POLITICS
Ruling coalition staged protests despite being in govt: Oli
Ruling coalition staged protests despite being in govt: Oli
POKHARA, Feb 25: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has criticized the ruling coalition stating that the cadres and members of the ruling parties have staged protests and demonstrations on the streets against the ratification of the US-funded Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement while...
Feb 25, 2022
My City, Entertainment
Sean Penn in Ukraine to continue work on documentary
Sean Penn in Ukraine to continue work on documentary
Sean Penn demonstrates the courage that many others, especially western politicians lack,” the president’s office wrote on Facebook. “The director specially came to Kiev to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our co...
Feb 25, 2022
POLITICS
Khanal warns it will be disastrous if govt passes MCC
Khanal warns it will be disastrous if govt passes MCC
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Leader of the ruling party CPN (Unified Socialist) Jhalanath Khanal has warned that the country will go toward a disaster if the government is in favor of passing the US aid project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement.
Feb 25, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal records 275 new cases, 555 recoveries and one death on Friday
Nepal records 275 new cases, 555 recoveries and one death on...
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Nepal recorded 275 new cases of COVID-19 along with 555 recoveries and one death from the deadly virus on Friday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Feb 25, 2022
SOCIETY
Home ministry forms committee to investigate TIA case
Home ministry forms committee to investigate TIA case
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The government has formed a committee to investigate an incident relating to access of a person without a passport and a visa to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) aircraft as it was about to take off for Doha of Qatar from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Feb 25, 2022
WORLD
Russian troops advance on Kyiv as Ukrainian leader pleads for help
Russian troops advance on Kyiv as Ukrainian leader pleads fo...
KYIV, Feb 25: Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough.
Feb 25, 2022
SOCIETY
Limestone quarry puts Chepang Community of Raksirang Rural Municipality in trouble
Limestone quarry puts Chepang Community of Raksirang Rural M...
BAGMATI, Feb 25: People of the Chepang community of Raksirang Rural Municipality have been facing problems due to the limestone quarry of Ridhhisiddhi Cement Industry located at Hetauda of Makwanpur.
Feb 25, 2022
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal, World Bank sign Rs 2.14 billion loan agreement for COVID-19 emergency response and...
Nepal, World Bank sign Rs 2.14 billion loan agreement for CO...
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The government has signed an agreement for a second additional concessional loan financing of Rs 2.14 billion ($18 million) with the World Bank (WB).
Feb 25, 2022
My City, Entertainment
Oscar-nominated ‘MASH’ actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84
Oscar-nominated ‘MASH’ actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84
Sally Kellerman, the Oscar and Emmy nominated actor who played Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in director Robert Altman’s 1970 film “MASH,” died Thursday.
Feb 25, 2022
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Sneha Shrestha became the first Nepali woman barrister in the UK
Sneha Shrestha became the first Nepali woman barrister in th...
Sneha Shakya Shrestha has become the first female barrister of Nepali origin practicing in the UK. After completing her final training to become a barrister (People) this month (February), she was listed as a practicing barrister by the British Bar Standards Board last year.
Feb 25, 2022