SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepal govt writes to eight companies for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines
Nepal govt writes to eight companies for procurement of COV...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: While several countries have already started COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Nepal government has just started preparations to procure vaccines by sending letters to a few companies producing vaccines.
Dec 29, 2020
SPORTS
Australia fined for slow over-rate in loss to India
Australia fined for slow over-rate in loss to India
SYDNEY, Dec 29: Australia have been fined 40% of their match fee and penalised four ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate in their defeat by India in the second test in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Dec 29, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Chief Minister Poudel sacks Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader and party's Whip
Chief Minister Poudel sacks Deputy Parliamentary Party Leade...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Chief Minister of Province 3 Dormani Poudel sacked Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader Salikram Jamarkattel and the party’s whip Buddhiman Majhi on Tuesday.
Dec 29, 2020
POLITICS
Supreme Court moved to bar newly-appointed ministers from carrying out their duties
Supreme Court moved to bar newly-appointed ministers from ca...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court demanding a court order to bar the newly-appointed ministers from carrying out their day to day responsibilities.
Dec 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
708 new cases of COVID-19 detected through 6,135 PCR tests conducted in past 24 hours
708 new cases of COVID-19 detected through 6,135 PCR tests c...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Nepal recorded 708 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through 6,135 polymerase chain reactions tests conducted in the past 24 hours .
Dec 29, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Food & Drinks
Sweet delicacy Yomari and its recipe
Sweet delicacy Yomari and its recipe
Traditionally, Yomari is a sweet delicacy (stuffed with Chaku and Sesame seed) cooked in the Newah community to celebrate Yomari Punhi that falls on the full moon day of Thinla, the second month of the Newari calendar. The festival usually falls in November/December and this year it has fallen on De...
Dec 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
512 of 753 local units connected to broadband internet
512 of 753 local units connected to broadband internet
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The government's vision of ensuring the availability of high-speed broadband internet across the country has been gaining momentum with 67 percent of physical progress achieved by the project as of mid-December.
Dec 29, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
India seeks comment on proposal to make airbags mandatory for car front passengers
India seeks comment on proposal to make airbags mandatory fo...
MUMBAI, Dec 29: India on Tuesday sought public comment on a proposal to make airbags mandatory for the front passenger in all cars from next year, in a move that could raise costs for automakers slowly seeing a revival in demand.
Dec 29, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Oli's move to dissolve parliament is aimed at sabotaging hard-earned federalism, republica...
Oli's move to dissolve parliament is aimed at sabotaging har...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Chairperson of the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Tuesday said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's recent move to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) is aimed at killing federalism and republicanism which were achieved after...
Dec 29, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam
Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 29: Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age.
Dec 29, 2020