POLITICS, SOCIETY
DAO surrounded demanding revocation of the MCC
DAO surrounded demanding revocation of the MCC
CHITWAN, Sept 10: Protesters picketed the District Administration Office (DAO) of Chitwan, on Friday, demanding that the US grant project - the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) - be scrapped. The MCC Abolition Campaign Joint Struggle Committee Chitwan gheraoed the DAO on Friday afternoon, chan...
Sep 10, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
Scrumptious lunch at Yak & Yeti
Scrumptious lunch at Yak & Yeti
With the lifting of the prohibitory orders in the Kathmandu Valley from Wednesday, gradually people have started to get back to normal routine of life including commuting to work and enjoying lunch with colleagues, friends or business partners.
Sep 10, 2021
Coronavirus
COVID-19 in Nepal: Active cases down by 30 percent
COVID-19 in Nepal: Active cases down by 30 percent
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The COVID-19 infection rate has been found decreasing and the recovery rate increasing in recent days compared to the third week of August. As per the statistics, the number of active cases on Thursday decreased by about 30 percent compared to the number of cases reported on Augu...
Sep 10, 2021
POLITICS
LIVE: HoR meeting resumes
LIVE: HoR meeting resumes
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The HoR meeting resumes amid protests by UML lawmakers.
Sep 10, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Art & Culture
Art Collection featuring Warhol, Picasso heads to auction, valued at $600 million
Art Collection featuring Warhol, Picasso heads to auction, v...
Sotheby’s on Thursday announced the sale of a private modern and contemporary art collection featuring Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso pieces valued at more than $600 million, saying that was the highest estimate ever placed on any collection to come to auction.
Sep 10, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Social
World Vlogging Challenge to raise awareness on impact of climate change on Himalayan glaci...
World Vlogging Challenge to raise awareness on impact of cli...
"Himalayan glaciers are spread across eight countries and are the source of all major rivers across the region; these glaciers are melting at an alarming rate putting the future of billions of lives and the entire ecosystem in danger. We believe vloggers are great storytellers, influencers and sourc...
Sep 10, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Hearing on writ petition against NEA MD Ghising deferred again
Hearing on writ petition against NEA MD Ghising deferred aga...
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court against the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has been put off once again.
Sep 10, 2021
POLITICS
House endorses Financial Ordinance, 2078 BS amid protests by UML lawmakers
House endorses Financial Ordinance, 2078 BS amid protests by...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The House of Representatives has endorsed the Financial Ordinance, 2078 BS amid protests by the lawmakers belonging to the main opposition CPN-UML. This paves the way for the government to introduce new budget through Substitution Bill.
Sep 10, 2021
POLITICS
LIVE: HoR meeting
LIVE: HoR meeting
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is currently underway at the federal parliament building in New Baneshwar, Kathmandu.
Sep 10, 2021
POLITICS
UML lawmakers obstruct HoR meeting again, meeting resumes amid protests
UML lawmakers obstruct HoR meeting again, meeting resumes am...
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Lawmakers belonging to the main opposition party, CPN-UML, have obstructed the parliamentary meeting after it began on Friday afternoon.
Sep 10, 2021