Editorial
Overcoming Omicron
Overcoming Omicron
COVID-19 is here to stay for sometime. Learning to live with it looks the only pragmatic way forward. The immediate thing that the government must do is further expand the scope of COVID-19 vaccination.
Jan 12, 2022
ECONOMY
Kathmandu District Court bars IFIC from selling its NBB’s shares to Chaudhary Group
Kathmandu District Court bars IFIC from selling its NBB’s sh...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The Kathmandu District Court (KDC) on Wednesday issued a verdict barring Nepal Bangladesh Bank (NBB) from selling the promoter shares of its foreign partner, IFIC Bank Limited, Bangladesh, to Chaudhary Group of Nepal.
Jan 12, 2022
ECONOMY
NDDB recommends to govt to increase price of processed milk by Rs 10 per liter
NDDB recommends to govt to increase price of processed milk...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has recommended to the government to increase the price of processed milk by Rs 10 per liter, citing the need for benefits for the milk-producing farmers.
Jan 12, 2022
POLITICS
Nomination of party members not a biased decision: Chairman Lindgen
Nomination of party members not a biased decision: Chairman...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has claimed that he was not biased in his decision to nominate some of the party members.
Jan 12, 2022
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal: Daily COVID-19 case count crosses 3,000 mark again after five months
Nepal: Daily COVID-19 case count crosses 3,000 mark again af...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Nepal recorded 3,075 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday along with 278 recoveries and two deaths on Wednesday, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Jan 12, 2022
My City, Art & Culture, Exhibitions
Saurganga’s feelings on display at Van Gogh Gallery
Saurganga’s feelings on display at Van Gogh Gallery
Traditional cloth pouch (Thaili) is her main motif along with female figures, men, wavy water, fishes, lotus and children among others; which she links with various aspects or feelings one gets in life. Her artworks are dreamlike which are pleasant to the eyes and have a rhythm to them. She has not...
Jan 12, 2022
ECONOMY
Minister Ale insists on operation of Majhgaun Airport
Minister Ale insists on operation of Majhgaun Airport
MAHENDRANAGAR, Jan 12: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has stressed the need for operating the Majhgaun Airport in Kanchanpur district.
Jan 12, 2022
NEPAL, POLITICS, SOCIETY
Nepal ranks 7th in list of world's weakest passports, Japan and Singapore’s passports stro...
Nepal ranks 7th in list of world's weakest passports, Japan...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Nepal's passport has been listed as the 7th weakest in the world. According to a survey conducted by Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory firm based in London, Nepal's passport ranks 7th among the weakest passports in the world.
Jan 12, 2022
SOCIETY
Traffic Police introduce system to pay fines using machine
Traffic Police introduce system to pay fines using machine
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KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has introduced a system that allows drivers to pay fines for violating traffic rules using a Prabhu-Pay kiosk machine. With this, traffic rules violation fines can be paid from Prabhu-Pay kiosk machines at 309 places in the Kathmandu...
Jan 12, 2022
Coronavirus
‘Omicron variant affects upper respiratory tract'
‘Omicron variant affects upper respiratory tract'
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The newly detected Omicron variant of COVID-19 is said to be more transmissible than the previous Delta variant.
Jan 12, 2022