WORLD
Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria
Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria
BAGHDAD/AMMAN, July 8: U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members.
Jul 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse sees modest losses as quarter end approaches
Nepse sees modest losses as quarter end approaches
KATHMANDU, July 7: Stocks traded briefly in green before pulling back towards the opening level in the morning. Subsequently, the benchmark traded flat for most of the first half of Wednesday’s trading session. Nonetheless, selling pressure in the afternoon dragged the index towards negative territo...
Jul 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal being self-reliant in tea, electricity wire and conductor, footwear, zinc sheet and...
Nepal being self-reliant in tea, electricity wire and conduc...
KATHMANDU, July 7: The government has included five more items — tea, electricity wire and conductor, footwear, zinc sheets and paints — in the lists of the potential goods in which Nepal is being self-reliant.
Jul 07, 2021
SOCIETY
Commuters in dilemma as bus park remains closed
Commuters in dilemma as bus park remains closed
KATHMANDU, June 7: The general public in the Kathmandu Valley is left in a dilemma regarding the search for means of transportation as the old-bus park was found empty and padlocked. Ram Sundar Poudel, a commuter, could not find a single bus for Dakshinkali even after making his second round of Tudi...
Jul 07, 2021
POLITICS
EC forms a five-member bench to settle JSP's authenticity row
EC forms a five-member bench to settle JSP's authenticity ro...
KATHMANDU, July 7: The Election Commission (EC) has formed a five-member bench to settle the intra-party row within the Janata Samajbadi Party(JSP).
Jul 07, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal’s new COVID-19 cases decreased by almost 10 percent in past one week but risk of tra...
Nepal’s new COVID-19 cases decreased by almost 10 percent in...
2,979 new cases, 1,333 recoveries and 28 deaths due to COVID-19 recorded on Wednesday
Jul 07, 2021
SOCIETY
Food and medical supplies provided to poor and differently-abled in Mugu
Food and medical supplies provided to poor and differently-a...
MUGU, July 7: Anil Bania, a local social worker with the help of Mirai Global Education and Visa Service Nepal has distributed rice, salt and other food items to almost 100 families, suffering from poverty due to the enforced prohibitory order in Mugu district, following the spread of the second wav...
Jul 07, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Fashion, Social, People
Bodhisattva Gallery creating opportunities to understand traditional Newah art
Bodhisattva Gallery creating opportunities to understand tra...
Here, the mother-son duo Anjana Shakya (founder) and Prajwol man Shakya (director) of the gallery, share their experience about their new venture along with the motivation, challenges, initiatives and more while working in the field of traditional Newah art.
Jul 07, 2021
POLITICS
Govt’s decision to bear treatment costs of Ex-PM Khanal against law
Govt’s decision to bear treatment costs of Ex-PM Khanal agai...
KATHMANDU, July 7: The treatment cost of former Prime Minister (PM) Jhalanath Khanal is to be borne by the government. It has been learnt that a cabinet meeting held on June 21 took a decision to this effect.
Jul 07, 2021
WORLD
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hatii, July 7: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country’s interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday.
Jul 07, 2021