POLITICS
Former minister Ale provides financial support to hospitalized patients
Former minister Ale provides financial support to hospitaliz...
KATHMANDU, August 20: Former minister for Forest and Environment, Prem Bahadur Ale has provided financial help to 3 ill people from Sudurpaschim Province, who are currently receiving treatment in hospitals of the Kathmandu Valley.
Aug 20, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Britney Spears under investigation over battery of staff
Britney Spears under investigation over battery of staff
Britney Spears is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member at her home alleged the singer struck her, authorities said Thursday.
Aug 20, 2021
POLITICS
Bagmati Province Chief Prasai removed from his post
Bagmati Province Chief Prasai removed from his post
KATHMANDU, August 20: The chief of Bagmati Province, Bishnu Prasad Prasai has been dismissed from his post.
Aug 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Six houses at high risk of landslides
Six houses at high risk of landslides
BAITADI, August 20: Three families have been displaced while six houses in Patan Municipality-10 are at the risk of landslides.
Aug 20, 2021
POLITICS
Bam Dev Gautam to support CPN-UML (Socialist)
Bam Dev Gautam to support CPN-UML (Socialist)
KATHMANDU, August 20: CPN-UML Vice-chairperson Bam Dev Gautam has decided to join the CPN-UML (Socialist), a splinter group of the CPN-UML. In a virtual meeting held on Thursday, Gautam who had been operating the national campaign for the party’s unity, announced to support and move forward with the...
Aug 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Public holiday to Newar community across country on occasion of Gaijatra
Public holiday to Newar community across country on occasion...
KATHMANDU, August 20: On the occasion of Gaijatra, the government has decided to give a public holiday on 23rd August, Monday, to the entire Newar community living across Nepal. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Thursday decided to give a public holiday to the Newar community residing in...
Aug 20, 2021
POLITICS
Second-rung UML leaders urge Nepal to withdraw his decision to form new party
Second-rung UML leaders urge Nepal to withdraw his decision...
KATHMANDU, August 20: Senior CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal sent a request to register a new party at the Election Commission, stating that he was not given a place in the party by CPM-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli. However, the second generation leaders of the UML are trying to halt the split in...
Aug 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Valley DAOs urge all to celebrate Janai Purnima, Gaijatra festival in symbolic manner
Valley DAOs urge all to celebrate Janai Purnima, Gaijatra fe...
KATHMANDU, August 20: All the three District Administration Offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley have urged people to celebrate festivals like Janai Purnima and Gaijatra symbolically, avoiding huge gatherings of people to avoid further spread of COVID-19.
Aug 20, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
Do I need a booster if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
Do I need a booster if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
With boosters being planned in the U.S. as early as the fall for those who got the two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, recipients of the single-dose J&J jab might be wondering just how well their protection is holding up.
Aug 20, 2021
ECONOMY
All units of Upper Tamakoshi connected to national grid
All units of Upper Tamakoshi connected to national grid
KATHMANDU, August 20: The Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project has connected 456 MW of electricity generated from all its six units to the national transmission line from August 17. Chief Executive Officer of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Company Limited, Bigyan Raj Shrestha, said that the electricity ge...
Aug 20, 2021