ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Closed landmarks and hotspots keeping tourists inside hotels
Closed landmarks and hotspots keeping tourists inside hotels
POKHARA, August 21: The tourism industry has been severely affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry which was already suffering from the initial wave of the virus was crippled due the surge of the second wave of the COVID-19 infection.
Aug 21, 2021
POLITICS, Coronavirus
Nepal’s death tally reaches 10,485 with 30 new deaths recorded on Saturday
Nepal’s death tally reaches 10,485 with 30 new deaths record...
KATHMANDU, August 21: Nepal recorded 2,075 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday along with 2,382 recoveries and 30 deaths, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY
UK provides Rs 130 million to help Nepali mothers and children to meet nutritional needs d...
UK provides Rs 130 million to help Nepali mothers and childr...
KATHMANDU, August 21: The UK government has made an additional contribution of £788,000 (Rs 130 million) toward its nutrition support for vulnerable families in Nepal.
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt sacks EPF’s Chief Administrator Gautam
Govt sacks EPF’s Chief Administrator Gautam
KATHMANDU, August 21: The government has sacked Tulasi Prasad Gautam, chief administrator of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), from his position.
Aug 21, 2021
POLITICS
Civil society group urges Nepal to summon emergency meeting of SAARC to discuss Afghan cri...
Civil society group urges Nepal to summon emergency meeting...
KATHMANDU, August 21: A civil society group in Nepal has appealed to the Government of Nepal (GoN) to summon an emergency meeting of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in its capacity as the chair of the regional body. They have urged the government to hold discussions on th...
Aug 21, 2021
SPORTS
The goal is to create history in SAFF championship: Coach Mutairi
The goal is to create history in SAFF championship: Coach Mu...
POKHARA, August 21: The head coach of Nepal’s national football team, Abdhulla Al Mutairi has claimed that the team is set to write a new history in the upcoming SAFF Championship which will be held in the Maldives. He said that the goal of the team will be to make it to the final and make a new his...
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY
New track under-construction to connect Chame to Upper Manang
New track under-construction to connect Chame to Upper Manan...
MANANG, August 21: A new track is being constructed to connect Chame to Upper Manang as the roadway connecting Lower Manang to Upper Manang district remains disrupted due to landslides and floods of May 28 and June 15.
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY
There are only nine banking outlets serving every 100,000 people in Province 2
There are only nine banking outlets serving every 100,000 pe...
KATHMANDU, August 21: Province 2 has the lowest availability of banking service per person with only nine banking outlets available for every 100,000 people in the province.
Aug 21, 2021
POLITICS
UML leaders close to Khanal say party should remain united
UML leaders close to Khanal say party should remain united
ILAM, August 21: The split in the main opposition CPN-UML has led the party’s lawmakers and members to side with the faction they support. However, the lawmakers and members who were critics of the party’s chairperson KP Sharma Oli are now holding discussions after senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal t...
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
PMO Secy Neupane reaches Upper Tamakoshi project site following reports of CDO obstructing...
PMO Secy Neupane reaches Upper Tamakoshi project site follow...
DOLAKHA, August 21:Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Maheshwar Neupane reached at the project site of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project on Friday afternoon, following news reports that various groups including the local administration were obstructing the foreign contractor of...
Aug 21, 2021