SOCIETY
Girl abducted and raped in Morang
Girl abducted and raped in Morang
MORANG, Feb 11: A 14-year-old girl of Jahada Rural Municipality-1 was abducted and raped by two youths when she was going to the toilet at night.
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on disputed border
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on...
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough after a months-long standoff on the disputed border.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Women under 40 require a letter, and permission from family to travel abroad: DoI Director...
Women under 40 require a letter, and permission from family...
KATHMANDu, Feb 11: The Department of Immigration had proposed a brutal policy against women's independent movement -- requiring permit letters from their male counterpart or the head of the family as well as the ward office in order to travel abroad alone unless they are over 40 -- has made some ame...
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
WUHAN, Feb 11: A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY
UPDATE: Victim’s dead body in hospital, police yet to identify those involved
UPDATE: Victim’s dead body in hospital, police yet to identi...
DHANGADI, Feb 11: Bhagarathi Bhatta, 17, from Chadepani of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality-7, was raped and murdered last Wednesday. Her dead body was found the next day some 50 meters below the road in a community jungle. Even a week after the tragedy, the police have not been able to identify those...
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, businesses
Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, busi...
NEW YORK, Feb 11: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for the generals to give up power and free civilian leaders.
Feb 11, 2021
OPINION
Reflections on a plague year
Reflections on a plague year
COVID-19 crisis has accelerated Asia’s global rise in terms of relative economic growth, with China driving the region’s ascent. The contrast between China’s governance structure and that of Western democracies will thus become an even bigger issue for many leaders than it already is.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Govt procuring two million doses of ‘Covishield’ from India within a month
Govt procuring two million doses of ‘Covishield’ from India...
The vaccine will be administered to people above 55 years of age
Feb 11, 2021
ECONOMY
Bankers exert pressure on NRB not to intervene in service fees they charge to their client...
Bankers exert pressure on NRB not to intervene in service fe...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Commercial banks that are facing allegations of charging service fees in an arbitrary manner from their clients have piled up pressure on Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to provide them autonomy to determine the service charge amount to their clients.
Feb 11, 2021
ECONOMY
Only around 15 percent budget allocated for national pride projects spent in the first hal...
Only around 15 percent budget allocated for national pride p...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The government has spent only 15.19 percent of the amount allocated for the construction of national pride projects during the first half of the current fiscal year.
Feb 11, 2021