WORLD
EU drug regulator OKs Pfizer COVID pill for high-risk patients
EU drug regulator OKs Pfizer COVID pill for high-risk patien...
Jan 28: The European Union's drug regulator on Thursday gave the green light to Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) antiviral COVID-19 pill for treating adults at risk of severe illness, as the region scrambles to boost its arsenal to fight the Omicron variant.
Jan 28, 2022
ECONOMY
IB mulling over enforcing ‘risk-based capital’ framework for insurance companies
IB mulling over enforcing ‘risk-based capital’ framework for...
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The Insurance Board (IB) is making the insurers maintain a ‘risk-based capital’ by 2024.
Jan 28, 2022
OPINION
Forest Finance from COP26: The Devil is in the Detail
Forest Finance from COP26: The Devil is in the Detail
A large percentage of the poorest of the poor in the developing world are dependent on forest resources and the bulk of forest finance needs to reach them. The pledge to end deforestation must cater to their needs and aspirations; only then will a standing tree be viewed as more valuable than a fell...
Jan 28, 2022
ECONOMY
Sugar producers raise price of sugar by up to Rs 14 per kg citing hiked sugarcane price
Sugar producers raise price of sugar by up to Rs 14 per kg c...
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Sugar producers have raised the price of sugar by up to Rs 14 per kg citing an increase in sugarcane price by the government.
Jan 27, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepse inches up 3.33 points after falling continuously for four days
Nepse inches up 3.33 points after falling continuously for f...
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) inched up 3.33 points to close at 2,779.98 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week, after undergoing a continuous fall for the past four days.
Jan 27, 2022
SOCIETY
Worker goes missing in hydel project tunnel
Worker goes missing in hydel project tunnel
SOLUKHUMBU, Jan 27: A worker has gone missing following an accident inside the tunnel of the under-construction 86-Megawatt Solu Khola Dudh Koshi Hydroelectricity Project in the district.
Jan 27, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal records, 8,017 cases, 5,292 recoveries and 15 deaths on Thursday
Nepal records, 8,017 cases, 5,292 recoveries and 15 deaths o...
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Nepal recorded as many as 8,017 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday along with 5,292 recoveries and 15 deaths, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Jan 27, 2022
POLITICS
Law Minister Badu contracts coronavirus
Law Minister Badu contracts coronavirus
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dilendra Prasad Badu has contracted the COVID-19 virus.
Jan 27, 2022
POLITICS
National Assembly to meet on January 31
National Assembly to meet on January 31
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The National Assembly will meet at 1PM on Monday, January 31, according to a notice issued by Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, the Secretary-General of the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Jan 27, 2022
ECONOMY
Police seize herbs collected in unauthorized way
Police seize herbs collected in unauthorized way
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Jumla, Jan 27: The police have taken control of unauthorized herbs without a collection permit which were being transported in Jumla.
Jan 27, 2022