SPORTS
Messi leads thrilling Barca at Betis
Messi leads thrilling Barca at Betis
SEVILLE, Feb 10: Lionel Messi produced a hat-trick of assists as Barcelona pulled off a gutsy 3-2 win at Real Betis after trailing twice in an enthralling match in La Liga on Sunday, finally giving the Catalans something to celebrate after a week of upheaval.
Feb 10, 2020
WORLD
China slowly returns to work as coronavirus toll hits daily record
China slowly returns to work as coronavirus toll hits daily...
BEIJING, Feb 10: Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic that has now killed more than 900 people, mostly on the mainland.
Feb 10, 2020
Editorial
Why the delay?
Why the delay?
It’s more than a month since the outbreak of coronavirus in China. Death toll is rising, over 800 as of this writing, and more than 35,000 people have been infected so far. Coronavirus outbreak has sent panic across the globe. Meanwhile, many Nepali students and citizens in China have not been able...
Feb 10, 2020
OPINION
Corruption weakens democracy
Corruption weakens democracy
During the Gettysburg Address in 1863, Abraham Lincoln stated that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” He must have thought democracy to be the best political system in the world. Albert Camus, a French philosopher trusted democracy to be the p...
Feb 10, 2020
OPINION
Bring them back
Bring them back
In an open letter to the Prime Minister published on Sunday, chief editor of Naya Patrika Krishna Jwala Devkota has written about the distress his sister, brother-in-law and their young child are facing in the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. According to him, his sister and some other Ne...
Feb 10, 2020
OPINION
Caution on coronavirus
Caution on coronavirus
Given the current situation of the rapid spread of novel coronavirus, a mysterious virus which originated from the Wuhan city of China and later spread around the globe, a number of questions regarding the appropriate interventions have been raised in the scientific arena. One of the questions is w...
Feb 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Ambulance with spotted deer caught by police
Ambulance with spotted deer caught by police
BAITADI, Feb 10: Police have taken under control an ambulance with a dead spotted deer. Darchula Police impounded the ambulance at around 1pm Sunday from Gokuleshwar market in Sailyashikhar Municipality-9. The ambulance belongs to Dilasaini Rural Municipality.
Feb 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
‘Fossil fuel-based economy should be replaced with renewable energies’
‘Fossil fuel-based economy should be replaced with renewabl...
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: As part of the preparations for the international Sagarmatha Sambad slated for April first week, the government on Sunday organized a national version of the event.
Feb 10, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Speaker ‘blocks’ opposition voice in parliament
Speaker ‘blocks’ opposition voice in parliament
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Within a month of his election to the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Agni Prasad Sapkota has started ‘blocking’ opposition voice in parliament. On Sunday, Speaker Sapkota barred a leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) from speaking.
Feb 10, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
NHRC urges govt to promptly evacuate students from China
NHRC urges govt to promptly evacuate students from China
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday urged the government to evacuate Nepali students stranded in Wuhan of China without any further delay.
Feb 10, 2020