August 17, 2020 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Patan Hospital (File photo) KATHMANDU: One more person has died from coronavirus in the Kathmandu Valley. According to a press note issued by District Health Office on Sunday, Lalitpur, a 60-yea...
Mountaineer Tashi Lhakpa Sherpa is hopeful to return to mountaineering. KATHMANDU: With the news about the Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation’s plans to resume all tourism-related acti...
It is in this chaotic ecology that an opportunity arises for some to cement their place as purveyors of credible news. Mainstream Indian media has a lot on its plate. The social media phenomenon, ...
The government must hold an inquiry into the tunnel disaster that killed two persons. In early July, the Ministry of Water Supply announced the start of hydrostatic testing of the Melamchi Water T...
The Sindhupalchok landslides have exposed the government's failure in disaster risk reduction. The news about landslide killings at Lidi village in Sindhupalchok district's Jugal Rural Municipalit...
A meeting of the Nepal Communist Party's Secretariat (File Photo) KATHMANDU: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is convening a meeting of the Secretariat at 9 am today. The meeting is likely ...
A few people from the art and entertainment community are encouraging conversation around caste and Dalit oppression to break off age-long structural hierarchy that is deeply rooted in society. Ea...
Beaten rice, pustakari, assorted salty snacks, gudpak, and vegetable fats and oil will now onwards have their production qualities and sales specifications. For the first time, the government has ...
Party insiders say change in ministers and some other agreements are likely to save the party unity and address the concerns of leaders including Nepal and Khanal. After weeks of wrangling, ruling...
Office of National Examination Board (File photo) KATHMANDU: The National Examination Board (NEB) is publishing the results of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) of the year 2056 BS on Tuesday....
Any delay would cripple production despite the gains of having 98 percent cultivation, the highest in the last five years. Farmer Sharum Raut’s paddy plants half submerged in the water have turned...
The District Administration Office in Chitwan has imposed prohibitory orders in six out of seven local units in the district. Several local units across the country have started imposing and exten...
Tribhuvan University. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: Tribhuvan University (TU) has decided to shut down all its constituted and affiliated campuses for two weeks in view of coronavirus risk. According t...
Possible discontinuation of contributions to the fund once their staffers are out of their jobs is their main concern. The Social Welfare Council has issued a notice—the second in eight months—in ...
Years ago, I spoke to the head of a large factory in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. She was worried that more than 100 of her workers lived in riverside slums around the building. Their homes ...
Health workers in the district are concerned about the possible community transmission of the disease, as home quarantining has proved to be ineffective. The District Health Office in Baitadi has ...
The decision allows Bhatta to resume work, but a final verdict will decide whether he’s fit for the job or not. The Patan High Court on Sunday cleared the way for Sushil Bhatta to perform his duti...
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest, a daily morning email digest, is basically a relatable summation of important business news from Nepal into easy-to-understand summaries. NOC hikes price of petroleum p...
On an average, 30 people visited the hospital daily during the four months of lockdown. After the restrictions were eased, the number has reached 50. Fifty-year-old Chandra Thakur, who used to run...
The ban has led to a shortage of timber in Sudurpaschim Province while consumers are forced to pay exorbitant prices. Earlier this month, Mahesh Joshi, a provincial assembly member in Sudurpaschim...
KATHMANDU: The number of deaths from coronavirus has crossed 51,000 in India. With 961 new deaths on Monday morning, the number of cases has reached 51,045, according to Worldometer. Similarly, m...
A prohibitory order imposed in Surkhet for five days. (File photo) SURKHET: A prohibitory order has been imposed in Birendranagar, the district headquarters of Surkhet for five days starting today...
Luuk De Jong scored the winner for Sevilla to reach Europa final on Sunday. (Photo: EPA) KATHMANDU: Spanish club Sevilla FC has entered into the final of UEFA Europa League. Sevilla reached the f...
Koshi Barrage (File Photo) BIRATNAGAR: In every monsoon, the Koshi Barrage comes into the national limelight for the rising water level and possible alertness and danger associated with it. With ...
BARA: A prohibitory order has been clamped in Bara district for an indefinite period from today after the coronavirus cases increased. With the prohibitory order clamped, no one has been allowed t...
The newly appointed editor says she will work to include the issues of women from every sector and all groups. Upasana Ghimire has been appointed the Editor of Nari, a monthly magazine published b...
Secretariat meeting of ruling CPN has started in Baluwatar on Monday. The meeting is expected to discuss current issues and determine mandate for the task force formed under General Secretary Bish...
For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flou...
KATHMANDU: A detainee doing time in police custody has tested positive for coronavirus. The detainee has been admitted to Ayurveda Hospital based in Kirtipur after coronavirus infection was detect...
Malaysia has detected a strain of the new coronavirus that’s been found to be 10 times more infectious. The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that star...
KATHMANDU: As many as 92 people including a mayor have tested positive for coronavirus in Parsa district. The newly infected are 38 people including the mayor of Pokhariya municipality Dipnarayan ...
Former India cricketer Chetan Chauhan passed away on Sunday (File Photo: Chetan Chauhan) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest in the hos...
A meeting of the Nepal Communist Party's Secretariat (File Photo) KATHMANDU: The much-awaited Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) convened this morning at the Prime Minis...
NCP Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (L), Prime Minister KP Oli (C) and Sher Bahadur Deuba hold talks on contemporary issues. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has re...
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