WORLD, Coronavirus
US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people
US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people
HARTFORD, May 28: The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths.
May 28, 2020
OPINION
Perils of nationalism
Perils of nationalism
When it was decided that the United States would join the First World War, President Woodrow Wilson promised the world would be “made safe for democracy”. Having been reelected in 1916 with the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war”, this decision marked a reversal of the initial position of ‘neutr...
May 28, 2020
SOCIETY
It may take two to three months for scientists to calculate and release exact height of Mo...
It may take two to three months for scientists to calculate...
KATHMANDU, May 27: It may take two to three months for scientists to calculate and release the exact height of Mount Everest, China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency said on Wednesday referring to the Ministry of Natural Resources of China.
May 27, 2020
SOCIETY
Doctors ‘manhandled’ at Nepal Medical College
Doctors ‘manhandled’ at Nepal Medical College
KATHMANDU, May 27: Two doctors of the Jorpati-based Nepal Medical College have been manhandled by a local of Besigaun in Kathmandu, after a patient they attended died while undergoing treatment. Doctors suspect that the patient could have been infected with COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
As of today, 183 COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery across the country
As of today, 183 COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Twenty-eight more COVID-19 patients were discharged from various hospitals after recovery on Wednesday, taking the total number of discharged patients to 183, the Ministry of Health and Population said.
May 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Majority of tourists visited Nepal for entertainment purpose in 2019
Majority of tourists visited Nepal for entertainment purpose...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Notwithstanding the fact that Nepal is popular for trekking and mountaineering among foreigners, an overwhelming majority of tourists who visited Nepal in the year 2019 are found to have come here for entertainment purposes.
May 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Tourism minister directs LDT to complete construction works of Lumbini Master Plan on time
Tourism minister directs LDT to complete construction works...
KATHMANDU, May 27: The government has directed the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) to complete construction works as stipulated in the Lumbini Master Plan on time.
May 27, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Public enterprises continue dismal performance despite massive state investments, post 2%...
Public enterprises continue dismal performance despite massi...
KATHMANDU, May 27: The government’s revenue from the dividend of public enterprises in the fiscal year 2018/19 declined by 4.28% to Rs 9.47 billion, compared to the amount in 2017/18.
May 27, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Economic Survey with ‘outdated’ data gives false narrative of economy hard hit by coronavi...
Economic Survey with ‘outdated’ data gives false narrative o...
KATHMANDU, May 27: The government unveiled the Economic Survey of the current fiscal year 2019/20 on Tuesday, its assessment of the performance of the country's various economic and financial indicators. But, reading this report in the end of May will take you back to mid-March, and gives you a fals...
May 27, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Trump offers to mediate 'raging' India-China border dispute
Trump offers to mediate 'raging' India-China border dispute
WASHINGTON, May 27: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had offered to mediate a standoff between India and China at the Himalayan border, where soldiers camped out in a high-altitude region have accused each other of trespassing over the disputed border.
May 27, 2020