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
My City, Entertainment
I was sick but I'm healthy now: Madonna confirms she contracted COVID-19 while touring
I was sick but I'm healthy now: Madonna confirms she contrac...
Pop diva Madonna has revealed that she had the coronavirus infection during the end of her Paris leg of 'Madame X' tour and she is "healthy and well" now.
May 07, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Cara Delevingne, Ashley Benson call it quits
Cara Delevingne, Ashley Benson call it quits
Actors Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson have parted ways after being in a relationship for almost two years.
May 07, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Kevin Spacey says he can relate to people who lost jobs due to coronavirus
Kevin Spacey says he can relate to people who lost jobs due...
Hollywood star Kevin Spacey says he can relate to those who have lost work due to the coronavirus pandemic as he went through a sudden downfall in his career after a number sexual assault allegations surfaced against him during the #MeToo movement.
May 07, 2020