Minister Gurung seeks stakeholder's support to address problems in communication sector

Minister for Communication and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has said that he would focus on solving the problems seen in the communication sector in cooperation with the concerned stakeholders. Stating that the journalists had been facing a big problem due to the coronavirus pandemic, newly appointed Minister Gurung put forward a plan to hold discussions with the stakeholders, including the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ). During a meeting with office bearers of the FNJ at the minister's...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia-Azerbaijan truce broken minutes after deal

Fighting flared last month over the territory, which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but run by ethnic Armenians. Hundreds have died.

COVID-19 patients to bear cost of treatment, private hospitals required to allocate half of their beds

Members of the general public will have to bear the cost of testing and treatment of COVID-19 on their own, according to the new decision. Earlier, all those getting testing and treatment at government hospitals were given the services free of charge.

1,698 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed 1,698 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. Of the 1,698 new cases, 1,469 were detected in Kathmandu, 99 were found in Bhaktapur and   130 were recorded in Lalitpur.

COVID-19 update: 2,942 new cases, 2,326 recoveries, tally reaches 132,246

In 14,875 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as  2,942 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Inspired by a picture in his school book, a man in Sunsari started fishery and now earns 3mln rupees a year

Chaudhary started fishery in 1992 with local breed of fish and within a year he had pond made in two bigha and 13 kattha of land and used improved breed of fish for the business.

Xi calls for sustained efforts to win complete victory against poverty

The year 2020 marks the decisive year to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eradicate poverty nationwide, Xi said.

Coronavirus: Empty streets in France as curfew enforced

The controversial overnight curfew is aimed at curbing the soaring Covid infection rate in France, which is one of Europe's coronavirus hotspots.

China-Vietnam trade: risk and opportunity amidst COVID-19 pandemic

According to the latest forecast of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 14th, the world economy will shrink by 3% in 2020, down by 6.3 percentage points from the forecast in January.

Trump leans into fear tactics in bid to win Midwest states

President Donald Trump leaned into fear tactics Saturday as he accused the left of trying to “destroy the American way of life” in a late reelection pitch to voters in Michigan and Wisconsin — two Midwestern states that were instrumental to his 2016 victory but may now be slipping from his grasp.