POLITICS, AUDIO/VIDEO, SPECIAL, Latest Updates
It’s official: Province 5 named as Lumbini, Deukhuri is its capital (with video)
It’s official: Province 5 named as Lumbini, Deukhuri is its...
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: The Province 5 Assembly endorsed the proposal to name Province 5 as Lumbini and make Deukhuri its capital with a two-thirds majority in the assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
Oct 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Tatopani border point closed again after a Nepali laborer tests positive for COVID-19
Tatopani border point closed again after a Nepali laborer te...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Oct 6: The Tatopani border point has again shut down in less than a day after it resumed operation after a Nepali laborer tested positive for the COVID-19.
Oct 06, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Civil society members call for saving Dr Govinda KC’s life
Civil society members call for saving Dr Govinda KC’s life
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Expressing serious concern over the ongoing fast-unto-death by Dr Govinda KC, a group of 16 civil society members on Tuesday urged the government to immediately address the demands raised by Dr KC.
Oct 06, 2020
WORLD
In Tokyo, Pompeo seeks to shore up support among Asian allies
In Tokyo, Pompeo seeks to shore up support among Asian allie...
TOKYO/SYDNEY, Oct 6: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Tokyo to meet with some of Washington’s closest allies in Asia, Japan, Australia and India, to shore up support against what the United States says is China’s dangerous and growing regional influence.
Oct 06, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Five NC lawmakers breach party whip to cast their votes in favor of govt proposal
Five NC lawmakers breach party whip to cast their votes in f...
BUTWAL, Oct 6: Five Provincial Assembly members of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), in Province 5 have cast their vote in favor of the government’s decision to name the province as Lumbini and establish its permanent capital in Dang defying the whip issued by the party.
Oct 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Comedian Hari Bansa Acharya and his spouse test positive for COVID-19
Comedian Hari Bansa Acharya and his spouse test positive for...
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Comedian Hari Bansa Acharya and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Oct 06, 2020
Lifestyle, My City, Latest Updates
A Gray Old Woman
A Gray Old Woman
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A gray old woman sits all alone,
Unloved, uncherished, and unknown.
Staring at her blury world,
Dreaming of days that passed long ago.
Oct 06, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
15 vaccine clinical trials underway in Africa
15 vaccine clinical trials underway in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6: Fifteen clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines are underway across the African continent, according to a comment published in the journal Nature by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Oct 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
With nine deaths in past 24 hours, Nepal’s coronavirus-related death toll rises to 563
With nine deaths in past 24 hours, Nepal’s coronavirus-relat...
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Nine more fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded across Nepal in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 563.
Oct 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
New UNHCR Representative assumes office
New UNHCR Representative assumes office
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: The newly-appointed UNHCR Representative in Nepal, Carolin Spannuth Verma presented her Letter of Credentials to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, on Tuesday.
Oct 06, 2020