POLITICS
Civil society group urges Nepal to summon emergency meeting of SAARC to discuss Afghan cri...
Civil society group urges Nepal to summon emergency meeting...
KATHMANDU, August 21: A civil society group in Nepal has appealed to the Government of Nepal (GoN) to summon an emergency meeting of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in its capacity as the chair of the regional body. They have urged the government to hold discussions on th...
Aug 21, 2021
SPORTS
The goal is to create history in SAFF championship: Coach Mutairi
The goal is to create history in SAFF championship: Coach Mu...
POKHARA, August 21: The head coach of Nepal’s national football team, Abdhulla Al Mutairi has claimed that the team is set to write a new history in the upcoming SAFF Championship which will be held in the Maldives. He said that the goal of the team will be to make it to the final and make a new his...
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY
New track under-construction to connect Chame to Upper Manang
New track under-construction to connect Chame to Upper Manan...
MANANG, August 21: A new track is being constructed to connect Chame to Upper Manang as the roadway connecting Lower Manang to Upper Manang district remains disrupted due to landslides and floods of May 28 and June 15.
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY
There are only nine banking outlets serving every 100,000 people in Province 2
There are only nine banking outlets serving every 100,000 pe...
KATHMANDU, August 21: Province 2 has the lowest availability of banking service per person with only nine banking outlets available for every 100,000 people in the province.
Aug 21, 2021
POLITICS
UML leaders close to Khanal say party should remain united
UML leaders close to Khanal say party should remain united
ILAM, August 21: The split in the main opposition CPN-UML has led the party’s lawmakers and members to side with the faction they support. However, the lawmakers and members who were critics of the party’s chairperson KP Sharma Oli are now holding discussions after senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal t...
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
PMO Secy Neupane reaches Upper Tamakoshi project site following reports of CDO obstructing...
PMO Secy Neupane reaches Upper Tamakoshi project site follow...
DOLAKHA, August 21:Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Maheshwar Neupane reached at the project site of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project on Friday afternoon, following news reports that various groups including the local administration were obstructing the foreign contractor of...
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
13 percent of Nepal’s population fully vaccinated against COVID-19
13 percent of Nepal’s population fully vaccinated against CO...
KATHMANDU, August 21: The government had announced to vaccinate 33 percent of the population against COVID-19 by mid-September. The government has planned to administer free vaccines to all eligible citizens by February, 2022.
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY
Three arrested for collecting donations illegally
Three arrested for collecting donations illegally
GANDAKI, August 21: A team of the District Police Office, Kaski has arrested three persons for collecting donations under the pretext of treating kidney patients in different parts of the country. They had been collecting donations in the name of Unique Volunteers Nepal, Dharan, Sunsari.
Aug 21, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Free electricity for people consuming up to 20 units will be implemented within a month an...
Free electricity for people consuming up to 20 units will be...
KATHMANDU, August 21: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said that the government's decision to provide free electricity to the people consuming up to 20 units of electricity will be implemented within a month and a half.
Aug 21, 2021
SOCIETY, My City, Entertainment
Veteran artist Shambhu Raj Thapa no more
Veteran artist Shambhu Raj Thapa no more
KATHMANDU, August 21: Veteran Artist Shambhu Raj Thapa passed away this morning at Patan Hospital.
Aug 21, 2021