KATHMANDU, June 16: The government on June 10 decided to relax the ongoing nationwide lockdown which was enforced on March 24. Private vehicles are allowed to operate on an odd-even basis while businesses and industrial activities.......
Published On: June 16, 2020 12:20 PM NPT |SOCIETYSolar farms require large areas of land, and using agricultural lands for such a purpose might lead to food insecurity. Before deciding on solar farms, cost-benefit analysis should be considered. There is ongoing research.......
Published On: June 16, 2020 11:52 AM NPT By: Sharad Sharma and Tapendra Chand |OPINIONKATHMANDU, June 16 : With the objective of exploring possible business and investment opportunities in the field of renewable energy in Nepal, a UK business group - Innovate UK - is organizing a virtual mission to Nepal........
Published On: June 16, 2020 09:26 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 16: The government has slapped a two-year travel ban on five foreign nationals for violating the immigration law of Nepal by participating in a youth-led protest on Saturday.
Published On: June 16, 2020 10:01 AM NPT By: Ashim Neupane |POLITICSKATHMANDU, June 15: Embassy of India, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City on Monday signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of Sanitation facility.......
Published On: June 15, 2020 11:37 PM NPT |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 16: The Sudur Paschim government has enlisted installing small and cottage industries and promoting agricultural products and herbs on top priority in the province’s budget for 2020/21 announced on Monday.
Published On: June 16, 2020 08:10 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 16: Province 5 has announced that it will work toward developing itself into a ‘digital province’, create over 100,000 jobs through various programs and promote electric vehicles in the province.
Published On: June 16, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 15: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has asked the government to stop the use of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) to check if a person is infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Published On: June 15, 2020 08:24 PM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, June 15: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has deferred Air Arabia’s request to operate a special charter flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nepal citing overpricing of tickets.
Published On: June 15, 2020 08:20 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 15: Evacuation charter flights scheduled to be operated on Monday by Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Himalaya Airlines have been postponed following the diplomatic missions’ incompetency to collect PCR.......
Published On: June 15, 2020 07:12 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 15: The Supreme Court on Monday refused the government’s plea to review an interim order that the apex judicial body had issued against the government’s recent decision on tax clearance. With the new decision.......
Published On: June 15, 2020 06:17 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 15: The Karnali government has announced to run a program titled ‘One Local Unit, One Grain Storage’ to address the perennial problem of food shortage in the region. Unveiling the province’s budget for fiscal.......
Published On: June 15, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYBRUSSELS, June 15: Far more people around the world think China has responded well to the COVID-19 pandemic than those who think the United States has done a good job, a poll by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation showed.......
Published On: June 15, 2020 05:59 PM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDKATHMANDU: Five new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in the Kathmandu Valley, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
Published On: June 15, 2020 05:23 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU: The Karnali Province government has announced to upgrade the Karnali Provincial Hospital in the upcoming fiscal year.
Published On: June 15, 2020 05:18 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 15: Nepal has reported the recovery of 67 more COVID-19 patients in the last 24 hours.
Published On: June 15, 2020 05:12 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU: Police have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in gang raping a woman in a quarantine facility in Kailali district on Saturday.
Published On: June 15, 2020 02:10 PM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 15 : Himalaya Airlines is set to operate evacuation flights from seven different countries starting Tuesday.
Published On: June 15, 2020 05:07 PM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYWith the COVID-19 pandemic bringing to a halt economic and broader development activity around the world, the World Bank has projected that remittances to low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) will fall sharply in 2020—by.......
Published On: June 16, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Lorena Lando |OPINIONNEW YORK – The United States finds itself confronting several daunting challenges simultaneously. There is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already claimed nearly 120,000 lives and shows little sign of abating in large swaths.......
Published On: June 16, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Richard N Haass |OPINION