August 8, 2021 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
KATHMANDU: The government has decided to give AstraZeneca jab to 1.3 million senior citizens from Monday. Health Secretary Dr Roshan Pokhrel said that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be given to sen...
Members of the ruling coalition task force at a meeting. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: The task force formed by the ruling parties’ alliance has devised the common minimum programs (CMP) to assist the g...
India is a highly religious country that is profoundly committed to respecting its diversity. It is rare for a public-opinion survey to shake established perceptions of a country in the way a rece...
Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel. (File Photo) NAWALPUR: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel has said the developmental activities ...
What started out as a friendship between Raman and Nita quickly turned into love. For 20-year-old Raman, Pokhara wasn't a new place. But this time, he was visiting Pokhara for a different purpose....
Demand has plunged as seminars, meetings and weddings have been banned in the last one and a half years. Business was blooming for Krishna Ram Thapa, proprietor of Thapa Nursery in Kirtipur, durin...
In the absence of a ventilator, critical patients of snakebite in Bardibas are sent to other places for treatment. Manish Sunar from Gauridanda in Bardibas Municipality-3, Mahottari, was bitten by...
The ruling alliance has spent more than three weeks on the common minimum programme, making it a prerequisite for Cabinet expansion. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has not been able to give the...
Despite vaccines arriving from different countries, there is chaos outside every vaccination centre. On July 17, Tara Dangal of Gothatar reached Mulpani Primary Health Centre located in Ward 6, to...
Although the government has decided to inoculate people with disabilities, vaccines are not accessible to all in the target group. The government has decided to provide Janssen Covid-19 vaccines t...
The amount of rain received between June 1 and August 6 is 69.9 percent of the rainfall the country gets in the whole monsoon season, meteorologists say. The ongoing monsoon has continued to recei...
Conflict victims doubt the Deuba government is committed to amending the transitional justice laws as per the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. Concluding the remaining task of the peace process by exped...
Fighting has been escalated in Afghanistan of late. (File Photo AP) KABUL: The Taliban militants have said that they have taken control of the city of Sheberghan in the northern Afghan province of...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: A week-long Nepal Mask Campaign kicked off on Saturday. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) launched the campaign with a theme of ‘My commitment toward pandemic control...
NAWALPUR: The Butwal-Narayanghat road stretch along the East-West Highway has become dilapidated due to rains and the contractor’s rather unconventional construction techniques. The combination of...
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta va...
Nepal Communist Party leader Dr. Bhim Rawal. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Vice-Chairperson Bhim Rawal met with President Bidya Devi Bhandari and discussed the issues surrounding the party. Lea...
Skies to remain cloudy on Sunday. (File Photo for Representation) KATHMANDU: The Weather Forecast Division has said that the weather will be cloudy with possibilities of light to moderate rain in ...
KATHMANDU: AUGUST 8 – The task force formed to facilitate the operation of the government has stated that the task force has not recommended bringing the local level under the control of the state ...
District presidents of Nepali Congress (NC) have demanded the final list of active members of the party across the country be immediately published. The presidents of factions other than that of N...
KATHMANDU: AUGUST 8 – The Olympic battle is currently underway in world sports. But if anyone is constantly talking about it, it is Lionel Messi. There is a lot of talks about which club he will go...
Image for Representation BENI: The Beni-Jomsom road, which connects Mustang with the national highway through Myagdi, has come into operation after a gap of six days. Due to the landslide in Kavr...
Leaders Rajendra Mahato (L) and Mahanta Thakur. (File Photo) KATHMANDU: Thakur-Mahato faction of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), which has lost its official status, is holding a meeting in four ...
Alongside Felix they went for Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, first and second in the 400m hurdles and both inside the old world record, and Mu Athing, winner of the 800 metres. The United...
The world record holder has now won four Olympic medals overall, having also taken 5,000m silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the Olympic men's marathon with a commanding...
Image for Representation JHAPA: Police have arrested an Indian national in possession of brown sugar. Shravan Roy, 28, of Totapada in West Bengal, India was arrested with 21.26 grams of brown sug...
Disputes between tenants and house owners in urban areas are a common problem in Nepal. But, a simple agreement can solve them. Further, the agreement is also rendered necessary by the law also the...
On July 26, a former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Pashupati Murarka, tweeted something that made the rounds on social media. In the tweet, he q...
Image for Representation ITAHARI: A grenade was found while repairing a gravel road at Itahari Sub-metropolis-2 in Sunsari on Saturday. Superintendent of Police of Sunsari Sanjay Singh Thapa said...
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (L) Chairman of the Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda (C) and Chairman of Janata Samajwadi Party Upendra Yadav. KATHMANDU: Top leaders of the ruling coal...
KATHMANDU, Aug 8: Top leaders of the ruling alliance are holding a discussion at the official residence of the prime minister in Baluwatar. Bishnu Sapkota, press aide to CPN (Maoist Center) Chair...
MANANG, August 8: A technical team led by CPN (Maoist Center) Chair and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal ar...
Xiaomi is on a rollercoaster ride. After sweeping through the Indian market, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer made history by becoming the best-selling smartphone brand globally. For the first t...
Saptari, August 8 A 65-year-old woman has died when a tanker hit a sexagenarian in Kathauna, Shambhuanath municipality-6 of the Saptari district in southeastern Nepal, on Saturday night. The vict...
Growing up in Nepal, Kiran Gajmer never thought life could get this good. His family had fled Bhutan during the 1990s ethnic cleansing that took place in the Himalayan nation and took refuge in the...
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