KATHMANDU : Domestic airline companies have reopened their air ticketing services following the government’s decision to resume domestic flights across the country from July 1. Domestic airline businesses have been closed since May, following the second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The government has decided to reopen airline services while still following the health protocols […]
KARNALI: Karnali has reported a 91 percent recovery rate from coronavirus infection. In the last 24 hours, 124 people returned home after recovery. Of the total 27,735 infected so far, 25,129 have recovered from the virus, with the recovery rate standing at 91 percent, said Acting Director of the Health Service Directorate Dr Rabin Khadka. […]
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 […]