SOCIETY, Latest Updates
WEATHER ALERT: Rainfall and snowfall likely to occur again starting Wednesday
WEATHER ALERT: Rainfall and snowfall likely to occur again s...
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Meteorologists had expected that temperature across the country would rise following the first spell of winter rainfall on Friday and Saturday last week.
Feb 08, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse sees another record turnover as stocks stretch gaining streak
Nepse sees another record turnover as stocks stretch gaining...
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index opened Monday’s session firmly higher but saw some retracement in the morning. Another advance followed suit with the index reaching as high as 2,560 points around mid-day. Stocks saw another correction in the afternoon. However, a final hour...
Feb 08, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Second drive of COVID-19 vaccination kicks off; 300,000 doses to be administered
Second drive of COVID-19 vaccination kicks off; 300,000 dose...
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has rolled out the second phase of vaccination drive against COVID-19 from today.
Feb 08, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Kurtha-Jaynagar Railway service coming into operation very soon
Kurtha-Jaynagar Railway service coming into operation very s...
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The government has carried out technical preparations for the operation of the 34-km-long Kurtha-Jaynagar Railway giving an impetus for the operation of the railway service at the earliest.
Feb 08, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Art & Culture, Social
Good of the Hive: the New York muralist on a mission to hand-paint 50,000 bees
Good of the Hive: the New York muralist on a mission to hand...
Having rendered more than 5,500 of the insects in 30 murals and installations over the past five years, Willey says the shared experience of the coronavirus pandemic has made people more receptive to the sense of interdependence he aims to evoke.
Feb 08, 2021
SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PICS: Journalists being administered COVID-19 vaccine
PICS: Journalists being administered COVID-19 vaccine
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The government started administering the COVID-19 vaccines to journalists, employees at UN agencies, embassies and various diplomatic missions from Monday.
Feb 08, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
CAAN directs airlines to clear dues
CAAN directs airlines to clear dues
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has pressed the airlines that have not cleared their dues amounting millions for many years to pay the dues within 30 days.
Feb 08, 2021
WORLD
Rescuers in India digging for 37 trapped in glacier flood
Rescuers in India digging for 37 trapped in glacier flood
RUDRAPRAYAG, INDIA, Feb 8: Rescuers in northern India were working Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in a disaster that has left 18 people dead and 1...
Feb 08, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Carp diem: Vietnamese mark Lunar New Year with annual fish release
Carp diem: Vietnamese mark Lunar New Year with annual fish r...
Vietnamese kicked off preparations for the Lunar New Year festival on Thursday by releasing ornamental carp into rivers and lakes - an age-old ceremony held one week before the “Tet” holiday officially begins.
Feb 08, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bhagarathi rape and murder case: Vaginal swab sent to Kathmandu for lab test
Bhagarathi rape and murder case: Vaginal swab sent to Kathma...
The swab sample has been sent to the National Forensic Science Laboratory for investigation, said Janak Dhami, the spokesman for the District Police Office, Baitadi.
Feb 08, 2021