POLITICS
Nepal stands in favor of Ukraine's call at UNHRC for urgent debate on Russian invasion
Nepal stands in favor of Ukraine's call at UNHRC for urgent...
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KATHMANDU, March 1: Nepal is among 29 countries that voted in favor of Ukraine's call at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for an urgent debate on gross violation of human rights in Ukraine territory and condemn Russia's invasion.
Mar 01, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal records 158 cases, 354 recoveries and two deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday
Nepal records 158 cases, 354 recoveries and two deaths from...
KATHMANDU, March 1: Nepal recorded 158 new cases of COVID-19 along with 354 recoveries and two deaths from the deadly virus on Tuesday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Mar 01, 2022
POLITICS
MCC was a deliberate misinformation campaign launched to topple UML govt: Oli
MCC was a deliberate misinformation campaign launched to top...
KATHMANDU, March 1: CPN-UML Chairman and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the issue of US-aid Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement was ‘a deliberate misinformation campaign’ launched to topple his government.
Mar 01, 2022
WORLD
Russia pummels Ukraine’s No. 2 city and convoy nears Kyiv
Russia pummels Ukraine’s No. 2 city and convoy nears Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine, March 1: Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine’s second-largest city again Tuesday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics Ukraine’s embattled president said were designed to force him into concessions in Europe’s largest ground...
Mar 01, 2022
SOCIETY
Door for implementation of MCC projects is open now: MCA-Nepal
Door for implementation of MCC projects is open now: MCA-Nep...
KATHMANDU, March 1: With the ratification of the US-aid Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement by the House of Representatives (HoR), the door for the implementation of the project under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been opened.
Mar 01, 2022
SOCIETY
Home Minister Khand pays homage to Pashupatinath
Home Minister Khand pays homage to Pashupatinath
KATHMANDU, March 1: Minister for Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand went to the Pashupatinath Temple and paid homage to Lord Shiva on the occasion of the Mahashivaratri festival today.
Mar 01, 2022
SOCIETY
Devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple (photo feature)
Devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple (photo feature)
KATHMANDU, March 1: The Shivaratri festival is being celebrated across the country today. Devotees have been flocking to the Shiva temples including Pashupatinath in Kathmandu since this morning on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.
Mar 01, 2022
ECONOMY
BPKIHS desperately waits for health ministry to pay it over Rs 260 million in health insur...
BPKIHS desperately waits for health ministry to pay it over...
ITAHARI, March 1: The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), a famed teaching hospital in Dharan, is desperately waiting for Rs 260 million from the Ministry of Health and Population of the federal government, which was spent on health insurance schemes of the patients.
Mar 01, 2022
POLITICS
Birendranagar mostly calm after curfew order
Birendranagar mostly calm after curfew order
KARNALI, March 1: Birendranagar of Surkhet that serves as the capital for Karnali Province has remained largely quiet after the imposition of a curfew that follows violent protests against the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact, a US-aid project.
Mar 01, 2022
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video
IN PICTURES: Nepal Army Day marked in Kathmandu
IN PICTURES: Nepal Army Day marked in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, March 1: Nepal Army organized a special ceremony to observe the Nepal Army Day and Maha Shivaratri festival at Tundikhel, Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Mar 01, 2022