SOCIETY
Climate change to blame for extreme weather
Climate change to blame for extreme weather
KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Even after the end of the rainy season, the incidence of floods and inundation has increased across the country due to heavy rains in the last few days. Experts say that this type of unseasonal rainfall may be due to climate change. People's lives have been affected by the disaste...
Oct 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Flood sweeps away a vehicle in Dang
Flood sweeps away a vehicle in Dang
DANG, Oct 20: A swollen rivulet in Dang has swept away a vehicle in Dang on Tuesday.
Oct 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Couple killed in tuskers attack
Couple killed in tuskers attack
MAHENDRANAGAR, Oct 20: A couple died in wild tuskers' attack at Shuklaphanta municipality-12, Basantapur in Kanchanpur this morning.
Oct 20, 2021
ECONOMY
Stocks end lower as interest rates weigh on the equity market
Stocks end lower as interest rates weigh on the equity marke...
KATHMANDU, Oct 20: The local bourse remained under pressure since the beginning of Tuesday’s session. After dipping over 60 points in the morning a small recovery ensued. However, buyers quickly lost steam as sellers dominated the trading session thereafter. The benchmark index hit its intraday low...
Oct 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Mahakali River records highest water level in eight years
Mahakali River records highest water level in eight years
KANCHANPUR, Oct 19: The Mahakali River in Sudurpaschim Province has recorded the highest water level in eight years. The water flow in the River bordering Nepal and India was measured to be at 547,224 cusec on Tuesday noon.
Oct 19, 2021
POLITICS
China announces to provide an additional two million COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal
China announces to provide an additional two million COVID-1...
KATHMANDU, Oct 19: China has agreed to provide an additional grant of two million COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal.
Oct 19, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen
Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen
It was the eyes that drew Denis Villeneuve to “Dune.” Long before he’d decided to become a filmmaker, he was just a teenager browsing a bookstore when he spotted the cover of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. But it wasn’t a hard sell for the biology obsessed 14-year-old who had already learned that scien...
Oct 19, 2021
Coronavirus
Nepal records 1,096 new cases, 1,004 recoveries and 12 deaths on Tuesday
Nepal records 1,096 new cases, 1,004 recoveries and 12 death...
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: As many as 1,004 people recovered from COVID-19 on Monday, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population. Similarly, Nepal recorded 1,096 new cases of COVID--19 and 12 deaths from the deadly virus on the same day.
Oct 19, 2021
SOCIETY
Karnali River enters village creating chaos
Karnali River enters village creating chaos
TIKAPUR, Oct 19: The Karnali River has breached the embankment near Shahipur in Tikapur Municipality-5. According to a local youth, Bhupendra Saund, the river has flooded the village.
Oct 19, 2021
SOCIETY
Two killed in house collapse in Doti
Two killed in house collapse in Doti
DOTI, Oct 19: Two people were killed when the house of Bir Bahadur Kunjeda of Sayel Rural Municipality-6, Mellekh, collapsed on Monday night after incessant rains, according to the Area Police Office, Mauwa Nagardaha, Doti.
Oct 19, 2021