WORLD
Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup
Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup
YANGON, Feb 4: Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Feb 04, 2021
POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PHOTOS: Dahal-Nepal faction in the streets of Kathmandu to enforce bandh
PHOTOS: Dahal-Nepal faction in the streets of Kathmandu to e...
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Leaders and carders of NCP faction led by Dahal-Nepal have taken to the streets as the party announced a general strike protest on Thursday.
Feb 04, 2021
WORLD
Britain to test mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines
Britain to test mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines
UK, Feb 4: British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it’s OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines.
Feb 04, 2021
WORLD
Mexico says five of dead in U.S. poultry plant incident were Mexicans
Mexico says five of dead in U.S. poultry plant incident were...
MEXICO CITY, Feb 4: Five of the six people who died in an accident at a Georgia state poultry plant late last month were Mexicans, Mexico’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Feb 04, 2021
POLITICS
Police arrest scores of NCP cadres including Standing Committee member Shakya as they try...
Police arrest scores of NCP cadres including Standing Commit...
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Police have arrested scores of leaders and cadres belonging to the Dahal-Nepal-led faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) as they took to the streets in Kathmandu Valley to enforce the general shutdown on Thursday morning.
Feb 04, 2021
WORLD
Health workers start anti-coup protests in virus-hit Myanmar
Health workers start anti-coup protests in virus-hit Myanmar
JAKARTA, Feb 4: Medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest against Monday’s coup, wearing red ribbons and declaring they won’t work for the new military government.
Feb 04, 2021
ECONOMY
Prices of edible oil likely to rebound to normal as prices of raw materials fall in intern...
Prices of edible oil likely to rebound to normal as prices o...
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Traders have expressed their readiness to gradually reduce the market prices of edible oil as the prices of the raw materials used for this product has started falling down in the international market.
Feb 04, 2021
OPINION
Why is China cracking down on Alibaba?
Why is China cracking down on Alibaba?
The government’s sudden and aggressive move against the firm reveals much about the regulatory regime’s weaknesses.
Feb 04, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Govt permits 10 mountaineering teams to ascend Nepali mountain peaks during winter
Govt permits 10 mountaineering teams to ascend Nepali mounta...
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The government has permitted 10 mountaineering expedition teams to climb mountains this winter season that lasts till February end.
Feb 04, 2021
POLITICS
Supreme Court Bar Association deplores military seizure of Myanmar’s elected ruling govt,...
Supreme Court Bar Association deplores military seizure of M...
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has deplored the seizure of Myanmar’s elected ruling regime and declaration of a state of emergency for the period of one year by Myanmar’s Junta.
Feb 03, 2021