POLITICS
Prez Bhandari flying to Bangladesh tomorrow
Prez Bhandari flying to Bangladesh tomorrow
KATHMANDU, Mar 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is flying to Bangladesh on Monday.
Mar 21, 2021
WORLD
AstraZeneca counters Indonesian Muslim concerns over COVID-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca counters Indonesian Muslim concerns over COVID-1...
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JAKARTA, March 21: AstraZeneca said on Sunday its COVID-19 vaccine contains no pork-derived ingredients, countering an assertion in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, that the drug violates Islamic law.
Mar 21, 2021
SOCIETY
Six die, two others injured as a truck plunges into Marshyangdi River
Six die, two others injured as a truck plunges into Marshyan...
LAMJUNG, Mar 21: As many as six people died and two others sustained severe injuries when a truck plunged into Marshyangdi River at Lamjung Besisahar-Chum road section of Naso Rural Municipality-3 of Lamjung district.
Mar 21, 2021
ECONOMY
Transport entrepreneurs demand adjustment of transport fares
Transport entrepreneurs demand adjustment of transport fares
KATHMANDU, March 21: Transport entrepreneurs have demanded the government to revise the fare of public transport at the earliest, which has remained the same since 2018.
Mar 21, 2021
WORLD
Heavy rains in Australia's east bring worst floods in 50 years
Heavy rains in Australia's east bring worst floods in 50 yea...
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MELBOURNE, March 21: Heavy rains along Australia’s east coast over the weekend have brought the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said on Sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses.
Mar 21, 2021
WORLD
Greece to hand out self-testing kits as COVID-19 cases stay high
Greece to hand out self-testing kits as COVID-19 cases stay...
ATHENS, March 21: Greece will start distributing free do-it-yourself COVID-19 tests next month, the government said on Saturday, as it seeks to alleviate pressure on a healthcare system facing a stubbornly high level of new infections.
Mar 21, 2021
OPINION
Restoring forest requires local action
Restoring forest requires local action
Forests are heavily exploited in Nepal’s Terai region with growing fragmentation of the contiguous expanse of forests in the region. Following the eradication of malaria in the 1960s, large scale migration from the hills to the low-lying region of Terai due to its fertile plains and accessibility ha...
Mar 21, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal-Bangladesh ties expected to enter new era with President's state visit
Nepal-Bangladesh ties expected to enter new era with Preside...
KATHMANDU, March 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is paying a state visit to Bangladesh on March 22 and 23. The people of both countries are closely observing the visit with excitement as the visit is taking place at the Head-of-State level for the first time after Nepal's adoption of the federal d...
Mar 21, 2021
POLITICS
PM Oli wishes good health to Pakistani PM Khan
PM Oli wishes good health to Pakistani PM Khan
KATHMANDU, Mar 21: The Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has wished good health to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan.
Mar 21, 2021
OPINION
Rewriting the history of subalterns
Rewriting the history of subalterns
Study of history through Tamang people’s perspective is important not just because it unlocks answers about the past of this community but also because it helps to ask right questions about them.
Mar 21, 2021