POLITICS
Govt registers bill to amend constitution to update Nepal's map in national emblem
Govt registers bill to amend constitution to update Nepal's...
KATHMANDU, May 22: The government on Friday registered a bill at the Parliament Secretariat so as to amend the country’s constitution to replace Nepal's old map in the national emblem with the country’s new political and administrative map released recently.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Family members of first COVID-19 death case discharged from hospital
Family members of first COVID-19 death case discharged from...
BANEPA, May 22: The family members of the first COVID-19 death case of Nepal were discharged from Dhulikhel Hospital on Friday.
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal elected to Governing Council member of APCTT
Nepal elected to Governing Council member of APCTT
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal has been elected to the Governing Council member of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) for a three-year term (2020-2023) during the 76th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) among other n...
May 22, 2020
OPINION
What will become of natural world?
What will become of natural world?
Advantage nature. This is one thing that has happened by default amid the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic. It took us to be in global lockdown to allow the natural world we have degraded so much to heal itself to some extent. And the visuals of wild animals roaming our streets, vegetation reclaiming th...
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
21 COVID-19 patients in Nepalgunj discharged after recovery
21 COVID-19 patients in Nepalgunj discharged after recovery
KATHMANDU, May 22: As many as 21 COVID-19 patients including the first case reported in Nepalgunj, Banke, have been discharged from hospital after recovery on Friday.
May 22, 2020
OPINION
Anxiety of surplus electricity
Anxiety of surplus electricity
It’s a bare fact that our hydropower projects are spilling during off-peak hours from May to November and it is triggered by either snowmelt runoff or monsoon precipitation. The situation of having electric power or energy to generate more than the domestic demand of the country, as of now, may be o...
May 22, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
India reports biggest 24-hour rise in virus cases as lockdown eases
India reports biggest 24-hour rise in virus cases as lockdow...
MUMBAI, May 22: India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country’s biggest jump in 24 hours, as New Delhi eases a nationwide lockdown and airlines prepare to resume some domestic flights.
May 22, 2020
OPINION
Let facts and reasons guide the border debate
Let facts and reasons guide the border debate
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The message to be spread is predetermined. Panelists seem to have been invited only to get it reinforced. The host begins by saying China is using Nepal. China is nobody’s friend. China is alone in the world. Nepal has released the new political map on China’s behest. Nepal’s claim on Lipulekh-Kalap...
May 22, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Two journalists in Kapilvastu test positive for COVID-19
Two journalists in Kapilvastu test positive for COVID-19
KAPILVASTU: Two journalists have contracted coronavirus in Kapilvastu district.
May 22, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
How prepared and equipped is Nepal to bring migrant workers back home?
How prepared and equipped is Nepal to bring migrant workers...
KATHMANDU, May 22: As the government prepares to bring the migrant workers back to Nepal, the question on its capacity to hold the operation lingers. Not only because the number is huge, but also because there are challenges the government has to face in order to realize the plan.
May 22, 2020