KATHMANDU : Friday’s hearing on the writ petitions registered against the ‘unconstitutional’ dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) has concluded. Senior advocates Shree Hari Arya, Mukti Pradahan and Gopal Krishna Ghimire and advocates Dr Dinmani Pokharel, Sunil Pokharel and Tikaram Bhatarai took part in the debate on behalf of the writ petitioners on Friday. […]
SAO PAULO : CONMEBOL fined Brazil coach Tite $5,000 on Thursday for criticizing the organization of the Copa America. The sanction came less than a week after a Bolivia player was also sanctioned for attacking the tournament, which is taking place amid a growing COVID-19 pandemic in the region after the two original hosts, Colombia and […]
KHOTANG : Eight local levels including two municipalities in Khotang district on Thursday unveiled their policy and programs for the fiscal year 2021/022. Barahapokhari and Kepilasgadhi rural municipalities are yet to unveil their policy and programs. Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality in the district presented the budget of Rs 850.8 million, which is the biggest in […]
SHANGHAI : The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday. Researchers from Britain’s University of Kent used methods from conservation science to estimate that SARS-CoV-2 first appeared […]
KATHMANDU : The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement (IFRC) have donated 100 units of oxygen concentrators and spare parts to the Nepal Red Cross Society at the initiative of the IFRC’s Asia Pacific Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur. The health materials were handed over to Dr Netra Timsina, Chairman of […]
KATHMANDU : The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has announced a budget of Rs 18.95 billion for the fiscal year 2021/22. Deputy Mayor of the KMC Hari Prabha Khadgi on Thursday announced the budget with a theme to promote the metropolitan as a cultural city. Of the earmarked expenditure, the KMC will be spending Rs 3.75 […]
SYDNEY : Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day as officials fight to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. “Since the pandemic has started, this is perhaps the scariest period that New South Wales […]
TOKYO : A dispute over financial irregularities has surfaced in the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), Japan. Members of the working committee have started blaming each other after allegations of corruption were made against Committee President Devi Lal Bhandari. The dispute surfaced in the Committee over the issue of financial irregularities of Rs 1.1 million taken […]
ROLPA : Three people have been killed in a landslide in Rolpa. According to police, Karmita Budha, 86, her granddaughter Syamkala Budha, 16, and her granddaughter-in-law Susila Budha, 18, died on the spot when the landslide damaged their house in Garpa of Rolpa Municipality-9 at 11:30 last night. Meanwhile, Tika Singh Budha, 40, Sunmaya Budha, […]
KATHMANDU: Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel has urged the hoteliers and tourism entrepreneurs to take benefit from the facilities provided by the government in the hotel and tourism sector. After receiving the letter with suggestions from the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), Minister Paudel said that the current year’s budget has addressed many demands […]