August 16, 2020 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Image for representation. KATHMANDU: Around 150 bridges were repaired in different districts across the country in the previous fiscal year 2019/20. The Department of Road had repaired and renovat...
NEW DELHI: India’s death toll from the coronavirus has crossed 50,000-mark as of Sunday morning. According to Worldometers, the death toll now stands at 50,084 after 950 deaths reported in the las...
JHAPA: Following the detection of 51 COVID-19 cases, four local levels in Jhapa district announced lockdown. A weeklong lockdown starting on Saturday has been imposed in Damak and Mechinagar munic...
It seems that petty politics has once again overtaken urgent matters—such as the handling of the pandemic. What are people in Nepal discussing today? This question struck me this morning. The reas...
Nepal has pursued remote and e-learning opportunities to offset school closures. Paru was excited that she was going to be promoted to grade five after her final exams in March. Her parents had pr...
They had already suffered major losses, as they were forced to shut down during the entirety of the wedding season from mid-April to mid-May. Sunita Nagarkoti was very excited when she opened her ...
A view of Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district. (File photo) DOLAKHA: A lockdown has been announced in Dolakha district until August 23 after the number of coronavirus cases has surged o...
People travel on a motorcycle as it rains in Kathmandu. (File photo/Khabarhub) KATHMANDU: The Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has predicted the chances of light to moderate rain with thu...
Around 20,000 Nepalis working in India returned to the district within the first three months of the nationwide lockdown. It has only been eight months since Mohan Saud, a resident of Dhakari Rura...
KATHMANDU: Over 248,000 have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in a single day. More than 21.6 million people have been infected with the coronavirus pandemic that has been spreading around the ...
There are hundreds of thousands wanting to return home and this number is growing with the expiry of more visas. No one knows exactly how many Nepali migrant workers are awaiting repatriation. Est...
Health experts suggest converting state-run hospitals into Covid-19 hospitals and pushing preventive measures. The Ministry of Health and Population is scrambling to arrange isolation beds in Kath...
Many schools are running virtual classes for their students, but children with disabilities have been left behind. While other children her age have already started their virtual classes , Nisha...
New research published this July in The Lancet forecasts that continued growth “through the century is no longer the most likely trajectory for the world’s population.” Rather, the global populati...
They are waiting for the final verdict from the Supreme Court on collection of taxes during the lockdown. Tax officials say they don’t plan to force companies and firms that have not cleared their...
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest, a daily morning email digest, is basically a relatable summation of important business news from Nepal into easy-to-understand summaries. Over 3 dozen businesses, servi...
Two more bodies were recovered from the site of the landslide that buried many houses in Lidi of Jugal rural municipality-2 in Sindhupalchowk. With this, the casualty in the Friday morning landslid...
KATHMANDU: No death from the coronavirus among Nepalis living abroad has been reported in the last week. According to the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), coronavirus infections have increa...
PARSA: Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 47 more people in Bara and Parsa districts. A test conducted at the laboratory of Narayani Hospital in Birgunj on Saturday night diagnosed 37 men...
False claims that Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as U.S. vice president or president have been circulating in social media posts since 2019, when she first launched her Democratic p...
RAUTAHAT: With the increased cases of coronavirus infection lately, the local levels in Rautahat district have planned to make 100-bed quarantine facilities each. Likewise, the PCR machine would c...
KATHMANDU: A total of six more people have been diagnosed coronavirus positive in Gandaki Province. The infection has been confirmed in one person in Tanahun and five people in Kaski in tests carr...
KATHMANDU: Around 800 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) area so far. A total of four people have died so far and contact tracing of 1,554 people ...
KATHMANDU: Nepal continues to remain in the 99th position in the latest football rankings released by FIFA for women’s football. The FIFA rankings remain the same as no international match has tak...
Bewildered, he moved around aimlessly, waiting for his mother who would never come home again. The air was warm. Unlike most mornings of winter, the sun was sharp and the sky did not have a cloud ...
DHARAN: A woman from Biratnagar died of the coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) on Saturday night. A 50-year-old woman who w...
Donald Trump hugs his brother Robert Trump after delivering his acceptance speech in New York City. Photo: AFP/File Photo NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump’s younger brother Robert Trump, died ...
Four more municipalities in Chitwan district have imposed prohibitory orders. A meeting of mayors of Ratnanagar, Kalika, Khairahani and Rapti municipalities has decided to impose prohibitory order...
UDAYPUR: An indefinite lockdown has been enforced in Katari Municipality of Udaypur from 1 pm today after coronavirus infection was detected at the community level. A meeting of the Municipality t...
A meeting of the NCP Secretariat (File Photo) KATHMANDU: Voices are being raised within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on empowering the six-member taskforce formed to resolve the intra-pa...
KATHMANDU: A Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police working at the Maharajgunj-based Police Hospital has tested coronavirus positive. According to the Police Headquarters, the number of co...
Kathmandu - Nepal continues to remain in the 99th position in the latest football rankings released by FIFA for women's football. The FIFA rankings remain the same as no international match has tak...
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