SOCIETY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
PHOTOS: Bauddhanath and Swayambhunath shrouded in silence despite Buddha Jayanti
PHOTOS: Bauddhanath and Swayambhunath shrouded in silence de...
KATHMANDU, May 7: The 2564th Buddha Jayanti is being observed today, recalling the contribution of Siddhartha Gautam to the establishment of world peace. Buddha Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Baishakh of the Lunar calendar every year.
May 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Lightning kills two in Rolpa
Lightning kills two in Rolpa
ROLPA, May 7: A lightning strike killed two persons in Rolpa on Thursday.
May 07, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVID-19 curve
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVI...
ISLAMABAD, May 7:Pakistan’s coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, despite the fact that the number of cases in the country is still accelerating.
May 07, 2020
SOCIETY
COVID-19 pandemic hampers Buddha Jayanti celebrations in Lumbini (with photos)
COVID-19 pandemic hampers Buddha Jayanti celebrations in Lum...
KAPILVASTU, May 7: Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, witnesses scores of people including monks and nuns as well as cabinet ministers, government officials, among others, during the Buddha Jayanti celebrations in the Nepali month of Baisakh every year. However, this year’s celebrations have be...
May 07, 2020
POLITICS
Standing Committee meeting put off due to lack of homework, says NCP executive chairperson
Standing Committee meeting put off due to lack of homework,...
KATHMANDU, May 7: Executive Chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Thursday said that the party's Standing Committee meeting scheduled for today had been postponed at the last minute due to the lack of homework.
May 07, 2020
OPINION
The fault lines of civil society
The fault lines of civil society
Debate on civil society has arisen in the midst of Covid-19 crisis and at the height of political conflict in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which does not need to be elaborated here for the obvious reasons. The debate however, once again, is centered on who the ‘civil society’ in Nepal is....
May 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
VIDEO: MoHP media briefing on COVID-19
VIDEO: MoHP media briefing on COVID-19
Live: MoHP media briefing on COVID-19
May 07, 2020
OPINION
The Trump Effect on Global Press Freedom
The Trump Effect on Global Press Freedom
LONDON – I had been captive in Afghanistan for about two weeks when the government of my home country, Canada, contacted those attempting to negotiate my release. They told negotiators to get me on the phone the next day, when the United States military would be flying a drone over where they though...
May 07, 2020
WORLD
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India kills nine, hundreds hospitalised
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India kills nine, hundreds...
CHENNAI, May 7: A chemical gas leak at an LG Polymers plant in southern India on Thursday killed at least 9 people, and emergency services rushed more than 300 to hospital and evacuated hundreds more from nearby areas, a police official in Andhra Pradesh state said.
May 07, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Zoe Kravitz says she gets offended when people ask about her baby plans
Zoe Kravitz says she gets offended when people ask about her...
Actor Zoe Kravitz says she gets really offended by people's constant queries about when she will have a baby with husband Karl Glusman.
May 07, 2020