SOCIETY
Australia provides medical equipment worth Rs 4.1 million to TU Teaching Hospital
Australia provides medical equipment worth Rs 4.1 million to...
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KATHMANDU, July 7: Ambassador of Australia to Nepal Felicity Volk on Tuesday handed over medical equipment worth AUD 45,450 (approximately NPR 41 lakh) to Professor Dr Dibya Singh Shah, Dean of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) and Dr Samarika Dahal at t...
Jul 07, 2021
SPORTS, WORLD
Italy reach final to continue storming comeback from World Cup failure
Italy reach final to continue storming comeback from World C...
LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Italy reached the Euro 2020 final after edging Spain 4-2 on penalties following a compelling 1-1 draw after extra time on Tuesday, completing a remarkable revival after failing to qualify for the last World Cup.
Jul 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt relief packages not reaching majority COVID-affected women entrepreneurs: FWEAN
Govt relief packages not reaching majority COVID-affected wo...
KATHMANDU, July 6: Lack of dissemination of proper information along with a number of hindrances including poor market access, poor financial literacy and procedural defects have been preventing a majority of the COVID-19 affected women entrepreneurs from receiving the targeted recovery packages int...
Jul 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Stocks end slightly lower extending losses for a third straight day
Stocks end slightly lower extending losses for a third strai...
KATHMANDU, July 6: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index opened the session slightly in green before reverting towards the opening level. The index climbed over 10 points briefly in the morning, but witnessed a strong pullback dragging the index in red. Stocks saw lackluster trading thereafter hove...
Jul 06, 2021
POLITICS
UML Task Force members to sit again for talks on Wednesday as consensus remains elusive
UML Task Force members to sit again for talks on Wednesday a...
KATHMANDU, July 6: The dispute seen between Chairman K P Oli and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal within the ruling CPN-UML appears nowhere close to consensus even as the two sides have already held several rounds of talks.
Jul 06, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Nepal within a month
5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Nepal wit...
There are indications showing that the number of vaccine doses arriving in Nepal through the two processes could cross 5.5 million within a month. According to authorities from the Ministry of Health and Population, efforts to import vaccines from other countries are currently underway as well.
Jul 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Arnaud Cauchois appointed ADB’s new country director for Nepal
Arnaud Cauchois appointed ADB’s new country director for Nep...
KATHMANDU, July 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Arnaud Cauchois as new Country Director for Nepal.
Jul 06, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal records 2,634 new cases through 12,585 tests on Tuesday
Nepal records 2,634 new cases through 12,585 tests on Tuesda...
The Kathmandu Valley recorded 499 new cases
Jul 06, 2021
WORLD
No survivors from plane crash in Russia's far east, rescue officials say
No survivors from plane crash in Russia's far east, rescue o...
MOSCOW, July 6: There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying.
Jul 06, 2021
SOCIETY
'If you don’t have Rs 100,000 to charter a chopper, you die'
'If you don’t have Rs 100,000 to charter a chopper, you die'
The government, other agencies concerned and aid seems mostly targeted to those places only where journalists first visited and made those places ‘viral’ in social media and news channels.
Jul 06, 2021