WORLD, Coronavirus
Omicron evades immunity better than Delta, Danish study finds
Omicron evades immunity better than Delta, Danish study find...
COPENHAGEN, Jan 4: The Omicron coronavirus variant is better at circumventing vaccinated peoples' immunity than the Delta variant, according to a Danish study published last week, helping explain why Omicron is spreading more rapidly.
Jan 04, 2022
ECONOMY
NOC reeling through deepening financial problem due to increasing losses in petroleum busi...
NOC reeling through deepening financial problem due to incre...
KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said that it is finding cash strapped every successive month as a result of accumulated loss due to surging prices of petroleum products in the international market.
Jan 04, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepse gains 32 points to reclaim 2,600 territory
Nepse gains 32 points to reclaim 2,600 territory
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Adding up to prior day’s gains, stocks continued to trade in green on Monday. The equity market climbed above 2,600 mark in the morning and traded mostly higher in the session. At the close, Nepse posted a gain of 2,616.94 points to end trading at 2,616.94.
Jan 03, 2022
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Kathmandu District Court issues arrest warrants against 130 individuals involved in Lalita...
Kathmandu District Court issues arrest warrants against 130...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Kathmandu District Court (KDC) has issued arrest warrants against 130 individuals accused of their involvement in the controversial land scam of Lalita Niwas, Baluwatar.
Jan 03, 2022
SOCIETY
Minister’s son arrested by police
Minister’s son arrested by police
KAILALI, Jan 3: Police have arrested Bobby Sodari, 23, son of Minister for Physical Infrastructure of Sudurpaschim Province and CPN (Unified Socialist) Provincial Assembly member Dirga Sodari on Sunday evening.
Jan 03, 2022
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Govt decides to administer third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to patients of six types of dis...
Govt decides to administer third dose of COVID-19 vaccine t...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Government has decided to provide a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to patients of six different types of disease and people above 60 years of age. While avoiding calling it a booster dose, the Ministry of Health and Population has called it just an additional dose of vaccine.
Jan 03, 2022
POLITICS
NC finalizes names of candidates for National Assembly poll
NC finalizes names of candidates for National Assembly poll
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has finalized the names of candidates for the upcoming National Assembly poll scheduled to be held on January 26.
Jan 03, 2022
POLITICS
Dahal unanimously reelected as Maoist Center Chairman, newly-elected CC members sworn in (...
Dahal unanimously reelected as Maoist Center Chairman, newly...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been unanimously reelected as the chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center). A meeting of the newly-elected Central Committee of the party unanimously elected Dahal as the chairman of the party.
Jan 03, 2022
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Parliamentary committee directs govt to submit action plan to improve quality and access o...
Parliamentary committee directs govt to submit action plan t...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Development and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives has directed the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) to submit an action plan within 30 days to make the internet service provided by the Nepal Telecom (NTC) more effective and qua...
Jan 03, 2022
SOCIETY
Nirmala’s rape and murder case: Police fail to resolve mystery even three and half years a...
Nirmala’s rape and murder case: Police fail to resolve myste...
An Indian national under police control for interrogation as police struggle to resolve the mystery.
Jan 03, 2022