WORLD

UK plans to tax firms that profited from pandemic: Sunday Times

UK plans to tax firms that profited from pandemic: Sunday Times

LONDON, Feb 7: Britain plans to tax retailers and tech companies whose profits have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

LONDON, Feb 7: Britain plans to tax retailers and tech companies whose profits have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Feb 07, 2021

WORLD

Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against South African variant: study

Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against South African variant: study

LONDON, Feb 7: British drugmaker AstraZeneca AZN.L said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford...

LONDON, Feb 7: British drugmaker AstraZeneca AZN.L said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford...

Feb 07, 2021

SOCIETY

184,857 frontline workers in Nepal receive Covishield in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive

184,857 frontline workers in Nepal receive Covishield in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive

Govt fails to meet the target of inoculating 450,000 people in the first phase

Govt fails to meet the target of inoculating 450,000 people in the first phase

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...

MYANMAR, Feb 7: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar’s cities on Saturday to denounce this week’s...

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 under integrated platform

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has stepped up efforts to integrate the Quick Response (QR) code payment platf...

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has stepped up efforts to integrate the Quick Response (QR) code payment platf...

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 prestigio...

ISTANBUL, Feb 6: Turkey’s president has ordered the establishment of two new departments in the country’s most prestigio...

Feb 06, 2021

POLITICS

Election announced for political stability: Minister Shrestha

Election announced for political stability: Minister Shrestha

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Krishna Gopal Shrestha has said the country should now...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Krishna Gopal Shrestha has said the country should now...

Feb 06, 2021

SOCIETY

Kathmandu’s air quality deteriorates despite first winter rain, AQI docks at 191.72 μg/m³

Kathmandu’s air quality deteriorates despite first winter rain, AQI docks at 191.72 μg/m³

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Air quality index (AQI) of the country’s capital city, Kathmandu, further worsened on Saturday despite...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Air quality index (AQI) of the country’s capital city, Kathmandu, further worsened on Saturday despite...

Feb 06, 2021

SOCIETY

Snowfall in the hills around the Valley, weather to improve from Sunday

Snowfall in the hills around the Valley, weather to improve from Sunday

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Influenced by the westerly wind, the Kathmandu Valley received the first winter rain of this year on S...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Influenced by the westerly wind, the Kathmandu Valley received the first winter rain of this year on S...

Feb 06, 2021

SOCIETY

404th week of Bagmati River Clean-up Mega Campaign:10 metric tonnes of waste extracted today

404th week of Bagmati River Clean-up Mega Campaign:10 metric tonnes of waste extracted today

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: A total of 10 metric tonnes of waste was extracted from the Bagmati River in the Kathmandu Valley toda...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: A total of 10 metric tonnes of waste was extracted from the Bagmati River in the Kathmandu Valley toda...

Feb 06, 2021