su...
SUNSARI, July 18: Two including a policeman were injured in the Ghuski area of Sunsari district when police fired shots on a group of smugglers to seize smuggled goods in their possession on Friday night.
Jul 18, 2020