SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Province 1 witnesses highest single-day spike of 66 new COVID-19 cases
Province 1 witnesses highest single-day spike of 66 new COVI...
BIRATNAGAR, Aug 6: With the highest single-day spike of 66 fresh cases on Thursday, the COVID-19 tally in Province 1 has reached 12,055.
Aug 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Quantum Hack being organized on Aug 28 and 29
Quantum Hack being organized on Aug 28 and 29
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: NxtGen is organizing Quantum Hack, the biggest international online hackathon, in Nepal on August 28 and 29. Issuing a press statement, NxtGen said that the event will consist of 60 teams formed by 240 participants from all over the world.
Aug 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Govt to review decision to resume aviation service, long-distance public vehicles as COVID...
Govt to review decision to resume aviation service, long-dis...
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Although the government earlier announced to resume long-distance public transport and lift the suspension of domestic and international flights beginning next week, a sudden spike in the cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in various parts of the country including the Kath...
Aug 06, 2020
WORLD
Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast, searches for missing
Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast, searches for mi...
BEIRUT: Aug 6: Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit the country that was already being crushed by an economic crisis, as rescuers searched for those missing since the explosion that flattened Beirut port and devastated the city.
Aug 06, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Can you get the coronavirus from secondhand smoke?
Can you get the coronavirus from secondhand smoke?
Secondhand smoke isn’t believed to directly spread the virus, experts say, but infected smokers may blow droplets carrying the virus when they exhale.
Aug 06, 2020
WORLD
Sri Lanka counts votes from parliament election
Sri Lanka counts votes from parliament election
COLOMBO, Aug 6: Sri Lanka on Thursday began counting votes for a parliament election which President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party is widely expected to win, cementing his grip on power.
Aug 06, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Gaze of Covid-19 on academia
Gaze of Covid-19 on academia
A usual calendar would have allowed this time of the year for plus two schools and colleges to spread their charismatic slogans throughout the country. A series of billboards would have produced the most photogenic smiles of the students of the given college flaunting their successes, presumably bec...
Aug 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
25 more cases of COVID-19 detected in Kapilvastu
25 more cases of COVID-19 detected in Kapilvastu
KAPILVASTU, Aug 6: The community level transmission of COVID-19 is feared in Kapilvastu after 25 fresh cases were detected on Thursday morning.
Aug 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Road connecting Rolpa district headquarters damaged, locals irked
Road connecting Rolpa district headquarters damaged, locals...
ROLPA, August 5: The main road that connects Libang, headquarters of Rolpa, to Ghartigaun looks like a chain of small muddy ponds posing a threat to the safety of passengers and commuters. This has quite enraged the locals who had demanded that the 31 kilometers long road which was already in a dila...
Aug 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
43 diagnosed with COVID-19 in Birgunj including medic, army personnel and banker
43 diagnosed with COVID-19 in Birgunj including medic, army...
BIRGUNJ, Aug 6: Forty-three more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Birgunj, which has turned into a hotspot of this disease in recent days.
Aug 06, 2020