NEPAL

70% of Nepali children studying at home on their own; families are selling assets to survive: Nationwide survey

70% of Nepali children studying at home on their own; families are selling assets to survive: Nationwide survey

KATHMANDU, December 29: COVID-19 is taking a serious toll on the earnings of an average Nepali and has heightened the ri...

KATHMANDU, December 29: COVID-19 is taking a serious toll on the earnings of an average Nepali and has heightened the ri...

Dec 29, 2020

SOCIETY

Pathivara forest fire spreads to Kanchanjunga Conservation Area

Pathivara forest fire spreads to Kanchanjunga Conservation Area

PHUNGLING, Dec 29: The forest fire that started in the Pathivara area in Taplejung district has entered the Kanchanjunga...

PHUNGLING, Dec 29: The forest fire that started in the Pathivara area in Taplejung district has entered the Kanchanjunga...

Dec 29, 2020

SOCIETY

Govt mulling over sending swab samples of UK passengers to foreign labs to test new strain of COVID-19

Govt mulling over sending swab samples of UK passengers to foreign labs to test new strain of COVID-19

A few passengers arriving from the UK tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday

A few passengers arriving from the UK tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday

Dec 28, 2020

POLITICS

Provincial govts feel the heat as NCP’s Dahal-Nepal faction seeks to oust chief ministers close to PM Oli

Provincial govts feel the heat as NCP’s Dahal-Nepal faction seeks to oust chief ministers close to PM Oli

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The vertical split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) following the decision of Prime Minister...

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The vertical split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) following the decision of Prime Minister...

Dec 28, 2020

POLITICS

Oli is preparing to impose a state of emergency if Supreme Court overturns govt's decision to dissolve House: Gurung

Oli is preparing to impose a state of emergency if Supreme Court overturns govt's decision to dissolve House: Gurung

POKHARA, Dec 28: Leader of the rival Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Dev Gurung, on Monda...

POKHARA, Dec 28: Leader of the rival Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Dev Gurung, on Monda...

Dec 28, 2020

POLITICS

Visiting CPC delegation meets leaders of rival faction of NCP

Visiting CPC delegation meets leaders of rival faction of NCP

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A high-level delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which is currently visiting Nepal, hel...

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A high-level delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which is currently visiting Nepal, hel...

Dec 28, 2020

SOCIETY

Three arrested with pangolin scales

Three arrested with pangolin scales

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A squad of security personnel arrested three persons involved in smuggling of endangered wildlife pan...

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A squad of security personnel arrested three persons involved in smuggling of endangered wildlife pan...

Dec 28, 2020

WORLD

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available)...

Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available)...

Dec 27, 2020

WORLD

Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 27: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overn...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 27: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overn...

Dec 27, 2020

My City

Life: a Double-Edged knife

Life: a Double-Edged knife

Carrying a huge desire’s caravan Inside… Outside I am stoned – as if a mundane statue. Desire, chanting “Let us free”...

Carrying a huge desire’s caravan Inside… Outside I am stoned – as if a mundane statue. Desire, chanting “Let us free”...

Dec 27, 2020