My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
Thailand in a green rush as government pushes cannabis as cash crop
Thailand in a green rush as government pushes cannabis as ca...
Thais flocked to a cannabis exhibition as interest and demand in the plant surges after the government unlocked hemp use in food and cosmetics in the latest move to promote a new cash crop.
Mar 12, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
I bombarded KP Oli’s bourgeois headquarters: Dahal
I bombarded KP Oli’s bourgeois headquarters: Dahal
BUTWAL, March 12: Chairman of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that he presented a 19-page political report in an apparent bid to revolt against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Mar 12, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Digital art by Beeple sells for $69.4 million amid NFT boom
Digital art by Beeple sells for $69.4 million amid NFT boom
Christie’s says it has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple for nearly $70 million, in an unprecedented sale of a digital artwork that fetched more money than physical works by many better known artists.
Mar 12, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Barbie’s friend Ken celebrates a milestone birthday: 60
Barbie’s friend Ken celebrates a milestone birthday: 60
Ken is turning 60, two years after his best friend Barbie did. Mattel launched a reproduction of the original Ken doll on Thursday to commemorate his 1961 debut.
Mar 12, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
JSP holding parliamentary party meeting to endorse statute
JSP holding parliamentary party meeting to endorse statute
KATHMANDU, March 12: Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) is holding its parliamentary party meeting on Friday afternoon.
Mar 12, 2021
ECONOMY
9% progress in Nagdhunga-Sisne Khola Tunnel Project
9% progress in Nagdhunga-Sisne Khola Tunnel Project
KATHMANDU, March 12: The construction of the Nagdhunga-Sisne Khola Tunnel started from three sections on December 23. The work is being carried out 24 hours a day.
Mar 12, 2021
WORLD
Bangladesh TV hires country’s 1st transgender news anchor
Bangladesh TV hires country’s 1st transgender news anchor
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 12: A Bangladeshi satellite television station has hired the country’s first transgender news anchor, saying it hopes the appointment will help change society.
Mar 12, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
India’s Serum Institute delays second consignment of Covishield vaccine to Nepal
India’s Serum Institute delays second consignment of Covishi...
Government officials say domestic politics and regional rivalry at play
Mar 12, 2021
WORLD
More Myanmar protests planned as Suu Kyi's lawyer dismisses bribery claims
More Myanmar protests planned as Suu Kyi's lawyer dismisses...
MYANMAR, March 12: Myanmar activists pledged to hold more rallies and strikes on Friday, a day after a rights group said security forces killed 12 protesters and as the lawyer of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi ridiculed new bribery allegations against her.
Mar 12, 2021
WORLD
Biden aims for quicker shots, virus independence’ by July 4
Biden aims for quicker shots, virus independence’ by July 4
WASHINGTON, March 12: One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address Thursday night to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the prospect of “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of...
Mar 12, 2021