SOCIETY
Rampur Municipality has millions in unaccounted expense of COVID-19-related programs
Rampur Municipality has millions in unaccounted expense of C...
RAMPUR, March 24: Rampur Municipality in Palpa allocated a total of 21.5 million rupees for COVID-19 response activities in the last and current fiscal year. However, the municipality is yet to submit its report to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA).
Mar 24, 2021
SOCIETY
Impact-based weather forecast from now onward
Impact-based weather forecast from now onward
KATHMANDU, March 24: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has been releasing a bulletin of weather forecast every three days.
Mar 24, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
India reports most COVID-19 deaths this year
India reports most COVID-19 deaths this year
NEW DELHI, March 24: India reported 275 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the most this year, as a second surge in cases fills up hospital beds in big states such as Maharashtra.
Mar 24, 2021
WORLD
North Korea fires two short-range missiles, U.S. still open to dialogue
North Korea fires two short-range missiles, U.S. still open...
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, March 24: North Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend, U.S. and South Korean officials said, but Washington played down the first such tests under President Joe Biden and said it was still open to dialogue with Pyongyang.
Mar 24, 2021
WORLD
Colorado shooting victims: Store staffers, cop, photographer
Colorado shooting victims: Store staffers, cop, photographer
USA, March 24: Three were gunned down while putting in a day’s work at a Colorado supermarket. Another was a police officer who raced in to try to rescue them and others from the attack that left 10 dead.
Mar 24, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
National flag carrier flying to China to bring 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
National flag carrier flying to China to bring 800,000 doses...
KATHMANDU, March 24: Nepal Airlines is sending a plane on Sunday to China to bring 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Mar 24, 2021
WORLD
Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest victim
Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest...
MYANMAR, March 24: Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire during a crackdown in Mandalay.
Mar 24, 2021
SOCIETY
Recording of Tik Tok videos banned around Boudhanath Stupa
Recording of Tik Tok videos banned around Boudhanath Stupa
The committee has installed surveillance cameras and deployed 12 security personnel to inspect if anyone is recording such videos in the area.
Mar 24, 2021
OPINION
Resolving the Iran conundrum
Resolving the Iran conundrum
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that Iran is only months away from being able to produce enough fissile material to build a nuclear weapon. Mitigating this threat and addressing Iran's broader destabilizing activities in the Middle East calls for a two-phase plan.
Mar 24, 2021
OPINION
Tuberculosis is preventable and curable. Let's play our roles.
Tuberculosis is preventable and curable. Let's play our role...
Global efforts to combat TB have saved 63 million lives since 2000. Ending the TB epidemic by 2030 is among the health targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mar 24, 2021