January 9, 2024 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Ministry of Health and Population/File Photo KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed the spread of new sub-variant JN.1 of COVID-19 in Nepal too. The new sub-variant of COV...
Berlin, Jan. 9: Farmers blocked highway access roads in parts of Germany Monday and snarled traffic elsewhere with their tractors, launching a week of protests against a government plan to scrap ta...
Los Angeles, Jan. 9: Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic "Oppenheimer" dominated the 81st Golden Globes, winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos' Frankenstein riff "Poor...
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 9: Fans, players and coaches paid their last respects in Brazil to Mario Zagallo on Sunday, as the first person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager was buried a...
Despite an inclusive constitution, appointment and recruitment are highly male-dominated. Women bring diverse perspectives and experiences to the table in foreign policy. Achieving gender balance ...
Caste hatred often precipitates caste violence, and hardly any criminal is sentenced to jail. Last Monday, some Dalit lawyers, politicians and Dalit rights activists, including myself, gathered in...
The country produced an all-time high of 5.72 million tonnes of paddy, amounting to nearly Rs200 billion. Despite the El Niño phenomenon, Nepali farmers are expected to harvest a record 5.72 milli...
By Our Correspondent,Nepalgunj, Jan. 9:Four journalists from Banke, including The Rising Nepal's Nepalgunj correspondent Siraj Khan and Banke correspondent Govinda Sharma, have received the Interna...
The 14-km road will provide people in rural areas of Nawalparasi West better access to markets to sell their produce. An ongoing road upgrade work in Bardaghat of Nawalparasi West has the potentia...
The government had also sought a master seed virus from India to produce vaccine doses within the country. The disease killed over 50,000 cattle and infected nearly 1.5 million in Nepal last year. ...
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Nepal is blessed to have a significant portion of its land covered with forests – at 44 per cent and counting. That we've succeeded in significantly growing this green cover amid alarming levels of...
Buttimer is scheduled to meet President Ramchandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud and Education Minister Ashok Rai during his stay in Kathmandu. Ch...
Election Commission of Nepal at Kantipath in Kathmandu/File Photo KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has initiated the process for addressing objections and complaints lodged against candidat...
Special Court in June last year had convicted three former top officials of BP Koirala Institute of Health Science and acquitted other three. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority...
We have to understand how to show admiration as the way people receive it can greatly vary from person to person. I have often come across an interesting contrast when meeting and talking with peo...
The mental health challenges of individuals with disabilities, which are a result of societal misconceptions and discrimination they face, are often neglected. Samjhana Rijal, Sanjiya Shrestha, an...
In this picture taken on January 2, 2024, a youth reads a party poster ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Pemagatshel/Phpto: AFP THIMPHU: Bhutan is conducting general elections today...
By Our Correspondent,Tansen, Jan. 9:Shiddha Gufa the largest cave in Nepal and second largest cave in South Asia, is a limestone cave, about 50 metres high and 430 metres deep, but this cave has re...
Paddy/Image for Representation JANAKPURDHAM: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has said that the country this year produced 5.72 million metric tons of paddy. Compared to the ...
As per the data made available by the Nepal Tourism Board, a little over one million (1,014876) foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2023. The officials concerned have expressed happiness that the tou...
Given that every candidate put forward by the ruling coalition partners is expected to win the January 25 National Assembly elections, which are being held to elect 19 members, it is apparent that ...
Nepal's Terai districts have been covered with dense fog lately/File Photo. MAHOTTARI: Three local levels in the district have closed schools in the wake of rising cold. Ramgopalpur municipality ...
FILE - A North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenade with a distinctive red stripe is seen at a facility in Tzrifin, Israel, Dec. 28, 2023. New photos show weapons etched with Korean characters ...
London, Jan. 9:Three straight losses, an elimination from the FA Cup, and the ominous sight of Manchester City back in form and boosted by the return of Kevin De Bruyne. These are worrying times fo...
Birgunj, Jan 9: Chairman of the CPN (Unified Socialist) and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said Nepali people would not accept any king. At a programme organized by this pa...
The war in Gaza is the main cause of the sharp rise in civilian casualties in 2023, AOAV says/AFP Last year saw the highest number of civilian casualties killed or injured by explosives in more th...
By Our Correspondent,Birtamod, Jan. 9: Rabin Poudel, who has been living in Australia, celebrated his 28th birthday with the children of Kankai Child Education Center of Tribeni Tole in Kankai Muni...
Imagine you're walking through polluted city streets. Despite wearing a N95 mask, you can still smell the smoky, sulphuric, gassy, solvent-like air. The pollution is so bad you can even taste the a...
FILE - Lawyers are seen gathered outside Pakistan's Supreme Court in Islamabad, April 4, 2023/AP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifted lifetime bans on politicians with past convictions from ...
Devi Khadka of the National Organisation of Wartime Rape Victims is worried about Nepal’s transitional justice process. She recently was in a camp treating sexual abuse survivors during the armed c...
The base model of the Samsung Galaxy A series for 2024, the Samsung Galaxy A05 has been officially released in Nepal. The smartphone was launched in September 2023 but made its way here to Nepal in...
Jaleshwor, Jan 9: Two persons died in an accident occurred after two motorcycles collided with each other along the Jaleshwor-Bardibas road in Mahottari last night. Those killed in accid...
Representational Image KATHMANDU: In a positive development, the South Korean government has given the green signal for all applicants of the EPS (Employment Permit System) Korean language examin...
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