OPINION
What are Nepali youth thinking?
What are Nepali youth thinking?
The findings of the survey paint a rather somber picture. Of the 2,000 youth surveyed between 18 to 40 years of age, only around a third (34%) believe that the country is headed in the right direction. This is significantly less than a 2018 National Governance Survey that found 80 percent of respon...
May 16, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Health Ministry issues new arrangement for COVID treatment in Valley hospitals
Health Ministry issues new arrangement for COVID treatment i...
KATHMANDU, May 16: The Ministry of Health and Population has made new arrangements to treat COVID-19 infected in 11 different COVID-dedicated and other hospitals in the Valley. These hospitals will now decide whether to send the infected home, admit them or keep them in the ICU, depending on the sit...
May 16, 2021
SOCIETY, WORLD
IPI condemns the attack on media organizations in Gaza
IPI condemns the attack on media organizations in Gaza
Offices of AP and Al Jazeera in Gaza destroyed in Israeli bombing
May 16, 2021
SOCIETY
Local government assures of adequate oxygen supplies in Itahari
Local government assures of adequate oxygen supplies in Ita...
ITAHARI, May 16: At a time when the people suffering from COVID-19 are struggling to get oxygen cylinders, elected representatives of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City have assured locals about the adequate availability of medical oxygen supply in Itahari.
May 16, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges -gov’t document
Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Gan...
INDIA, May 16: Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgement of the alarming practice, which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas.
May 16, 2021
SOCIETY
Lockdown in Sunsari for 14 days, army mobilized
Lockdown in Sunsari for 14 days, army mobilized
DHARAN, May 16: Sunsari will go for 14 days of lockdown from Saturday to May 29. The District Administration Office has extended the period for another two weeks as the prohibitory order was not effective.
May 16, 2021
WORLD
Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief’s home as fighting enters seventh day
Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief’s home as fighting enters seve...
GAZA, May 16: Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating.
May 16, 2021
OPINION, Latest Updates
Do we have a government?
Do we have a government?
Until and unless the people realize that they have a state at the time of emergency, the political system - irrespective of how fancy it may sound - will neither flourish nor instionanlize. The country turns out to be a laboratory to make experiments of political systems. Anarchy at its worst rules...
May 16, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB issues refinance loans of Rs 123.14 billion in nine months of current FY
NRB issues refinance loans of Rs 123.14 billion in nine mont...
KATHMANDU, May 16: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has released a total of Rs 123.14 billion to 48,860 individuals under refinance schemes in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
May 16, 2021
SOCIETY
Foreign expedition abandons Everest attempt citing COVID-19 risks
Foreign expedition abandons Everest attempt citing COVID-19...
KATHMANDU, May 16: An international expedition abandoned its attempt to scale Mount Everest on Saturday, citing risks posed by an increasing number of COVID-19 cases at the base camp, the organisers said
May 16, 2021