My City, Lifestyle
Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer
Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90.
Apr 29, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91
Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91
Twenty-time Grammy winner Al Schmitt, whose extraordinary career as a recording engineer and producer included albums by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and many other of the top performers of the past 60 years, has died at age 91.
Apr 29, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Travel, Social
International Dance Day 2021: Who started it? Why is it celebrated?
International Dance Day 2021: Who started it? Why is it cele...
International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance that was created by the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO - the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). The day is celebrated annually on April 29, which happens to be the birth anniversary of Jean-Georges No...
Apr 29, 2021
ECONOMY
Banks to remain open in the valley during prohibitory period
Banks to remain open in the valley during prohibitory period
KATHMANDU, April 29: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) will remain open in the Kathmandu Valley during the prohibitory orders imposed from Thursday.
Apr 29, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
‘Second wave of COVID-19 not sparing even healthy youths in Nepal’
‘Second wave of COVID-19 not sparing even healthy youths in...
KATHMANDU, April 29: The coronavirus infection in Nepal last year had made the elderly and the chronically-ill people more vulnerable, resulting in a large number of deaths in the same groups. However, the current wave of COVID-19 has affected the healthy youths as well. Doctors involved in the trea...
Apr 29, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Three die of COVID-19 within half an hour in Butwal
Three die of COVID-19 within half an hour in Butwal
BUTWAL, April 29: Three people died at the Corona Special Temporary Hospital in Butwal on Thursday. All the three died within half an hour, said the hospital's Information Officer Dr Bishnu Gautam. Two men and a woman died in the ICU of the Corona Special Treatment Hospital run by Lumbini Provincial...
Apr 29, 2021
WORLD
India adds another 375K virus cases, tries to vaccinate more
India adds another 375K virus cases, tries to vaccinate more
NEW DELHI, April 29: India set another global record in new virus cases Thursday, with another 375,000 people infected, as the country gears up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults Saturday.
Apr 29, 2021
NEPAL, POLITICS, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Former Queen Komal Shah shifted to ICU
Former Queen Komal Shah shifted to ICU
KATHMANDU, April 29: Former Queen Komal Shah, who was infected with coronavirus, has been shifted to ICU.
Apr 29, 2021
NEPAL, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Journalists, Province Assembly Member test positive for COVID-19 in Jhapa
Journalists, Province Assembly Member test positive for COVI...
JHAPA, April 29: Three journalists and one Province Assembly Member from Jhapa have tested positive for coronavirus.
Apr 29, 2021
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
IN PICS: Day One of Prohibitory Order in the Valley
IN PICS: Day One of Prohibitory Order in the Valley
KATHMANDU, April 29: Two-week long prohibitory orders enforced by the government in the Valley to curb the further spread of COVID-19 have come into effect from Thursday morning.
Apr 29, 2021