SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepali chef Santosh Shah becomes runner up in the Masterchef Professionals finals
Nepali chef Santosh Shah becomes runner up in the Masterchef...
LONDON, Dec 18: Nepali chef Santosh Shah came in third place on the UK's most prestigious cookery show, Masterchef: The Professionals on BBC One.
Dec 18, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepal signs agreement to purchase 50,000 tons of urea fertilizer from Bangladesh
Nepal signs agreement to purchase 50,000 tons of urea fertil...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The government has signed an agreement with Bangladesh to purchase 50,000 metric tons of urea fertilizer. An agreement between the government companies of the two countries was signed on Thursday at the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD).
Dec 18, 2020
NEPAL, SOCIETY
Man held on charge of raping daughter
Man held on charge of raping daughter
UDAYAPUR, Dec 18: A 40-year-old man of Triyuga Municipality-11 in Udayapur district has been arrested on charge of raping his 13-year-old daughter.
Dec 18, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Lewandowski beats Messi and Ronaldo to FIFA Best Player Award
Lewandowski beats Messi and Ronaldo to FIFA Best Player Awar...
ZURICH, Dec 18: Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski was named The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2020 on Thursday, beating off competition from last year’s winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Dec 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Resham Chaudhary and Laxman Tharu convicted in Tikapur incident receive life imprisonment
Resham Chaudhary and Laxman Tharu convicted in Tikapur incid...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Dipayal Rajpur High Court has handed down life sentences to Resham Lal Chaudhary and Laxman Tharu convicted in Tikapur incident on Thursday.
Dec 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Biplav-led outfit is using the Maoist-era playbook to sow chaos, but the government is slo...
Biplav-led outfit is using the Maoist-era playbook to sow ch...
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: On December 8, a teacher was killed by the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal in Morang district. The outfit took the responsibility of brutal killing of 54-year-old Rajendra Shrestha, claiming the teacher was killed in ‘retaliation’.
Dec 18, 2020
WORLD
Vaccine 'hesitancy' rises among Indians as virus cases fall - survey
Vaccine 'hesitancy' rises among Indians as virus cases fall...
MUMBAI, Dec 18: Many Indians appear hesitant to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as infections have fallen sharply since a mid-September peak and some people are worried about possible side-effects here, according to a survey of 18,000 people released on Thursday.
Dec 18, 2020
WORLD
Supreme Court declines calls to ban farmers' protest
Supreme Court declines calls to ban farmers' protest
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: India’s Supreme Court on Friday declined calls to ban a weeks-long farmers’ protest and asked the government and unions to help form a committee of experts to mediate between them.
Dec 18, 2020
Coronavirus
Asia Pacific Region might get COVID-19 vaccines after a year: WHO
Asia Pacific Region might get COVID-19 vaccines after a year...
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: It may take more than a year to get COVID-19 vaccines in the Asia Pacific Region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dec 18, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Shree Ram Sugar Mill to begin paying farmers from today
Shree Ram Sugar Mill to begin paying farmers from today
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Amid continuing protests and demonstrations, one of the sugar mills that owes millions of rupees to the agitating sugarcane farmers has announced to clear their outstanding dues from Friday.
Dec 18, 2020