SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Dashrathchand Municipality sealed for a week to contain spread of COVID-19 cases
Dashrathchand Municipality sealed for a week to contain spre...
Baitadi, June 24: Dashrathchand Municipality in Baitadi district has been sealed for a week after the municipality area witnessed a sharp increase in the cases of Covid-19.
Jun 24, 2020
POLITICS
MCC projects uncertain, House meeting put off till July 1 to skip the deadline of parliame...
MCC projects uncertain, House meeting put off till July 1 to...
KATHMANDU, June 24: With the 'unilateral' decision of the Speaker Agni Sapkota to put off the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) till July 1, the implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) projects is now uncertain.
Jun 24, 2020
OPINION
What Xi Jinping Thought means for the world and Nepal
What Xi Jinping Thought means for the world and Nepal
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union came as a knockout blow both to the socialist governments of the Eastern Bloc and the various forms of post-colonial governments around the world that had aspired to build a system different from that of the weste...
Jun 24, 2020
ECONOMY
Govt looks for budget transfers to pay salary to civil servants
Govt looks for budget transfers to pay salary to civil serva...
KATHMANDU, June 24: The government which is struggling to manage funds for the recurrent expenditure is seriously looking for budget transfers to pay the remunerations of the civil servants.
Jun 24, 2020
SOCIETY
KMC to tax dog-owners, register pet dogs and track them through GPS technology
KMC to tax dog-owners, register pet dogs and track them thro...
KATHMANDU, June 24: When animal advocate Sneha Shrestha first heard about the Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s (KMC) new rule regarding owning dogs, she was delighted and content. Shrestha, the founder of Sneha's Care, one of the largest animal welfare charities of Nepal, always wanted the authorities...
Jun 24, 2020
OPINION
Challenges of an interconnected grid
Challenges of an interconnected grid
India’s total installed capacity stands at massive 368 GW, which is the third largest in the world after China and the US. India has more than 10 different generators in its energy mix. Majority of the generation is through coal plants, which are getting cleaner through integration of cleaner coal t...
Jun 24, 2020
ECONOMY
Thamel businesses start getting rent relief
Thamel businesses start getting rent relief
KATHMANDU, June 24: Some businesses operating in the Thamel area have started getting relief on rents in response to their demand of 50 percent waiver on rents.
Jun 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal crosses 10,000-mark
Number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal crosses 10,000-mark
KATHMANDU, June 23: The number of Covid-19 cases in Nepal crossed 10,000-mark with 538 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday.
Jun 23, 2020
SPORTS, Coronavirus
Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus
Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus
BELGRADE, Serbia, June 23: Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday he and his wife have COVID-19 after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organized in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jun 23, 2020
SOCIETY
UN Country Team together with over 30 I/NGOs launches campaign to end stigma against Covid...
UN Country Team together with over 30 I/NGOs launches campai...
KATHMANDU, June 23: The United Nations Country Team in Nepal - together with over 30 national and international organizations – have collectively launched the #Maya Phailau #SpreadLove Campaign, calling for an end to stigma and discrimination against people, amidst the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the...
Jun 23, 2020