SOCIETY
Police reach residence of Ram Kumari Jhakri to arrest her
Police reach residence of Ram Kumari Jhakri to arrest her
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Police have reached the residence of Ram Kumari Jhakri to arrest her
Feb 11, 2021
POLITICS
JSP unlikely to join joint agitation against HoR dissolution being led by Dahal-Nepal fact...
JSP unlikely to join joint agitation against HoR dissolution...
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Janta Samajbadi Party (JSP) is very much unlikely to join the joint agitation against the dissolution of House of Representatives (HoR) being organized by the Puspha Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal led faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD
Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense U.S.-China relations
Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense U.S...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Feb 11: U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders, with Biden saying a free and open Indo-Pacific was a priority and Xi warning confrontation would be a ‘disaster’ for both nations.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Girl abducted and raped in Morang
Girl abducted and raped in Morang
MORANG, Feb 11: A 14-year-old girl of Jahada Rural Municipality-1 was abducted and raped by two youths when she was going to the toilet at night.
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on disputed border
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on...
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough after a months-long standoff on the disputed border.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Women under 40 require a letter, and permission from family to travel abroad: DoI Director...
Women under 40 require a letter, and permission from family...
KATHMANDu, Feb 11: The Department of Immigration had proposed a brutal policy against women's independent movement -- requiring permit letters from their male counterpart or the head of the family as well as the ward office in order to travel abroad alone unless they are over 40 -- has made some ame...
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
WUHAN, Feb 11: A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered.
Feb 11, 2021
SOCIETY
UPDATE: Victim’s dead body in hospital, police yet to identify those involved
UPDATE: Victim’s dead body in hospital, police yet to identi...
DHANGADI, Feb 11: Bhagarathi Bhatta, 17, from Chadepani of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality-7, was raped and murdered last Wednesday. Her dead body was found the next day some 50 meters below the road in a community jungle. Even a week after the tragedy, the police have not been able to identify those...
Feb 11, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, businesses
Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, busi...
NEW YORK, Feb 11: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for the generals to give up power and free civilian leaders.
Feb 11, 2021
OPINION
Reflections on a plague year
Reflections on a plague year
COVID-19 crisis has accelerated Asia’s global rise in terms of relative economic growth, with China driving the region’s ascent. The contrast between China’s governance structure and that of Western democracies will thus become an even bigger issue for many leaders than it already is.
Feb 11, 2021