PASHUPATINAGAR, Jan 5: The spread of coronavirus infection has severely impacted construction works and the agriculture sector in the districts across Province 1.
Published On: January 5, 2021 12:02 PM NPT By: RSS |ECONOMYUDAYAPUR, Jan 5: A bear was electrocuted on Monday in a forest in the Chure range of Katari Municipality in Udayapur district. The accident happened after the power from the electricity transmission line got supplied to the.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 12:00 PM NPT By: RSS |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Jan 5: The capacity of Dhalkebar substation-- the country's largest substation in Dhanusha-- has been increased. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has added 220/132, 315 MVA capacity power transformer in Dhalkebar.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 01:10 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYWASHINGTON/RIYADH, Jan 5: A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement aimed at ending their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday,.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 11:54 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDKANCHANPUR, Jan 5: A Nepali national was shot at by the Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) near the Nepal-India border on Monday evening. He has received injury on his leg.
Published On: January 5, 2021 11:42 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYBENGALURU, Jan 5: A top executive at an Indian biotechnology company defended its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, approved for emergency use by the government, and said it will produce efficacy data from late-stage trials by.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 11:06 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDTanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has been hospitalized after falling at her home. The actor had mistakenly been reported dead.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 11:02 AM NPT By: Associated Press |My CityIn a message taped for what turned out to be his final week as “Jeopardy!” host, Alex Trebek urged the game show’s viewers to honor the season of giving by helping victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
Published On: January 5, 2021 09:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press |My CityLONDON, Jan 5: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine programme.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 08:38 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDNEW DELHI, Jan 5: The government on Monday refused to roll back farm reform laws, prompting farmers to threaten to step up their weeks-long protests, but the two sides agreed to meet again on Friday.
Published On: January 5, 2021 08:34 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDKATHMANDU, Jan 5: Supreme Court on Monday sought written clarification from the government over the latter's decision to expand cabinet even after the recommendation made to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Published On: January 5, 2021 10:35 AM NPT |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Jan 4: Not only the constitutional experts but also the general public have grown worried as top leaders of the rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) are engaged in issuing veiled threats to.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 06:55 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSThe meeting held under the chairmanship of senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal also took a decision to appoint Devendra Paudel as the In-Charge of Gandaki Province and Yubaraj Gyawali as the In-Charge of Lumbini Province.
Published On: January 4, 2021 07:34 PM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSDUBAI, Jan 4: Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government said on Monday, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S. President-elect.......
Published On: January 4, 2021 07:18 PM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDMANMA, Jan 2: The District Police Office Kalikot has arrested two people along with explosive substances.
Published On: January 4, 2021 07:07 PM NPT By: RSS |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Jan 4: The estimated cost of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project (UTHP) has been projected to increase by an additional Rs 3 billion this year due to delays in the completion of the 456 MW hydropower project.......
Published On: January 4, 2021 08:00 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYSiddhartha Art Gallery at Babermahal Revisited, which was closed for the last nine months due to the pandemic, has reopened with the exhibition "A Single Brushstroke: Chan Mind Spiritual Painting" by Jerome Edou.
Published On: January 4, 2021 05:21 PM NPT By: Sangita Shrestha |My CityKATHMANDU, Jan 5: The local equity market opened Monday’s session firmly higher with most of the companies extending previous day gains. However, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index gave up some of its earlier.......
Published On: January 5, 2021 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYLONDON, Jan 4: Britain began vaccinating its population with Oxford University and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot on Monday in a world first, racing to give protection to the elderly and vulnerable as a new surge of cases threatened.......
Published On: January 4, 2021 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDThe COVID-19 positivity rate between December 26, 2020 to January 4, 2021 stood at 13.91 percent in the country. Public health experts predict that there will be a rise in the number of cases with political protests erupting.......
Published On: January 6, 2021 07:50 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETY