WORLD
Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted...
JANGEBE, Feb 28: Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.
Feb 28, 2021
OPINION
Resetting US-China trade relations
Resetting US-China trade relations
Given China’s desire to be a respected member of the international community, a more satisfactory US approach would involve seeking cooperation and mutual gain when possible and limiting confrontation to vital issues.
Feb 28, 2021
WORLD
More protests against coup planned in Myanmar after hundreds arrested
More protests against coup planned in Myanmar after hundreds...
MYANMAR, Feb 28: Opponents of military rule in Myanmar planned protests on Sunday a day after the security forces launched their biggest crackdown, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and wounding at least one.
Feb 28, 2021
OPINION
Olitics-politics and ethics
Olitics-politics and ethics
Prime Minister Oli is very much the part of the problem. Therefore, cannot be part of the solution.
Feb 28, 2021
ECONOMY
India enforces law paving way for Nepal to carry out cross-border trade of electricity
India enforces law paving way for Nepal to carry out cross-b...
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: India has paved the way for Nepal to export the surplus electricity to the Indian land, by endorsing the Procedure for Approval and Facilitating Import/Export (Cross Border) of Electricity.
Feb 28, 2021
POLITICS
Minister Bhatta rules out handing over petroleum import responsibility to private sector
Minister Bhatta rules out handing over petroleum import resp...
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekh Raj Bhatta on Saturday clarified that the responsibility to import petroleum products could not be given to the private sector as this is related to the matters concerning national security.
Feb 27, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
Biden White House asks 'Trump who?' ahead of speech to conservatives
Biden White House asks 'Trump who?' ahead of speech to conse...
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: President Joe Biden’s White House has made it clear it plans to ignore Donald Trump’s speech on Sunday to a conservative conference in Florida, where the former president is expected to go on the attack against his successor.
Feb 27, 2021
POLITICS
Dahal's remark that they should form a new government that India feels 'comfortable' with...
Dahal's remark that they should form a new government that I...
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Rival faction chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal has courted a serious controversy after he said in a television interview that a power equation between their faction of the NCP, Nepali Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party would be 'comfortable'...
Feb 27, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Unity with KP Oli is next to impossible: Madhav Nepal
Unity with KP Oli is next to impossible: Madhav Nepal
“The battle continues until Oli is ousted.”
Feb 27, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Parties will forge an understanding: Speaker Sapkota
Parties will forge an understanding: Speaker Sapkota
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has expressed confidence that an understanding will be forged among the political parties with the reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.
Feb 27, 2021