WORLD, Coronavirus
EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus
EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus
BRUSSELS, July 19: European Union leaders on Saturday extended their summit by an extra day in the hope they were finally closing in on a deal for an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund.
Jul 19, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
In a bid to remain in power, PM Oli proposes general convention by mid-December
In a bid to remain in power, PM Oli proposes general convent...
KATHMANDU, July 19: Prime Minister K P Oli has proposed holding the party's general convention of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) by mid-December.
Jul 19, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Tractor accident in Pyuthan kills seven
Tractor accident in Pyuthan kills seven
PYUTHAN, July 19: Seven persons were killed in a tractor accident in Swargadwari Municipality-3 Saturday night.
Jul 19, 2020
SOCIETY, DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Man tonsured in Varanasi is Indian national: Varanasi Police
Man tonsured in Varanasi is Indian national: Varanasi Police
KATHMANDU, July 19: Varanasi Police has claimed that the man who was tonsured and made to chant anti-Nepal slogans in Varanasi on Wednesday is an Indian national. The man was paid 1,000 Indian rupees and forced to act as a Nepali national, Indian media reported quoting Varanasi Police.
Jul 19, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Energy minister directs officials to initiate talks with India over flood and inundation i...
Energy minister directs officials to initiate talks with Ind...
KATHMANDU, July 18: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun has directed the officials concerned to prepare for talks with India over the floods and inundation in Nepal’s Tarai region.
Jul 18, 2020
OPINION
The future of transatlanticism is up to Europe
The future of transatlanticism is up to Europe
Europeans need to act by themselves and for themselves. Gone are the days when we could sit back and allow US aircraft carriers to project our interests.
Jul 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police beating leaves a COVID-19 patient in Surkhet with a fractured hand
Police beating leaves a COVID-19 patient in Surkhet with a f...
SURKHET, July 18: A coronavirus-infected man who was beaten severely by a police officer in Surkhet has been taken to a hospital five days after the incident, and his medical reports show that the patient has severe injuries in his right hand and has to undergo a surgery.
Jul 18, 2020
ECONOMY, DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Over 80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home, engage in self-employment
Over 80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home,...
KATHMANDU, July 18: An overwhelming majority of Nepali migrant workers in Gulf countries, Malaysia and India have expressed their desire to return home and engage in self employment in the agriculture or non-agriculture sector.
Jul 18, 2020
SPORTS
England's Archer fined, warned for bio-secure protocol breach
England's Archer fined, warned for bio-secure protocol breac...
MANCHESTER, July 18: England fast bowler Jofra Archer was fined an undisclosed amount and received an official warning for breaching the team’s bio-secure protocols following the opening test against West Indies, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday.
Jul 18, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Why Nepal needs to localize SDGs
Why Nepal needs to localize SDGs
Nepal was one of the countries putting forward its latest update, the second so far, in its quest for the SDGs. Branded as Voluntary National Review, this reporting was envisioned as a tool to keep all state signatories of the Agenda 2030 from which the SDGs stem accountable.
Jul 18, 2020