SOCIETY
Eye infection cases rise after air pollution in Kanchanpur
Eye infection cases rise after air pollution in Kanchanpur
KANCHANPUR, April 7: Health problems like eye infection and allergy have increased among the locals of Kanchanpur due to air pollution.
Apr 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Bhaktapur opens country’s largest vegetable market
Bhaktapur opens country’s largest vegetable market
BHAKTAPUR, April 7: Nepal’s largest vegetable market has come into operation in Bhaktapur.
Apr 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Smog disrupts domestic and international air services
Smog disrupts domestic and international air services
KATHMANDU, April 7: All domestic air services have been affected due to dust and smoke in the skies across the country, including in Kathmandu.
Apr 07, 2021
WORLD
Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group
Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7: Facebook said Tuesday it has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group and a troll farm in Albania.
Apr 07, 2021
WORLD
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
WASHINGTON, April 7: President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out...
Apr 07, 2021
NEPAL, POLITICS
Voting underway to elect FNJ’s new leadership
Voting underway to elect FNJ’s new leadership
KATHMANDU, April 7: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is all set to elect new leadership in its all chapters, province committees and the central committee. FNJ has adopted the first-ever direct voting system to elect its central committee leadership. Voting is underway in all chapters acro...
Apr 07, 2021
WORLD
A third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: study
A third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental dis...
LONDON, April 7: One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday.
Apr 07, 2021
POLITICS
Former British Gurkha veterans threaten to launch hunger strike if their demands for compe...
Former British Gurkha veterans threaten to launch hunger str...
KATHMANDU, April 7: Alleging that the UK government had failed to give heed to their genuine demands of parity in the pension and other perks and facilities with their British counterparts, the agitating British Gurkha Satyagraha United Struggle Committee UK-Nepal (BGSUSC UK-Nepal) has threatened t...
Apr 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal to receive remaining amount of fertilizer imported from Bangladesh under G2G model b...
Nepal to receive remaining amount of fertilizer imported fro...
KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has so far imported 30,500 tons of fertilizers from Bangladesh on government-to-government basis out of the total amount of 50,000 tons under a bilateral agreement.
Apr 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt blacklists 11 construction companies barring them from taking up development projects...
Govt blacklists 11 construction companies barring them from...
KATHMANDU, April 6: The government has blacklisted 11 contractors for failing to complete the awarded construction projects on time.
Apr 06, 2021