SOCIETY, DIASPORA
South Korea introduces new visa rule; Nepali Embassy issues notice
South Korea introduces new visa rule; Nepali Embassy issues...
The workers who arrive in South Korea under the EPS have a three-year contract under the E9 VISA, and can extend it by one year ten months after the end of the contract. But as per the new rule, if the passport has expired, the person does not get a visa extension.
Apr 04, 2021
WORLD
Jordanian military warns king's half-brother to stop actions undermining stability
Jordanian military warns king's half-brother to stop actions...
AMMAN, April 4: Jordan’s military has told King Abdullah’s half-brother Prince Hamza bin Hussein to halt actions targeting “security and stability” in what people familiar with the matter said could be related to a plot to destabilise the country.
Apr 04, 2021
SPORTS
Delhi's Axar tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of IPL
Delhi's Axar tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of IPL
MUMBAI, April 4: Delhi Capitals spinner Axar Patel has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the start of their Indian Premier League campaign next week, the team said on Saturday.
Apr 04, 2021
ECONOMY
BFIs blacklist around 4,000 loan defaulters in eight months of current fiscal year
BFIs blacklist around 4,000 loan defaulters in eight months...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) blacklisted as many as 3,942 individuals and firms on charge of defaulting loans during the eight and a half months of the current fiscal year from mid-July 2020 to March-end 2021, despite Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)’s repeated direction for no...
Apr 04, 2021
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
128 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed taking national tally to 277,768
128 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed taking national tally to...
KATHMANDU, April 3: The country reported a total of 128 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. With this, the caseload of coronavirus in the country reached 277,768.
Apr 03, 2021
ECONOMY
Department of Revenue Investigation to dispose of 72 tons of substandard sugar seized last...
Department of Revenue Investigation to dispose of 72 tons of...
KATHMANDU, April 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has decided to destroy substandard sugar seized last year.
Apr 03, 2021
POLITICS
PM Oli miffed at PAC directive to suspend ongoing construction works of Kathmandu-Tarai Fa...
PM Oli miffed at PAC directive to suspend ongoing constructi...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Prime Minister KP Oli has expressed serious dissatisfaction over the directive issued by a parliamentary committee to suspend the ongoing process of awarding the contract for a section of the Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track project.
Apr 03, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
New govt will be formed very soon: CPN (MC) Chair Dahal
New govt will be formed very soon: CPN (MC) Chair Dahal
KATHMANDU, April 3: Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the country’s political scenario has taken a turn for the better.
Apr 03, 2021
POLITICS
NC will table no-confidence motion against PM Oli if he does not step down voluntarily
NC will table no-confidence motion against PM Oli if he does...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Senior leader of the main opposition, Nepali Congress (NC), Ram Chandra Paudel has announced to sponsor a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister K P Oli “if he does not step down voluntarily”.
Apr 03, 2021
WORLD
Myanmar protesters defy crackdown, five killed; junta hunts critics
Myanmar protesters defy crackdown, five killed; junta hunts...
MYANMAR, April 3: Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing at least five people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks.
Apr 03, 2021