SOCIETY
A teenage girl murdered after rape in Baitadi
A teenage girl murdered after rape in Baitadi
*A postmortem conducted at the District Hospital of Baitadi on Saturday indicated that it could be a case of rape and subsequent murder
Feb 07, 2021
WORLD
UK plans to tax firms that profited from pandemic: Sunday Times
UK plans to tax firms that profited from pandemic: Sunday Ti...
LONDON, Feb 7: Britain plans to tax retailers and tech companies whose profits have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sunday Times reported, citing leaked emails.
Feb 07, 2021
OPINION
Biden’s Asian triangle
Biden’s Asian triangle
The US cannot decouple its economy completely from China without enormous costs.
Feb 07, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against South African variant: study
Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against South A...
LONDON, Feb 7: British drugmaker AstraZeneca AZN.L said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.
Feb 07, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
184,857 frontline workers in Nepal receive Covishield in the first phase of COVID-19 vacci...
184,857 frontline workers in Nepal receive Covishield in the...
Govt fails to meet the target of inoculating 450,000 people in the first phase
Feb 07, 2021
OPINION
How Nepali migrants suffered during the pandemic
How Nepali migrants suffered during the pandemic
In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, job loss created a financial hardship to low-skilled migrants. It cut off the survival lifelines of the family members back home.
Feb 07, 2021
WORLD
Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban
Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban
MYANMAR, Feb 7: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar’s cities on Saturday to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite a blockade on the internet by the junta.
Feb 07, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB preparing guidelines to frame QR code payments systems under integrated platform
NRB preparing guidelines to frame QR code payments systems u...
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has stepped up efforts to integrate the Quick Response (QR) code payment platforms under a single network system to facilitate easy transaction and to maintain transparency in the digital payment mode.
Feb 07, 2021
WORLD
Turkish president takes action at protest-rocked university
Turkish president takes action at protest-rocked university
ISTANBUL, Feb 6: Turkey’s president has ordered the establishment of two new departments in the country’s most prestigious university, which has been rocked by weeks of demonstrations protesting his appointment of a new rector with government links.
Feb 06, 2021
SOCIETY, VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Kathmandu’s air quality deteriorates despite first winter rain, AQI docks at 191.72 μg/m³
Kathmandu’s air quality deteriorates despite first winter ra...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Air quality index (AQI) of the country’s capital city, Kathmandu, further worsened on Saturday despite the fact that most businesses remained shut and the city received the first rain of winter this year. The highest AQI on Saturday was measured at 191.72 μg/m³.
Feb 06, 2021