SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
ICUs in Valley overwhelmed, patients are flying out to other cities
ICUs in Valley overwhelmed, patients are flying out to other...
KATHMANDU, May 9: COVID-19-infected people are flying out of Kathmandu via helicopters due to the lack of ICUs in the hospitals in the capital city. A 43-year-old man from Baglung reached Charak Hospital in Pokhara by a helicopter after failing to get an ICU bed in the Kathmandu Valley on Saturday.
May 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Dogadakesar Rural Municipality to use all its vehicles to transport COVID-19 patients
Dogadakesar Rural Municipality to use all its vehicles to tr...
BAITADI, May 9: Dogadakesar Rural Municipality has said that it will use all its vehicles to help COVID--19 patients.
May 09, 2021
WORLD
As India surges, Bangladesh lacks jabs, faces virus variants
As India surges, Bangladesh lacks jabs, faces virus variants
DHAKA, May 9: India’s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up jabs and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.
May 09, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Saldang faces rice shortage
Saldang faces rice shortage
JAJARKOT, May 9: Saldang of Dolpa district has been facing acute shortage of rice. The Food Management and Trading Company Limited had determined a quota of 1,500 quintals of rice for Saldang last year.
May 09, 2021
WORLD
Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry in coming hours- tracking centres
Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry in coming hours- trac...
USA, May 9: Remnants of China’s largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere in the coming hours, European and U.S. tracking centres said on Saturday.
May 09, 2021
WORLD
Car bombing at Afghan school in Kabul kills 55, injures over 150
Car bombing at Afghan school in Kabul kills 55, injures over...
KABUL, May 9: Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortarsoutside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officialssaid, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Talibaninsurgents.
May 09, 2021
OPINION
Stronger together
Stronger together
Today is a special day for the European Union. It is our71stbirthday.Every year on 9 May we celebrate what started as a peace project in 1950 and is now an alliance for our joint future. The 27 Member States and their 450 million citizens build our Union every day with their actions and their commit...
May 09, 2021
OPINION
US in Afghanistan: In, Out and After
US in Afghanistan: In, Out and After
“Even as we are withdrawing our force, we are not disengaging from Afghanistan. We are remaining deeply engaged in diplomacy, in support for the Afghan government and its people, development economic assistance, humanitarian assistance, and support for the security forces.”
May 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Sugar mills hike sugar price by Rs 8 per kg, citing ‘shortage’ in market
Sugar mills hike sugar price by Rs 8 per kg, citing ‘shortag...
KATHMANDU, May 6: In yet another ‘unfair move’, sugar mills have raised the price of sugar, taking advantage of a ‘shortage’ in the local market.
May 08, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Congress formally decides to vote against PM Oli
Congress formally decides to vote against PM Oli
KATHMANDU, May 8: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has formally decided to fail Prime Minister Oli’s attempt to secure a vote of confidence during a special session of parliament on May 10.
May 08, 2021