WORLD
U.S. can deliver COVID-19 aid checks quickly, but child tax credit is hurdle
U.S. can deliver COVID-19 aid checks quickly, but child tax...
WASHINGTON, March 9: With plenty of practice sending out coronavirus relief payments, the U.S. government should be able to start delivering $1,400 checks almost immediately once Congress finalizes a new aid bill and President Joe Biden signs it, tax experts say.
Mar 09, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Oprah’s deft royal interview shows why she’s still the queen
Oprah’s deft royal interview shows why she’s still the queen
There were royal victims and villains in Harry and Meghan’s tell-all — or tell enough — interview with Oprah Winfrey. But there was only one immediate and clear winner: the American media queen.
Mar 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Power supply disrupted in Humla village for five days
Power supply disrupted in Humla village for five days
SIMKOT, March 9: People in Adanchuli Rural Municipality in the lower belt of Humla district have not had power supply for five days.
Mar 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Four Mid-Western University professors including program director resign en masse
Four Mid-Western University professors including program dir...
KARNALI, March 9: Four assistant professors including the programme director of the School of Law of Midwestern University resigned en masse.
Mar 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal receiving first lot of chemical fertilizers procured from Bangladesh by Tuesday
Nepal receiving first lot of chemical fertilizers procured f...
KATHMANDU, March 9: Nepal is receiving the first consignment of the chemical fertilizer imported from Bangladesh on government-to-government basis.
Mar 09, 2021
OPINION
What next for NCP after the court verdict?
What next for NCP after the court verdict?
If NCP Double is to split along UML and Maoist Centre what will happen to those MPs crisscrossing between Oli and Dahal-Nepal camps?
Mar 09, 2021
WORLD
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
NEW YORK, March 9: Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
Mar 09, 2021
WORLD
Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut
Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut
YANGON, Myanmar, March 9: Demonstrators in Myanmar’s biggest city came out Monday night for their first mass protests in defiance of an 8 p.m. curfew, seeking to show support for an estimated 200 students trapped by security forces in a small area of one neighborhood.
Mar 09, 2021
SPORTS
IPL returns to India, without spectators initially
IPL returns to India, without spectators initially
NEW DELHI, March 9: The popular Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin in Chennai on April 9 and will be played across six venues, initially without spectators, the Indian cricket board said on Sunday.
Mar 09, 2021
POLITICS
Leaders belonging to Dahal-Nepal faction of the erstwhile CPN decide to part ways to their...
Leaders belonging to Dahal-Nepal faction of the erstwhile CP...
KATHMANDU, March 8: Leaders belonging to the Dahal-Nepal faction of the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have decided to be part of their respective mother party as per the Supreme Court verdict on Sunday.
Mar 08, 2021