SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police exchange fire with Biplab-led group in Sankhuwasabha
Police exchange fire with Biplab-led group in Sankhuwasabha
MORANG, Dec 28: The police and an unidentified group believed to be belonging to the underground armed outfit led by Netra Bikram Chanda ‘Biplab’ exchanged fire in Chainpur of Sankuwasaba district on Sunday afternoon.
Dec 28, 2020
SPORTS
India bowled out for 326, lead by 131 runs
India bowled out for 326, lead by 131 runs
MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Australia rattled through India’s last five wickets before lunch on day three of the second test in Melbourne on Sunday but will need to bat big to set the tourists a target.
Dec 28, 2020
OPINION
Who crossed the Rubicon?
Who crossed the Rubicon?
The central puzzle is whether the dissolution of parliament will mark the beginning of the end of Nepal’s republic system. Time will definitely lift the curtain.
Dec 28, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse begins week with a 40-point decline
Nepse begins week with a 40-point decline
Dec 28: The equity market opened in green in the morning but a sharp fall in the beginning hour saw the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index trade in negative territory by mid-day. The benchmark remained under pressure throughout the remaining trading session to register a loss of 39.90 points. Nepse...
Dec 28, 2020
OPINION
The right way to regulate digital harms
The right way to regulate digital harms
If we are going to limit the spread of toxic content, without crushing freedom of expression, we need clear and comprehensive regulatory approaches, based on human-rights principles.
Dec 28, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant
AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant
LONDON, Dec 28: The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week, said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain...
Dec 28, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, TECHNOLOGY, Coronavirus
‘Believe in science’: EU kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign
‘Believe in science’: EU kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign
ROME, Dec 27: Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care crisis in a century.
Dec 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Govt fixes new timeline of mid-January to provide farmers with fertilizers
Govt fixes new timeline of mid-January to provide farmers wi...
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Agriculture Inputs Company Limited (AICL) has set a new timeline of mid-January to import chemical fertilizers which Bangladesh is providing to Nepal on a refundable basis.
Dec 27, 2020
SPORTS
Rahane reigns as India batsmen banish nightmare 36
Rahane reigns as India batsmen banish nightmare 36
MELBOURNE, Dec 27: Stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane stepped out of Virat Kohli’s shadow with an inspiring century on Sunday as India’s batsmen banished their horror 36 in Adelaide to take control of the second test against a profligate Australia on day two.
Dec 27, 2020