WORLD
Dengue treatment advances in animal trials
Dengue treatment advances in animal trials
TOKYO, March 17 : A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent and treat the virus has proven effective in initial trials in monkeys, according to new research.
Mar 17, 2023
SPORTS
Madhesh Province govt announces cash prize of Rs 200,000 each to cricketers Jha and Sheikh
Madhesh Province govt announces cash prize of Rs 200,000 eac...
DHANUSHA, March 17: The Madhesh Province government has announced a cash prize to players of the Nepali cricket team, Gulsan Jha and Arif Sheikh.
Mar 17, 2023
POLITICS
RSP meeting to take decision on vice presidential election postponed
RSP meeting to take decision on vice presidential election p...
KATHMANDU, March 17: A joint meeting of the office bearers and Parliamentary Party(PP) members of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) scheduled for today has been postponed.
Mar 17, 2023
SOCIETY
CIVICUS rates Nepal's civil space as 'obstructed'
CIVICUS rates Nepal's civil space as 'obstructed'
KATHMANDU, March 17: While concluding that civil freedom in the country is facing an increasing crackdown as in most other Asian countries, a global research agency has rated Nepal’s civic space as ‘obstructed’.
Mar 17, 2023
POLITICS
RPP not to participate in vice presidential election
RPP not to participate in vice presidential election
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) will not participate in the voting for the vice presidential election.
Mar 17, 2023
ECONOMY
Indian company NHPC Ltd permitted to carry out study of 450 MW Seti River-6 Hydropower Pro...
Indian company NHPC Ltd permitted to carry out study of 450...
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has permitted NHPC Limited, India, to carry out study of 450 MW Seti River-6 Hydropower Project.
Mar 17, 2023
SOCIETY
Chinese national arrested with US dollars and Bangladeshi Taka
Chinese national arrested with US dollars and Bangladeshi Ta...
KATHMANDU, March 17: A Chinese national was arrested today with 9,100 US dollars and 29,500 Bangladeshi Taka when he was trying to smuggle it illegally from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Mar 17, 2023
WORLD
Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
KABUL, March 17: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar.
Mar 17, 2023
POLITICS
Vice presidential election today
Vice presidential election today
KATHMANDU, March 17: Voting for the election to the post of Vice President is taking place today. Astalaxmi Shakya (Bohara) of the CPN-UML, Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party and Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajwadi Party are in the race.
Mar 17, 2023
SOCIETY
Two earthquakes in a minute in Baitadi
Two earthquakes in a minute in Baitadi
BAITADI, March 17: Two earthquakes struck Baitadi within a span of a minute on Thursday evening. The quakes measuring 3.2 and 3.5 on the Richter scale took place at 6:25PM and at 6:26PM, respectively.
Mar 17, 2023