Jun 07, 2020

SPORTS

Bayern crush Leverkusen to stay firmly on title course

Bayern crush Leverkusen to stay firmly on title course

BERLIN, June 7: Bayern Munich came from a goal down to ease past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Saturday and remain firmly on course to retain the Bundesliga title with four games remaining.

BERLIN, June 7: Bayern Munich came from a goal down to ease past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Saturday and remain firmly on course to retain the Bundesliga title with four games remaining.

Jun 07, 2020

Jun 07, 2020

ECONOMY

Govt lists out hotels available for quarantine

Govt lists out hotels available for quarantine

KATHMANDU, June 7: The government has listed out hotels across the Kathmandu Valley and other places that are available for quarantine service for migrant worker returnees who will be evacuated from abroad.

KATHMANDU, June 7: The government has listed out hotels across the Kathmandu Valley and other places that are available for quarantine service for migrant worker returnees who will be evacuated from abroad.

Jun 07, 2020

Jun 07, 2020

POLITICS

NC urges govt to facilitate return of Nepalis stranded abroad

NC urges govt to facilitate return of Nepalis stranded abroa...

KATHMANDU, June 7: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has urged the government to  facilitate all Nepali nationals wishing to return home as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KATHMANDU, June 7: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has urged the government to  facilitate all Nepali nationals wishing to return home as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Jun 07, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

SOCIETY

GPS collaring to protect red panda

GPS collaring to protect red panda

PANCHTHAR, June 6: Ten red pandas in the jungles of Sandakpur area of Ilam district have been fitted with radio collars. The collaring attached to six female and four male red pandas is expected to supply the authorities even the minute information on the activities of these shy and rare creatures.

PANCHTHAR, June 6: Ten red pandas in the jungles of Sandakpur area of Ilam district have been fitted with radio collars. The collaring attached to six female and four male red pandas is expected to supply the authorities even the minute information on the activities of these shy and rare creatures.

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

SOCIETY, Coronavirus

Three COVID-19 cases at Nepal Police Hospital

Three COVID-19 cases at Nepal Police Hospital

KATHMANDU, June 6: Three new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at the Maharajgunj-based Nepal Police Hospital on Saturday, according to Nepal Police.

KATHMANDU, June 6: Three new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at the Maharajgunj-based Nepal Police Hospital on Saturday, according to Nepal Police.

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

OPINION

American exceptionalism in the age of Trump

American exceptionalism in the age of Trump

CAMBRIDGE – In my recent study of 14 presidents since 1945, Do Morals Matter, I found that Americans want a moral foreign policy, but have been torn over what that means. Americans often see their country as exceptional because we define our identity not by ethnicity, but rather by ideas about a lib...

CAMBRIDGE – In my recent study of 14 presidents since 1945, Do Morals Matter, I found that Americans want a moral foreign policy, but have been torn over what that means. Americans often see their country as exceptional because we define our identity not by ethnicity, but rather by ideas about a lib...

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

OPINION

Age of anger

Age of anger

“If you have pissed them off, you have commanded their attention”, seems to be the settled wisdom of our time. Liberal restraint is out of vogue while instigating anger is the new fad. Though somewhat reprehensible tactic and mentally exhausting, it is shrewd. But it has its limitations.

“If you have pissed them off, you have commanded their attention”, seems to be the settled wisdom of our time. Liberal restraint is out of vogue while instigating anger is the new fad. Though somewhat reprehensible tactic and mentally exhausting, it is shrewd. But it has its limitations.

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

SOCIETY, Coronavirus

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll climbs to 13

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll climbs to 13

KATHMANDU, June 6: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)  confirmed the 13th COVID-19 death in Nepal on Saturday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, June 6: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)  confirmed the 13th COVID-19 death in Nepal on Saturday afternoon.

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

WORLD

'Am I going to get shot?' kids ask, as brands try to explain racism and violence to childr...

'Am I going to get shot?' kids ask, as brands try to explain...

NEW YORK, June 6: For 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the length of time it took George Floyd, an unarmed black man, to die at the hands of Minneapolis police - cable TV kids channel Nickelodeon’s screen went black on Tuesday to sounds of inhaling and exhaling, as white text flashed “I can’t breathe.”

NEW YORK, June 6: For 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the length of time it took George Floyd, an unarmed black man, to die at the hands of Minneapolis police - cable TV kids channel Nickelodeon’s screen went black on Tuesday to sounds of inhaling and exhaling, as white text flashed “I can’t breathe.”

Jun 06, 2020

Jun 06, 2020

ECONOMY

Middlemen obstruct movement of Nepal-bound cargo trucks at Bhairahawa-Sunauli border point

Middlemen obstruct movement of Nepal-bound cargo trucks at B...

KATHMANDU, June 6: A large number of Nepal-bound cargo trucks have been stuck on the Indian side of the Nepal-India border at Belahiya-Sunauli, after the Indian middlemen assisting in the customs clearance obstructed the movement across the border.

KATHMANDU, June 6: A large number of Nepal-bound cargo trucks have been stuck on the Indian side of the Nepal-India border at Belahiya-Sunauli, after the Indian middlemen assisting in the customs clearance obstructed the movement across the border.

Jun 06, 2020