POLITICS
Lumbini Chief Minister KC wins trust vote
Lumbini Chief Minister KC wins trust vote
KATHMANDU, August 23: The Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Kul Prasad KC has won a vote of confidence.
Aug 23, 2021
POLITICS
Lumbini Chief Minister KC taking trust vote, marshals to be used if oppn party posed obstr...
Lumbini Chief Minister KC taking trust vote, marshals to be...
KATHMANDU, August 23: The newly-appointed Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Kul Prasad KC is currently taking a vote of confidence in the Provincial Assembly.
Aug 23, 2021
POLITICS
UML summons Standing Committee meeting on Tuesday; leaders close to Nepal to stay with the...
UML summons Standing Committee meeting on Tuesday; leaders c...
KATHMANDU, August 23: The main opposition party (CPN-UML) has summoned a Standing Committee (SC) meeting on Tuesday.
Aug 23, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
500,000 AstraZeneca vaccines arrive from Japan today
500,000 AstraZeneca vaccines arrive from Japan today
KATHMANDU, August 23: An additional 559,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan arrived in Nepal on Monday.
Aug 23, 2021
POLITICS
Madhav Nepal holds meeting with President Bhandari
Madhav Nepal holds meeting with President Bhandari
KATHMANDU, August 23: Chairman of the proposed CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has held a meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Aug 23, 2021
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video
IN PICS: Gaijatra festival marked amid COVID-19 pandemic
IN PICS: Gaijatra festival marked amid COVID-19 pandemic
KATHMANDU, August 23: The Gaijatra festival is being celebrated by the Newari community in memory of their deceased relative across the country today.
Aug 23, 2021
WORLD
HURPES urges PM Deuba to convene SAARC meeting immediately to discuss Afghan crisis
HURPES urges PM Deuba to convene SAARC meeting immediately t...
KATHMANDU, August 23: The Human Right and Peace Society (HURPES) has urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to immediately organize a virtual meeting with the heads of the governments of SAARC nations.
Aug 23, 2021
My City, Entertainment
When the music stops: Afghan ‘happy place’ falls silent
When the music stops: Afghan ‘happy place’ falls silent
A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive music in the country of his birth
Aug 23, 2021
ECONOMY
Banks yet to extend access in three local levels
Banks yet to extend access in three local levels
KATHMANDU, August 23: Financial access has reached 750 local levels of the country. A study has shown that banks and financial institutions are yet to reach only three local levels in the country. With the expansion of the banks at the local level, financial access in Nepal has increased by 6.44 per...
Aug 23, 2021
POLITICS
Ruling alliance expresses serious concern over ‘threats’ issued by UML lawmakers against S...
Ruling alliance expresses serious concern over ‘threats’ iss...
KATHMANDU, August 23: The ruling alliance has expressed serious concern over the threats issued by a group of CPN-UML lawmakers against Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota.
Aug 23, 2021