SOCIETY
British envoy pays courtesy call on Minister Khatiwada, hands over 2.1 million doses of an...
British envoy pays courtesy call on Minister Khatiwada, hand...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt paid a courtesy call on Minister for Health and Population, Birodh Khatiwada, on Thursday and handed over 2.1 million doses of anti-COVID vaccines.
Feb 18, 2022
POLITICS
Ruling coalition meeting again ends inconclusively, next meeting on Feb 20
Ruling coalition meeting again ends inconclusively, next mee...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The meeting of the ruling coalition held on Friday morning concluded without reaching any conclusion regarding the ratification of the US-funded Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement.
Feb 18, 2022
POLITICS
Unified Socialist Party holding its Standing Committee meeting on Saturday
Unified Socialist Party holding its Standing Committee meeti...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: A meeting of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Feb 18, 2022
SOCIETY
18,115 more voters recorded in Kalikot
18,115 more voters recorded in Kalikot
MANMA, Feb 18: Kalikot district has recorded 18,115 more voters in the latest update. The District Election Office stated that the total number of voters in the district has reached 83,076 for the upcoming local level election scheduled for May 13.
Feb 18, 2022
SOCIETY
New academic session to begin from mid April: Education Minister
New academic session to begin from mid April: Education Mini...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel has said the new academic session in schools will begin from Baisakh (mid April), while the regular classes will start from Jestha 1 (May 15).
Feb 18, 2022
POLITICS
Breaking ruling alliance not beneficial to NC: Senior leader Poudel
Breaking ruling alliance not beneficial to NC: Senior leader...
DAMAULI, Feb 18: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress (NC) Ramchandra Poudel has said that it would not be beneficial to NC to go against the ruling alliance at the present situation. The NC, however, should develop confidence that it would go to election on its own, he stressed.
Feb 18, 2022
SOCIETY
Valley's waste disposal obstructed for last five days
Valley's waste disposal obstructed for last five days
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Waste management of 18 local governments in the Kathmandu Valley has been stalled since February 13 due to obstruction caused by local people.
Feb 18, 2022
POLITICS
Ruling alliance holding meeting again today to discuss MCC agreement
Ruling alliance holding meeting again today to discuss MCC a...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The ruling coalition is meeting again today in an effort to reach a consensus to table the US-funded MCC in parliament. The meeting has been scheduled at 10 AM.
Feb 18, 2022
ECONOMY
Government releases Rs 1 billion to provide relief to farmers
Government releases Rs 1 billion to provide relief to farmer...
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The government has released Rs 1 billion to provide relief to the farmers who incurred loss and damage in paddy plantation due to unseasonal rainfall.
Feb 18, 2022
WORLD
Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as tensions hit new high
Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as tensions hit new high
MILAN, Feb 18: Tensions spiked anew over Ukraine on Thursday with conflicting claims over whether Russia had drawn down troops it has been massing for weeks around Ukraine, escalating hostilities in Ukraine’s separatist-controlled east and intensified diplomacy.
Feb 18, 2022