POLITICS
EU prepares sanctions on Myanmar military
EU prepares sanctions on Myanmar military
BRUSSELS, March 22: The European Union prepared to impose sanctions on 11 people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar on Monday as the number of killings of pro-democracy demonstrators by security forces reached what Germany’s foreign minister is called “an unbearable extent”.
Mar 22, 2021
WORLD
Australia to rescue thousands as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years
Australia to rescue thousands as Sydney faces worst floods i...
PITT TOWN, AUSTRALIA, March 22: Australia was set on Monday to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney’s west, battered by the worst flooding in 60 years, with torrential rains expected to continue for another day or two.
Mar 22, 2021
POLITICS
CPN Chairman Chand urges govt to release 148 leaders still in jail
CPN Chairman Chand urges govt to release 148 leaders still i...
KATHMANDU, March 22: Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Netra Bikram Chanda ‘Biplab’ has urged the government to expedite the release of their party leaders and cadres currently serving jail terms.
Mar 22, 2021
SOCIETY
EIA of Brahmadev area under Mahakali corridor expansion approved after 12 yrs
EIA of Brahmadev area under Mahakali corridor expansion appr...
MAHENDRANAGAR, March 22: Environmental impact assessment of zero point (Brahmadev area) along the Mahakali corridor has been approved after around a decade.
Mar 22, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
COVID-19: 150 new cases reported in Nepal, 84 cases in Kathmandu Valley alone
COVID-19: 150 new cases reported in Nepal, 84 cases in Kathm...
KATHMANDU, March 22: Nepal has added 150 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours. Those cases were diagnosed through 4,472 real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests carried out in the last one day, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Mar 22, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Bangladeshi PM calls on President Bhandari
Bangladeshi PM calls on President Bhandari
DHAKA, March 22: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh paid a courtesy call today on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is on a two-day state visit to Bangladesh. The meeting was held at the Hotel InterContinental based in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
Mar 22, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Readers have free access to digital readings of foreign books, journals at TU Central Libr...
Readers have free access to digital readings of foreign book...
KATHMANDU, March 22: The Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL) has launched software providing students a free access to foreign books and journals for digital readings.
Mar 22, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Prince Harry gives advice to grieving children in new book
Prince Harry gives advice to grieving children in new book
Britain’s Prince Harry has written the foreword for a new book aimed at the children of frontline workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
Mar 22, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
I’ll act neutrally to run House effectively: Speaker Sapkota
I’ll act neutrally to run House effectively: Speaker Sapkota
KATHMANDU, March 22: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Agni Prasad Sapkota has said that he will act impartially and neutrally to run the lower house of parliament effectively.
Mar 22, 2021
WORLD
EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup, foreign policy chief says
EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup, foreign p...
BELJIUM, March 22: The European Union will on Monday imposed sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Mar 22, 2021