SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
900,000 people to be vaccinated in the first phase
900,000 people to be vaccinated in the first phase
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Although it has been said that the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available for 3 percent of the population in Nepal, it has not been specified who will be among them. The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to provide vaccines to 3 percent of the population in the first p...
Nov 26, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
WEATHER ALERT: Westerly wind likely to cause light snowfall in hilly and mountainous area
WEATHER ALERT: Westerly wind likely to cause light snowfall...
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: The sky at most of the places of the country will remain partly to generally cloudy while some places of high-hilly and mountainous areas will experience light snowfall on Thursday due to the influence of the Westerly wind.
Nov 26, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SSP Kunwar appointed new spokesperson of Nepal Police
SSP Kunwar appointed new spokesperson of Nepal Police
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Nepal Police has designated Senior Superintendent of Police Basanta Bahadur Kunwar as its new spokesperson.
Nov 26, 2020
POLITICS
UN urges relevant authorities to urgently follow due process, ensure perpetrator is booked
UN urges relevant authorities to urgently follow due process...
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: The United Nations has urged all relevant authorities to urgently follow due process and ensure that the perpetrator behind the rape and murder of a minor in Bardibas, Mahottari is held accountable.
Nov 26, 2020
WORLD
South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail
South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov 26: The operator of an online chat room in South Korea was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for blackmailing women, including minors, into filming sexually explicit video and selling them to others.
Nov 26, 2020
SPORTS
Soccer world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies
Soccer world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26: Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesday at his home in Argentina after suffering a heart attack, his lawyer said. He was 60.
Nov 26, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Kathmandu (with video)
Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Kathmandu (with video)
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday morning on a two-day official visit to Nepal.
Nov 26, 2020
ECONOMY
Remittances provide temporary cushion to Nepal’s troubled economy
Remittances provide temporary cushion to Nepal’s troubled ec...
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: At a time when the world economy was hard hit by the ongoing pandemic, improvement in Nepal’s remittances inflow has made it easier for the government to operate. Contrary to the projection of drop in the remittances flow, it has increased by 12.5 percent, helping the government i...
Nov 26, 2020
SOCIETY
Three missing, one injured as a pickup van carrying patient plunges into Trishuli river
Three missing, one injured as a pickup van carrying patient ...
DHADING, Nov 26: Three people have gone missing and one other was seriously injured as a pick-up van carrying a patient plunged into Trishuli River near Nagdi Khola area of Ichchha Manakamana Rural Municipality-4 in Chitwan on Thursday morning.
Nov 26, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Daraz, Nabil Bank launch "Sarathi" program
Daraz, Nabil Bank launch "Sarathi" program
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Nepal’s leading online marketplace, Daraz, has officially launched the Daraz Sarathi program in collaboration with Nabil Bank.
Nov 26, 2020