Revenue On Right Track

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Congress In Driving Seat

That the follies of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli caused a severe rupture to the country's major communist parties that ultimately led to the downfall of his government is as clear as daylight. Oli's political misadventure handed the reins of the government to the Nepali Congress. The second-largest party in parliament has now found itself in the driving seat of national politics. 

Bogeyman Of Third Wave

COVID-19 has been around us for over one and a half years. We are in the second wave of the pandemic. The second wave began in the last week of April when the first wave had not ended and the caseload had not significantly come down. It may be recalled that the second wave emerged in the country after a surge in cases in India. The number of infections and deaths in the second wave has far exceeded those in the first wave. The government imposed restrictions or prohi

Refuge In A Storm

The Divine Providence Home in Chawama, a suburb of Zambia’s capital Lusaka, is a refuge for some of the country’s must vulnerable citizens. It is home to 20 elderly people and 30 orphans, among them disabled, bedridden and mentally ill patients. Residents are admitted regardless of tribe or religion.

149 more Nepalis arrive from Afghanistan

Additional 149 Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan arrived in Nepal on Sunday and Monday. Of them, 39 returned to Kathmandu via Fly Dubai air Sunday night, seven via Turkish Air and 104 via Qatar Air on Monday. According to the Foreign Ministry, 654 Nepali nationals have arrived in Kathmandu from Afghanistan as of Monday.

Rajkumar Hirani locks the script of his next with Shah Rukh Khan; casting begins

It has been said that Rajkumar Hirani has finally locked the script of his next directorial. "Hirani and his writing partner, Kanikka Dhillon have finally locked the full-fledged screenplay of their film. They are happy with the outcome and are now all geared up to start the prep work of the film," a trade source shared.

1,548 new cases of COVID-19, 24 fatalities in 24 hours

In 8,704 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,548 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday through its regular update.

Lumbini Province CM KC wins vote of confidence  

Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Kul Prasad KC has secured the vote of confidence from the Province Assembly. 

67.3% Nepalis have bank account, but 33.6% of accounts are dormant

The report revealed that urban areas have a concentration of deposit account. The total number of accounts per 1000 adults was 1348.1 accounts in the bank and financial institutions (BFIs). Meanwhile, the urban male population has open more bank accounts than the rural and female population. The BFIs have open 18.98 branches for each of the 100,000 population.

Domestic flights affected due to poor visibility in TIA

Keshav Bhattarai, an officer at the TIA terminal duty office, informed that domestic flights were affected owing to poor visibility caused by bad weather combined with rainfall since early Monday morning.