UML Standing Committee meeting postponed

The Standing Committee meeting of the CPN (UML) called for this evening has been postponed. Sher Bahadur Tamang, secretary of the UML headquarters, informed that the SC meeting was deferred in an urgent way.

Govt. striving to procure COVID-19 vaccines from six nations

According to Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, a procedure was underway to procure vaccines from four nations including China and India.

Persons recovered from COVID-19 donate blood for other infected patients in Banke

A person who recovered from COVID-19 donates plasma (blood) at a blood collection programme organised by Nepal Red Cross Society in Blood Bank in Nepalgunj, Banke.

Protesting Brazilians demand Bolsonaro's impeachment and better vaccine access

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to voice their frustrations with President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, in what appeared to be the largest protests the country has seen since the pandemic began last year.

Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said.

Profits of state-owned enterprises decline, but dividend rates higher

Despite the decline in profits, the dividend payment rate has increased significantly during the review period compared to the previous fiscal year. In the fiscal year 2019/20, the government received a total of Rs. 14.99 billion dividend from the public enterprises.

Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station

Tianzhou-2 spacecraft reached the Tianhe station eight hours after blasting off from Hainan, an island in the South China Sea, China Manned Space said. It carried space suits, living supplies and equipment and fuel for the station.

People's representative reaching out to patients

Prem Khadka of Chhatreswori Rural Municipality-2 in Salyan district, who has been involved in raising awareness on prevention and treatment of the coronavirus pandemic since late April by going from one house to another, has now reached all households in all wards of the municipality. He has been distributing soaps, face masks, free medicines to them, and advising them on health check-ups and treatment. In addition to that, he has been helping patients to meet with the health workers.

Farmers demand compensation for crops from Pokhara Airport

Local farmers residing around the under construction Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA) are worried about not getting adequate compensation for their corps. According to the locals, they have been asking the project to compensate them for the crops they had planted on the land which has been classified for acquisition. Earlier this week, the PRIA project team, with the help of police, destroyed the crops of local Hira Sinjali Magar which he had planted on almost 12 Ropanis of land. This...

Business community hails budget

Leaders of the business community have hailed the new budget unveiled by Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel on Saturday, stating that the government has addressed many of their concerns this time. They have also termed the budget as investment-friendly. They said their suggestions were incorporated and they were optimistic about the effective implementation of the budget. Satish Kumar More, chairman CNI, said that the government has managed to present the full-size budget despite facing a sort of uneasiness...