SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Minister Karki directs hospitals to be vigilant citing risk of omicron
Minister Karki directs hospitals to be vigilant citing risk...
BIRATNAGAR, Dec 31: Province 1 Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Kedar Karki has urged doctors to continue treating COVID-19 patients by following the necessary protocols, citing the risk of the new ‘omicron’ variant.
Dec 31, 2021
ECONOMY
NAC’s narrow body grounded in Qatar
NAC’s narrow body grounded in Qatar
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: A narrow body A320 aircraft (N-AKW) of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been grounded. The aircraft was grounded at Doha Airport in Qatar due to problems in its engine.
Dec 31, 2021
ECONOMY
French envoy pays courtesy call on Gandaki Province CM Pokharel
French envoy pays courtesy call on Gandaki Province CM Pokha...
GANDAKI, Dec 31: Ambassador of France to Nepal Gilles Bourbao has paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel at the latter’s office in Pokhara. The meeting focused on enhancing bilateral relations and expanding areas of cooperation between the two cou...
Dec 31, 2021
POLITICS
Murder convict Chaudhary set to announce new political party on January 3
Murder convict Chaudhary set to announce new political party...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Resham Chaudhary, who is currently serving jail term in Dilli Bazaar Prison after the court convicted him of killing police personnel on duty in Kailali a few years ago, has announced to form a new political party from the jail. His wife Ranjita Shrestha confirmed that Chaudhary i...
Dec 31, 2021
SOCIETY
Nepali Army reaches out to Gurja avalanche survivors
Nepali Army reaches out to Gurja avalanche survivors
MYAGDI, Dec 31: A team of the Nepali Army returned after reaching out to the survivors of an avalanche at Gurja in Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality-1 in the district. The Army team from Kathmandu reached the incident site along with relief materials and a rescue team on a helicopter following the avala...
Dec 31, 2021
Coronavirus
Pfizer's COVID-19 shot causes mostly mild side effects in young kids - U.S. CDC
Pfizer's COVID-19 shot causes mostly mild side effects in yo...
Dec 31: Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine caused mostly mild side effects in children aged 5 to 11 years, according to data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
Dec 31, 2021
OPINION
Stop Downplaying Street Harassment
Stop Downplaying Street Harassment
The narrative that women should feel validated that they are attractive if they get catcalled should be eradicated. Catcalling is sexual harassment.
Dec 31, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt officials insensitive to reducing arrears while utilizing state’s funds: FCGO report
Govt officials insensitive to reducing arrears while utilizi...
KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) has recommended to the government to set necessary laws to penalize the government officials who are found not assuming their accountability in utilizing the state funds and repeating the similar flaws in arrears year on year.
Dec 31, 2021
POLITICS
NC finalizes hierarchy of party leaders, Dr Shekhar Koirala on the 21st position
NC finalizes hierarchy of party leaders, Dr Shekhar Koirala...
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepali Congress (NC) has finalized the hierarchy of newly-elected office bearers and central working committee members.
Dec 30, 2021
ECONOMY
Traveling abroad? You won’t get more than USD 1,500 from BFIs in currency exchange, that t...
Traveling abroad? You won’t get more than USD 1,500 from BFI...
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Amid increasing pressure on foreign currency reserves, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has further tightened the noose on the availability of the foreign currencies on passport facility to the individuals visiting abroad.
Dec 30, 2021