SPORTS, WORLD
Japan to declare COVID-19 emergency for Tokyo as it mulls Olympics without fans
Japan to declare COVID-19 emergency for Tokyo as it mulls Ol...
TOKYO, July 8: Japan is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo through August 22 to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, a key minister said on Thursday, as the organisers consider banning all spectators from the Olympics starting in about two weeks.
Jul 08, 2021
SOCIETY
Narayanghat-Mugling road section sees traffic disruptions again
Narayanghat-Mugling road section sees traffic disruptions ag...
Landslides disrupts vehicular movement in sections of Bhimdutta and Pritihivi Highway
Jul 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Employment for Nepalis in Malaysia to resume only from next year
Employment for Nepalis in Malaysia to resume only from next...
KATHMANDU, July 8: Malaysia, the largest destination for employment based on the number of labor permits issued so far, will not allow Nepali employees to enter the country this year.
Jul 08, 2021
ECONOMY
NAC’s aircraft leaving for China to bring COVID-19 vaccines
NAC’s aircraft leaving for China to bring COVID-19 vaccines
KATHMANDU, July 8: A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) aircraft is leaving for China to bring COVID-19 vaccines today.
Jul 08, 2021
WORLD
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
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July 8: The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant.
Jul 08, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Construction of a suspension bridge shortens walking distance
Construction of a suspension bridge shortens walking distanc...
MYAGDI, July 8: Construction of a suspension bridge over the Ghopte rivulet in Raghuganga rural municipality-6, Pakhapani of Myagdi district has shortened a walking distance of an hour to 20 minutes.
Jul 08, 2021
WORLD
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 8: A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and...
Jul 08, 2021
WORLD
Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria
Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria
BAGHDAD/AMMAN, July 8: U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members.
Jul 08, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse sees modest losses as quarter end approaches
Nepse sees modest losses as quarter end approaches
KATHMANDU, July 7: Stocks traded briefly in green before pulling back towards the opening level in the morning. Subsequently, the benchmark traded flat for most of the first half of Wednesday’s trading session. Nonetheless, selling pressure in the afternoon dragged the index towards negative territo...
Jul 07, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal being self-reliant in tea, electricity wire and conductor, footwear, zinc sheet and...
Nepal being self-reliant in tea, electricity wire and conduc...
KATHMANDU, July 7: The government has included five more items — tea, electricity wire and conductor, footwear, zinc sheets and paints — in the lists of the potential goods in which Nepal is being self-reliant.
Jul 07, 2021