WORLD
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
TIJUANA, Feb 16: After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States.
Feb 16, 2021
SOCIETY
Junk food prohibited at schools across the country
Junk food prohibited at schools across the country
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 16: The government has directed all the community schools across the country not to feed junk food to the students as their mid-day meal.
Feb 16, 2021
WORLD
Rockets strike near US base in Iraq, killing 1, wounding 8
Rockets strike near US base in Iraq, killing 1, wounding 8
BAGHDAD, Feb 16: Rockets struck outside an airport near where U.S. forces are based in northern Iraq late Monday, killing one U.S.-led coalition contractor and wounding at least eight other people, Iraqi security and coalition officials said, sparking fears of new hostilities.
Feb 16, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal Rastra Bank asks banks not to blacklist firms failing to clear their loan dues due t...
Nepal Rastra Bank asks banks not to blacklist firms failing...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has barred banks from keeping the COVID-19 hit firms in the blacklist if the concerned companies are unable to pay loan dues of up to six months.
Feb 16, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
WHO approves AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
WHO approves AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergen...
GENEVA, Feb 16: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the developing world.
Feb 16, 2021
OPINION
Why Nepal needs a defense university
Why Nepal needs a defense university
Formulating a vibrant defense policy to counter the security threats can be possible when we have qualified human resources in the country. The Defense University will do just that.
Feb 16, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Amicus Curiae to present its opinion from today
Amicus Curiae to present its opinion from today
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: With the pleading by the plaintiffs and defendants on the writ petitions on the case related to the dissolution of the House of Representatives coming to an end on Monday, the Constitutional Bench at the Supreme Court is receiving arguments from the Amicus Curiae starting from Tu...
Feb 16, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Saraswati Puja being observed today
Saraswati Puja being observed today
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Shree Panchami, also known as Basanta Panchami or Saraswati Puja, is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, learning, art, music and culture, on Tuesday.
Feb 16, 2021
ECONOMY
Russia ready to help expand railway service in Nepal
Russia ready to help expand railway service in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Russia has shown its interest in expansion of the rail services in Nepal. Russian Ambassador to Nepal Aleksei Novikov while paying a courtesy call on Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport Basant Kumar Nembang at the latter's office in Singh Durbar on Monday, shared...
Feb 16, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal spent US $2.04 billion to purchase Indian currency to fund imports in the first six...
Nepal spent US $2.04 billion to purchase Indian currency to...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal bought Indian rupees worth Rs 241.31 billion by selling US dollars to finance the imports from the southern neighbour during the first six months of the fiscal year compared to that of Rs 229.55 billion in the same period in the last fiscal year.
Feb 16, 2021