“Here is my open message to Kulman Ghising, hope it gets to him ?? Kulman dai, now that the election is coming……. I desperately urge you dai to run as a candidate, you will definitely have the people behind you. I’m just tired of seeing Nepalese suffer, our country could be so much more. You […]
Last year, Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada slapped excise duties on electric vehicles 30-80% depending on their capacity and levied customs duty of 60%. He justified it by saying electric SUVs were luxury items, and the government needed to augment revenue to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The move priced EVs out of the market at a […]
WARNING ‼️ Here is another piece of news to make 2021 even worse. Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants and spreads quickly by air, the health minister said on Saturday. After successfully containing the virus for most of last year, Vietnam […]
Nepal lost to Iraq by 2-6 in a friendly match held at the Alfaya sports ground in Basra of Iraq last night. Hosts Iraq opened the scoring, with the first goal in the 7th minute of the match where Captain Ala Abdul Jahar Khasin scored through a free-kick. Soon after, Nepal levelled the score in […]
Nepal is marking 14th Republic Day today as it has completed 13 years since it was announced. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elected on the foundation of the People’s movement in 2062/63 BS had declared Nepal as the Federal Democratic Republic on May 28, 2008, ending a 238-year-long Shah dynasty. One and […]
Physicians, nurses, and other front-line healthcare workers have been celebrated in many countries as heroes for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet not everyone appreciates their efforts and contributions. Since the beginning of this pandemic, headlines have also captured stories of healthcare personnel facing attacks as they travel to and from healthcare facilities in Nepal. This is completely wrong […]
Stricter prohibitory order/ lockdown has been implemented until June 3 (midnight) from today. The order violators will be penalized as per the infection management of the COVID-19 ordinance. According to the provision, the order violator will be jailed for one year or fined up to Rs 500,000. Vegetable shops are allowed to open until 9 am but […]
Physicians, nurses, and other front-line healthcare workers have been celebrated in many countries as heroes for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet not everyone appreciates their efforts and contributions. Since the beginning of this pandemic, headlines have also captured stories of healthcare personnel facing attacks as they travel to and from healthcare facilities in […]
With a record 408 permits issued to climb the 8,848.86-metre mountain despite the pandemic, Sagarmatha (Everest) is crowded. The highest number of permits issued before this year was 381 in 2019. There were no mountaineering expeditions in Nepal last year as the country remained closed to foreigners because of the pandemic. Each foreign permit holder […]
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has dissolved the House of Representatives on the recommendation of cabinet led by Prime Minister KP Oli. Nepal’s President Bhandari dissolved the parliament and announced that mid-term elections would be held on November 12 and 19 this year. The move has plunged the country into yet another political turmoil as it […]
