ANTA extends support to JWDC

“The artists of JWDC have suffered a huge loss because of the pandemic. The JWDC has been closed and as a result, their sales have dipped and also affected the production. So, we have supported the artist community of the JWDC,” Jha stated.

Two women dead, two injured airlifted for treatment as mud mound buries them in Jajarkot

The women had gone to Dashora, a place lying some 6 kilometer away from their settlement, to fetch mud for cleaning and painting the house on the occasion of Dashain.

Kathmandu Valley logs 1,110 new cases of COVID-19

In 13,846 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done across the nation in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,110 persons, 429 females and 691 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley, informed the MoHP in its update.

COVID-19 update: 2,225 new cases, 2,846 recoveries, 13 deaths in last 24 hours

"In 13,846 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,225  persons, 779 females and 1,446 males were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2," informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its update.

Former PM Dr. Bhattarai and his spouse Hisila test positive for COVID-19

"We both, Hisila and me, have tested positive for COVID-19, report of our swabs' PCR test received on Saturday showed that we tested positive for the virus," Dr. Bhattarai said in the social media.

Trump, Biden scrap on oil, virus with just over a week to go

President Donald Trump and his allies fought for support in pivotal battleground states Friday after a debate performance that gave new hope to anxious Republicans. Democrat Joe Biden, campaigning close to home, tried to clean up a debate misstep while urging voters to stay focused on the president’s inability to control the worsening pandemic.

Politics Without Frontiers

The virtue of Greek polis sought to promote good citizens and leaders inside the confines of city-states. The state remained a space-bounded entity and political domain for their protection. Agricultural civilisation created a basis of democracy based on status order. The industrial revolution stretched politics beyond the state, polarised society along class-based party lines, driven by materialistic, universal ideologies and a social contract to maintain freedom, order, justice and peace. Politics...

65 Years Of Relations Between Nepal And UN

When the League of Nations failed to have any significant impact on the events leading to the outbreak of World War II in 1939, there was a renewed concern for the establishment of an organisation for the guardianship of world peace and security. On October 24, 1945, the United Nations was founded accordingly. As an association of sovereign co

No Dashain in Khokana

Dashain is here. Festivities are in the air and there is a jovial atmosphere all around. The pandemic has somewhat dampened the festival this year but people are still celebrating in their homes with their family. Dashain is so ingrained in our culture that we think all of Nepal celebrates it – and for the most part, they do. The names may be different and the rituals conducted may vary but most groups of Nepal do celebrate Dashain and Dashain-adjacent festivals. But most does not mean all and...

NC opposes govt decision to end virus test, treatment

Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has demanded that the government should provide COVID-19 test and treatment to the citizens free of cost, without putting forth any condition and without being biased. Issuing a statement on Thursday, Deuba accused the government of taking undemocratic and unconstitutional decisions by telling the people to bear the costs of Polymerase Change Reaction (PCR) test and treatment on their own.