POLITICS
VIDEO: HoR meeting underway
VIDEO: HoR meeting underway
KATHMANDU, August 13: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is currently underway at the federal parliament building at New Baneshwar.
Aug 13, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB releasing monetary policy today
NRB releasing monetary policy today
KATHMANDU, August 13: Nepal Rastra Bank is going to make the monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2021/22 public today. A meeting of the Board of Directors of NRB held to discuss the monetary policy endorsed the policy for the current fiscal year.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
Teachers preparing to stage protest outside PM’s official residence arrested
Teachers preparing to stage protest outside PM’s official re...
KATHMANDU, August 13: Police have arrested dozens of agitating teachers who were gathered at Tangal High School to protest outside the official residence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Baluwatar to exert pressure on the government to meet their 34-point demands.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
Four houses affected by landslides in Rasuwa
Four houses affected by landslides in Rasuwa
RASUWA, August 13: The landslide that occurred in Gosaikunda Rural Municipality-5 on Friday morning has severely affected four houses in the area while seven others have sustained minor damages. Also, two people have been injured by the natural disaster.
Aug 13, 2021
Coronavirus
Extra COVID vaccine OK’d for those with weak immune systems
Extra COVID vaccine OK’d for those with weak immune systems
WASHINGTON, August 13: U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.
Aug 13, 2021
ECONOMY
167 Nepalis fly to UAE in an Air Arabia flight after rapid PCR test
167 Nepalis fly to UAE in an Air Arabia flight after rapid P...
KATHMANDU, August 13: Air Arabia, which has been flying from UAE to Kathmandu since Monday, has started carrying passengers from both destinations from Thursday. Due to the lack of rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing facility at Nepal's airport, Air Arabia had been carrying passengers comi...
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
Lumbini Province to provide cash support to kidney, cancer, heart patients
Lumbini Province to provide cash support to kidney, cancer,...
RUPANDEHI, August 13: The first cabinet meeting of the newly-formed Lumbini Province Government has decided to provide Rs 200,000 to kidney, cancer and heart patients.
Aug 13, 2021
ECONOMY
Finance Minister directs IRD officials to submit an action plan to double domestic revenue
Finance Minister directs IRD officials to submit an action p...
KATHMANDU, August 13: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has directed officials to submit an action plan to double the domestic revenue.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
Naagpanchami being observed today
Naagpanchami being observed today
KATHMANDU, August 13: Naagpanchami, a festival of Hindus is being observed today. The festival is being celebrated as per the time-honored tradition across the country.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
SC orders medical colleges not to enroll students more than the seats allocated to them
SC orders medical colleges not to enroll students more than...
KATHMANDU, August 13: The Supreme Court (SC) has given a directive order to medical colleges across Nepal not to enroll more students than the seats allocated to them by the Nepal Medical Council.
Aug 13, 2021