September 9, 2020 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
The government must prepare a national plan of action to mitigate the risks the lakes pose. As climate change melts glaciers, a threat looms large in mountainous areas—glacial lake outburst floods...
Parents and child care experts say that the Covid-19 crisis has only exacerbated already existing challenges for children with development challenges—and there are no easy solutions in sight. For ...
Sandeep Lamichhane (File photo) KATHMANDU: Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane’s team Jamaica Tallawahs has lost to Trinbago Knight Riders by nine wickets in the first semi-final match under the...
Image for Representation KATHMANDU: Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, have been paused after a participant had an adverse reaction in...
55 people murdered since mid-July KATHMANDU: Rows that start with minor interest and misunderstanding turn so fatal that they have taken 55 lives since Mid-July. Former DIG of Nepal Police Hemant...
Authorities’ confused response to the virus continues, as prohibitory orders, which have been in place for the last three weeks, end tonight. The sharp rise in the number of cases over the period s...
Encouraged by the results of the system with sensors for soil moisture content, land movement and rainfall, the government plans to install it next year after risk assessments. In mid-August, a la...
Image for Representation KATHMANDU: District Administration Offices of three districts in the Kathmandu Valley are holding a meeting today (Wednesday) to decide whether to remove the ongoing proh...
Nepal’s education sector has faced unprecedented challenges with prolonged lockdown. However, it needs to adapt as well as find solutions to keep students motivated. No sector is an exception in t...
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest, a daily morning email digest, is basically a relatable summation of important business news from Nepal into easy-to-understand summaries. NTB forms task force to explor...
Last week’s floods and landslide have damaged sections of Burtibang-Dhorpatan road, cutting off affected villages in Dhorpatan Municipality from the district headquarters. The flood and landslide ...
The study is testing a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford researchers at various sites, including the United Kingdom, where the illness was reported. AstraZen...
All five bridges were built some 30 years ago and lack of repair and maintenance over the years have left them riddled with potholes. All five bridges along the 35km stretch of the Mid-Hill Highwa...
Coronavirus suspects have to wait for at least 10 days to get their test results. People suspected with coronavirus infection in Kapilvastu still have to wait for at least 10 days to get their t...
KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has predicted heavy rainfall in various places in the country until the next three days. According to a weather bulletin issue by the MFD, the...
There has not been a single investigation in the five years since transitional justice commissions were formed and its term is expiring again in nine months. Hardly had the new set of commissioner...
Covid-19 has increased the prices of drugs and smugglers are willing to take risks to make profit. On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Crime Division in coordination with Bhaktapur Metropolitan Police Ra...
Located far away from Delhi, Sikkim University adopted daring innovations and transforming practices. When we set out to build the first national university in Sikkim in 2007, our mission was to i...
Here we are, with an isolationist America and Britain increasingly cut off from Europe. Seventy-five years ago, the prestige of the United States and the United Kingdom could not have been higher....
The pandemic has wiped out small businesses which are the backbone of the country’s economy. In September last year, homestay owners like Ganga Dutta Jaisi in Gabhar Valley, Banke were riding the ...
Indian investors say they are facing troubles sending dividends and service-related payments from Nepal to India due to the lack of effective coordination between Nepal’s different agencies. Forei...
Lumbini Provincial Hospital (File photo) BUTWAL: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) under the Lumbini Provincial Hospital has been shut down after five health workers tested positive for the...
Since 2008-09, governments have spent nearly Rs 12 billion on several literacy campaigns and yet 24 districts are still not fully literate. The government’s plan to attain a total literacy in the ...
Image for Representation BAITADI: Police have arrested three individuals in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old student in Sigas rural municipality in Baitadi district. DSP Narayan Prasad A...
NEPALGUNJ: An 80-year-old woman who died on Tuesday morning has posthumously tested positive for coronavirus in Banke district. The octogenarian of Nepalgunj Sub Metropolitan City-16 died in the c...
Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong stay at the International Space Station, returning to Earth with ripped bodybuilder physiques, scientists reported Monday. ...
KATHMANDU: One more coronavirus-infected person has passed away at Bharatpur Hospital. A 64-year-old man of Debchuli municipality-1, Nawalpur who was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailmen...
Kathmandu - Jitiya Parba, one of the most celebrated auspicious festivals of the Mithila zone, has begun today in Mahottari along with other Mithilanchal areas. On the first day today, the women of...
Kathmandu - Police on Tuesday arrested three persons for allegedly involved in a rape case in the district. A police team caught teacher Khadak Bahadur Bohora, rural municipality employee Keshab Bo...
Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient’s “potentially unexplained” illness is a side effect of the s...
The ongoing pandemic is creating lasting consequences, mostly negative, for the vast majority of persons but youths, especially those from a background characterized by vulnerability and precarious...
“The Communist Party of China (CPC)”, proclaimed General Secretary Xi Jinping, “strives for both the wellbeing of the Chinese people and human progress”. The world today is undergoing major change...
KATHMANDU: A person undergoing treatment at Alka Hospital in Jawalakhel has died of coronavirus. The 67-year-old male of Kathmandu’s Bishalnagar breathed his last on Tuesday evening, according to ...
BP Koirala (File photo) KATHMANDU: The 107th birth anniversary of BP Koirala who contributed to the field of the Nepali politics and literature is being celebrated across the country on Wednesday....
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