POLITICS, Latest Updates
Speaker Sapkota directs to remove Yadav’s ‘non-parliamentary’ remarks against former PM Ol...
Speaker Sapkota directs to remove Yadav’s ‘non-parliamentary...
KATHMANDU, August 13: The speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota has directed to remove some ‘indecent’ and ‘non-parliamentary’ remarks made by the CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker Matrika Prasad Yadav in the HoR meeting held on Thursday.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
COVID-19 vaccines administered to 18,000 people in Baitadi
COVID-19 vaccines administered to 18,000 people in Baitadi
BAITADI, August 13: As many as 18,063 people in Baitadi have received vaccines against COVID-19 infection
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Govt administering J&J vaccine to people travelling to South Korea
Govt administering J&J vaccine to people travelling to South...
KATHMANDU, August 13: The government has announced to administer J&J vaccines to those Nepali people travelling to South Korea for employment.
Aug 13, 2021
SOCIETY
Heavy rains-triggered landslide, river erosion result in massive losses in Melamchi: Repor...
Heavy rains-triggered landslide, river erosion result in mas...
KATHMANDU, August 13: Floods started from the influence of Pemdang Stream and Melamchi Stream following the incessant rains on June 15 got blocked at one point of the Melamchi River and it turned more violent as it got mixed with landslide deposition, causing further river erosion. As a result, the...
Aug 13, 2021
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