July 21, 2021 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Representative Image. KATHMANDU: As many as 13 major highways have been obstructed due to incessant rain since mid-June. The Department of Roads (DoR) shared that 73 out of 132 roads obstructed h...
The unity of teaching and research is what distinguishes these kinds of institutions from others. What is a research university? A research university is, by definition, one that prioritises rese...
Superstitions and discriminatory customs continue to deny women their basic rights. Four months ago, the District Health Office in Baglung established a community health unit and a birthing centre...
Several remote villages are cut off from other parts of the province during the monsoon, local residents say. The 118 km Jajarkot-Dolpa road is a lifeline for the people of Dolpa, Jajarkot and Ruk...
Hugely problematic and superficial for many, Blind date, a Nepali dating reality show, has earned an equal number of admirers and haters. At 7 pm every Friday, Pratikshya Adhikari drops everything...
Collective paddy transplantation and local festivals have contributed to the spread of the virus in the community. The risk of Covid-19 infection has been on the rise in several places of Gorkha f...
Factions led by Upendra Yadav and Mahantha Thakur have drifted apart and reconciliation between them is unlikely in the current circumstances, observers say. When the Janata Samajbadi Party was bo...
The prime minister has to satisfy the rival faction of his party. The Maoist Centre and the Janata Samjabadi are his key partners and he can’t ignore the Nepal group either. As Prime Minister Sher...
The 'A' division league could not be conducted last year owing to the pandemic. Four 'A' Division football clubs have appealed to the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) to rethink the date of M...
As per an existing agreement between the two countries, 500 Nepali workers are expected to get employment in the Middle Eastern nation. Nepali job-seekers aspiring to work in Israel will soon be a...
According to the Nepal Police, in the first 11 months of the last fiscal year, 577 cases of fraud were filed across the country. At a time when Covid-19-related uncertainties have already had a ma...
The centre has been asked to conduct technical audits of all infrastructure projects worth over Rs100 million. As per a new rule, all development projects whose estimated cost is over Rs100 millio...
President Bidya Bhandari (L) and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (File photo) KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari said that a strong unity in social diversity would contribute to further c...
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets last weekend to protest food and medicine shortages – the biggest display of dissent seen in the country in decades. And Cubans are not alone: across Latin ...
As climate change impacts speed up, the IPCC report should act as a 'wake-up call' for swifter action to curb global warming, scientists say. From devastating floods to destructive wildfires, the ...
To assess possible impact of disciplinary action A meeting of CPN-UML (File photo) KATHMANDU: CPN-UML is holding a Central Committee (CC) meeting on Wednesday. The CC meeting underway since the ...
Gandaki Province Chief Minister Krishna Chandra Pokharel (File photo) POKHARA: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province, Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel said the religious and cultural festivals have fu...
LOS ANGELES: JULY 21 – The world’s leading streaming entertainment service Netflix announced Tuesday that it added 1.5 million paid memberships worldwide in the second quarter of 2021. In its seco...
To finalize list of ministers from Maoist Center Central Party Office of CPN (Maoist Center) center (File photo) KATHMANDU: CPN (Maoist Center) is holding a Standing Committee (SC) meeting on Wed...
A Mexican national, Gomez Ang joined IFC in Mexico City in 2006 as an investment officer, where he led business development in Mexico and Central America. IFC has appointed Hector Gomez Ang its re...
Foreign direct investment pledges fell 14.81 percent to Rs32.20 billion in the fiscal year 2020-21, officials say. Potential investors backed away from Nepal in the last fiscal year as Covid-19 ru...
In Zhengzhou, a city of over 12 million on the banks of the Yellow River, 12 people have died so far amid the floods, and about 100,000 people have been evacuated to safe zones. Large swathes of C...
UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal (R) and Jhala Nath Khanal (File photo) KATHMANDU: The Nepal-Khanal faction of the CPN-UML has discussed the issue of forming a new party without Chairman KP S...
JANAKPUR, July 21: Province 2 Government spent more than Rs 250 million to pay for allowances [provided to chief minister and ministers] and fuel in the last fiscal year 2020-21. There were a tot...
Various birds ans swnas throng a near Lamital in Chitwan National Park in Chitwan district, on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. (Photo: Tilak Ram Rimal) JAJARKOT: World’s rare bird species have been de...
KATHMANDU, July 21: Nepal's prominent painter Uttam Nepali breathed his last this morning. He was 84. Born in Kathmandu on 18 Baisakh 1994 BS, Nepali died while undergoing treatment at Manmohan C...
The Department of Transport Management has set new rules for the driving licence test. The rule was set to come into effect from July 16 but the tests have not opened now due to the restrictions im...
U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic A...
View of K2 and Broad Peak. Photo: Seven Summit Treks ISLAMABAD: A South Korean climber is feared dead on Pakistan’s Karakoram range just days after climbing his last 14th 8000 meter-plus mountain....
KATHMANDU: JULY 21 – Foneloan has announced the winner of its 3-week long ‘Euro Cup with Foneloan campaign. The winner of this campaign is Ashok Kumar Khati, a customer of Laxmi Bank. He won Samsu...
WASHINGTON: The highly contagious delta variant, a strain of COVID-19 first detected in India, now makes up approximately 83 percent of coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the US C...
Samsung has been launching mid-range smartphones regularly even in this lockdown and covid pandemic. This smartphone arrives in the market without any launch event. But, Samsung is going to organiz...
Democracy is back on policymakers’ minds. US President Joe Biden plans to host a summit on the theme, and invitations to a host of events on democracy and human rights fill my inbox. This renewed ...
KATHMANDU, July 21: One of the chaimen of the Jantata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has held a meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Thakur reached the official residence of the prime minister i...
KATHMANDU: Maiyungkhola Hydropower Company is issuing initial public offerings (IPO) on July 29. Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) had given permission to the company to issue the IPO. The company...
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