WORLD, Coronavirus
Oil prices slide again as world runs low on storage capacity amid plunge in demand
Oil prices slide again as world runs low on storage capacity...
MELBOURNE, April 28: Oil fell on Tuesday, adding to huge declines in the previous session, on worries about limited capacity to store crude worldwide and expectations that fuel demand may only recover slowly as coronavirus pandemic restrictions are gradually eased.
Apr 28, 2020
SPORTS
Now free on bail, Ronaldinho thanks fellow inmates
Now free on bail, Ronaldinho thanks fellow inmates
ASUNCION, April 28:After leaving prison in Paraguay earlier this month, former Brazil international Ronaldinho Gaucho has finally broken his silence and said he was shocked to discover the Paraguayan passports delivered to his home were false and illegal.
Apr 28, 2020
OPINION
Adieu, Aama
Adieu, Aama
Cadbury was her favorite. I used to buy one for her as soon as I landed at Biratnagar Airport; exactly like she did for me when I was a child. The role now reversed. I never went home without meeting her. I would give her a kiss and she would say: Why kiss this old wrinkly cheek! And she would laug...
Apr 28, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Six Himalayan musk deer found dead in Sagarmatha National Park
Six Himalayan musk deer found dead in Sagarmatha National Pa...
SOLUKHUMBU, April 28: Six Himalayan musk deer, an endangered species, were found dead in Tagdi area of Kengjoma inside the Sagarmatha National Park.
Apr 28, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
IN PICS: 34th Day of Lockdown
IN PICS: 34th Day of Lockdown
KATHMANDU, April 27: It has already been 34 days since Nepal went into a nationwide lockdown from March 24. The restriction order has been imposed in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease in the country.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Government allows private labs to conduct COVID-19 tests
Government allows private labs to conduct COVID-19 tests
KATHMANDU, April 27: Government has made ways out to conduct lab tests for novel coronavirus disease from private labs also.
Apr 27, 2020
SPORTS
Pakistan's Akmal banned for breaching anti-corruption code
Pakistan's Akmal banned for breaching anti-corruption code
LAHORE, April 27: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all cricket for three years after a disciplinary panel on Monday found him guilty of breaking his country’s anti-corruption codes.
Apr 27, 2020
POLITICS, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Radio Nepal deletes former PM Bhattarai's interview critical of PM Oli. Here is the full i...
Radio Nepal deletes former PM Bhattarai's interview critical...
KATHMANDU, April 27: Radio Nepal, the state-owned radio station, on Monday removed an interview with former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai from its online archive, apparently under pressure from the government.
Apr 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC, RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action against those involved in 'kidnap...
NC, RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action aga...
KATHMANDU, April 27: Three political parties -- Nepali Congress, People's Socialist Party, Nepal, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-- represented in the federal parliament have demanded legal action against those involved in the 'kidnapping' of lawmaker Dr. Surendra Yadav.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
EU announces Rs 9.8 billion aid package to help Nepal fight COVID-19
EU announces Rs 9.8 billion aid package to help Nepal fight...
KATHMANDU, April 27: The European Union (EU) has announced an aid package of Rs 9.8 billion (Euro 75 million) for Nepal to tackle the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and mitigate its impact. The support combines redirected existing commitments with new funds, granted in the form of budget suppo...
Apr 27, 2020