SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bhojpur-Biratnagar flight suspended for six months, locals affected
Bhojpur-Biratnagar flight suspended for six months, locals a...
BHGOJPUR, March 9: The Bhojpur-Biratnagar flight has remained closed for the past six months, causing inconvenience to the people most in this hilly district.
Mar 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
CM Gurung extends holi greetings
CM Gurung extends holi greetings
POKHARA, March 9: Gandaki province chief minister Prithvi Subba Gurung has extended best wishes to all Nepali people at home and abroad for their peace, happiness, prosperity and good health.
Mar 09, 2020
WORLD
Trial of 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17 set to open
Trial of 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17 set to open
SCHIPHOL, NETHERLAND, March 9: The trial is opening Monday of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Mar 09, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
British PM to hold emergency meeting on coronavirus
British PM to hold emergency meeting on coronavirus
LONDON, March 9: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday chair an emergency meeting on coronavirus as the government mulls more stringent measures to tackle the outbreak.
Mar 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bagmati province Chief Minister Poudel extends Holi greetings
Bagmati province Chief Minister Poudel extends Holi greeting...
HETAUDA, March 9: Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Dormani Poudel has extended best wishes to all Nepali people at home and abroad for their peace, happiness, prosperity and good health.
Mar 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Heritage reconstruction not taking pace in Sindhupalchok
Heritage reconstruction not taking pace in Sindhupalchok
MELAMCHI, March 9: Reconstruction of the heritages as old temples and Buddhist monasteries is in limbo in Sindhupalchok district even as five years have passed since the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.
Mar 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Coronavirus screening desk set up at Baniyani
Coronavirus screening desk set up at Baniyani
BANIYANI, March 9: In order to check the possible outbreak of novel coronavirus infection, a health desk has been set up at Kumarkhod at the Nepal-India border here.
Mar 09, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
CM Pokharel extends Holi best wishes
CM Pokharel extends Holi best wishes
RUPANDEHI, March 9: Province 5 Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel has extended best wishes to all Nepalis at home and abroad on the occasion of the Holi or Fagu Poornima, the festival of colors, today.
Mar 09, 2020
ECONOMY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Nepal on the verge of losing $500m MCC grant
Nepal on the verge of losing $500m MCC grant
KATHMANDU, March 9: With the deadline to implement the $500 million US grant under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) getting closer and the parliament yet to start deliberations on the grant, a debate on the grant has intensified outside parliament.
Mar 09, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Indian Wells tennis postponed after coronavirus confirmed
Indian Wells tennis postponed after coronavirus confirmed
March 9: The BNP Paribas Open, the near-major tennis tournament set to begin this week in the California desert, won’t be played as scheduled after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley.
Mar 09, 2020