July 20, 2020 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Flood-affected people moving to safer places in Assam. (Photo: PTI) GUWAHATI: As many as 107 people have been killed in flood and landslides in the Indian state of Assam so far. While 81 people d...
Tribhuvan International Airport. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: The Nepal Airlines and Himalaya Airlines are operating nine flights to rescue stranded Nepalis from various foreign countries today. The c...
Hotel Association Nepal. (Image for Representation) KATHMANDU: The laborers and workers in hotel and hospitality sector will get their minimum wages for the lockdown period. The Hotel Association...
Although the new monetary policy is a step forward, it fails to help the large proportion of businesses and self-employed that need it the most. Five decades ago, Milton Friedman, perhaps the most...
We must follow sustainable practices to prevent extinction of yarsagumba. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, images of scores of people hovering over the grass looking for yarsagumba in mountain meadow...
Run by a monastery, Utpala Cafe, in Boudha, has been providing free meals to people since day one of the lockdown—feeding more than 80 people every day. On March 24, when Nepal went into lockdown,...
The new pay structure is applicable from April 13 to December 31. The year 2020 was to be the big year for Nepal's tourism — the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign had been set in motion with a target to a...
The Nepal faction, which so far has backed Dahal, is suspicious after reports that he has reached a deal with Oli keeping his allies in the dark. A “tentative deal” between ruling Nepal Communist ...
KATHMANDU: Daily cases of the coronavirus in India crossed the 40,000 mark for the first time since the outbreak on Sunday, taking the national tally of infections to 1.1 million. India reported 4...
The number of labour permits issued to migrant workers has slumped to a new low owing to the pandemic, but available jobs are likely to even fewer, labour migration experts warn. The Covid-19-indu...
It will take time for the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic consequences to come into full view. But some of the costs are already becoming apparent, beginning with the devastation the crisis will wreak...
The construction of roads without proper surveys has been the leading cause of landslides in several places of the hill districts. Three villagers were buried to death, another went missing and tw...
Government agencies taking up development projects are required to invite tender bids by mid-August and award contracts by mid-October. As the government plans to implement development projects at...
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest, a daily morning email digest, is basically a relatable summation of important business news from Nepal into easy-to-understand summaries. No compromise on fiscal govern...
They, however, say meeting the increased lending thresholds for agriculture, hydro and small and medium enterprises could be challenging. The banking sector has termed the monetary policy for the ...
The road stretch that connects the eastern and southern corners of Gandaki Province is highly vulnerable to landslides. The 38-km road section that connects Myagdi’s headquarters Beni to Lete in M...
Image for Representation KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has forecast heavy rains in various parts of the country for the next three days. With low pressure monsoon trough ap...
Police data show after the lockdown was relaxed on June 10 crime rate has risen by more than 80 percent. Crime rate in Kathmandu Valley has gone up ever since the government relaxed the lockdown ...
Butwal-Tansen road section has been obstructed (File photo) RUPANDEHI: The Butwal-Tansen road section has been obstructed due to a landslide yet again. The road section which was brought into ope...
Rasuwagadhi checkpoint/Image for Representation RASUWA: Syapru-Rasuwagadhi road section that leads to Rasuwagadhi chekpoint has been disrupted due to a landslide triggered by incessant rains. Ac...
An H2-A rocket that took off from Tanegashima spaceport, Japan (Photo: https://www.haveeru.com) KATHMANDU: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched its first historic mission to Mars, BBC repor...
Pashupatinath Temple courtyard in the evening (Photo: PADT) KATHMANDU: When Neeru Sharma, 40, of Gokarna, used to visit Pashupatinath Temple every Monday morning in the Nepali month of Shrawan (mi...
Chief Minister of Province 5 and CPN standing committee member Shankar Pokharel has raised questions about concerns of senior leaders about the proposal of Chairman KP Sharma Oli to hold general co...
Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala (File photo) KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the president’s involvement in the internal politics of ruling Nepal Commu...
CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has held meeting of standing committee members of his faction at his residence in Khumaltar Monday morning. All standing committee members from the erstwhile Maoist...
Image for Representation KATHMANDU: Three police officers died and three others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, international media repor...
Image for Representation KATHMANDU: Two minors have drowned in a pond in Bajhang district. The deceased have been identified as nine-year-old Shobhan Rokaya and eight year-old Sarjan Rokaya of Ta...
Kathmandu - Traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section has come to a halt after the landslide occurred at Charkilo this morning. The vehicular movement was totally obstructed after the recur...
Kathmandu - Various government buildings along with dozens of private houses have been waterlogged in the district headquarters Malangwa due to rainfall continued since Sunday morning. The incessan...
KATHMANDU: More than 14.6 million people have been infected due to coronavirus pandemic across the world. With 220,073 coronavirus cases in a single day on Monday, the number of infection cases ha...
Kathmandu - Management of cattle abandoned and released to the city area has become a big challenge for the office of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis. Hundreds of stray animals including abandoned cows, p...
Kathmandu - The Chhipkhola micro hydropower project, under construction at Sisne rural municiplaity-2 in Rukum (east), has come to a final phase of operation. The 40-KW capacity hydro project is be...
Kathmandu - Nepali Congress (NC) central member and former minister Shanker Bhandari has distributed relief assistance to the landslide survivor at Bhainsikili, Rishing. Leader Bhandari reached the...
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Industry Minister Lekh Raj Bhatta abstain Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: Chairman of ruling Nepal Communist Party (...
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