SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest Rakesh Agrawal, owner of Annapurna Sugar Mill, for not paying to cane farmer...
Police arrest Rakesh Agrawal, owner of Annapurna Sugar Mill,...
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Police arrested Rakesh Agrawal, the owner of the Sarlahi-based Annapurna Sugar Mill and Nawalparasi-based Indira Sugar Mill, from Tripureshwar in Kathmandu on Wednesday evening.
Jan 28, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China's Wuhan leaves quarantine
WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China's Wuhan leaves...
WUHAN, CHINA, Jan 28: A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city where the virus emerged in late 2019.
Jan 28, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Hearing on contempt of court cases filed against PM Oli, ex-speaker Dhungana and four ex-c...
Hearing on contempt of court cases filed against PM Oli, ex-...
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The Supreme Court is conducting a hearing on Thursday on separate contempt of court cases filed against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, former parliament speaker Daman Nath Dhungana and four former chief justices - Kalyan Shrestha, Sushila Karki, Anup Raj Sharma and Min Bahadur Raya...
Jan 28, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
FM Gyawali congratulates newly-appointed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
FM Gyawali congratulates newly-appointed US Secretary of Sta...
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Minister for Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has congratulated the newly-appointed US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.
Jan 28, 2021
ECONOMY
Himalaya Airlines and Yeti Airlines join hands for network integration
Himalaya Airlines and Yeti Airlines join hands for network i...
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KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Himalaya Airlines and Yeti Airlines have joined hands for network integration, expansion of sales growth and gradual extension of support in e-commerce functionalities of both the companies.
Jan 28, 2021
WORLD
Biden: ‘We can’t wait any longer’ to address climate crisis
Biden: ‘We can’t wait any longer’ to address climate crisis
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed executive orders Wednesday to transform the nation’s heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one, pausing oil and gas leasing on federal land and targeting subs...
Jan 28, 2021
WORLD
WHO team in Wuhan set to leave quarantine in investigation of COVID origins
WHO team in Wuhan set to leave quarantine in investigation o...
WUHAN, Jan 28: A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic was expected to leave their quarantine hotel on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged in late 2019.
Jan 28, 2021
ECONOMY
Around 40 percent brick industries shut across the country
Around 40 percent brick industries shut across the country
CHITWAN, Jan 28: Almost 40 percent of brick kilns operating across the country have been shut down due to the effects of COVID-19. The brick industries have come to a closure for not being able to bring skilled Indian workers because of the prevalence of life-threatening coronavirus.
Jan 28, 2021
My City, Lifestyle
Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian researcher
Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian re...
Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology, to improve the strength of concrete for use in complex architecture.
Jan 28, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt raises additional Rs 10 billion in domestic debt
Govt raises additional Rs 10 billion in domestic debt
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The government has raised Rs 10 billion in domestic debt as per the target set in the current fiscal year. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) raises domestic debt on behalf of the government.
Jan 28, 2021