Virus infection of workers halts works of Upper Dordi 'A'

Construction works of Upper Dordi 'A' Hydropower Project, which has reached the final stage, have been halted. The construction works of the project were halted after its high level employees, engineers, supervisors, drivers, security guards and workers got infected with the coronavirus. So far, around 98 per cent construction works of the project have been completed. Liberty Energy Company Limited, the promoter of the 25 MW project, has targeted to complete the project by mid-November. According...

Sugar imported by Salt Trading arriving in a week

Sugar being imported by Salt Trading Corporation (STC) is expected to arrive in Nepal within a week. The process to dispatch sugar by the Indian supplier has begun and it is expected to arrive within a week, said Urmila Shrestha, Chief Executive Officer of STC. The STC had issued a global tender to import 20,000 tonnes sugar on August 3 giving 15 days deadline after it received the government’s decision targeting to import sweetener before Dashain festival as its price tends go to up at festival...

DPM Pokharel assumes office at OPMCM

Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel Thursday assumed responsibility at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM). Pokharel took office after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli altered his responsibilities from the Ministry of Defence to the OPMCM.

Paudel begins second innings at Finance Ministry

Newly appointed Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel took the oath of office and secrecy on Thursday and assumed post later on the day. He started his office signing the decision to obtain US$200 million to be used in the fight against COVID-19. There is a trend to sign at least one decision while assuming the public post. This is Paudel's second innings at the Finance Ministry. He has begun the second term at the ministry when the coronavirus pandemic has battered the economy and every sector...

Gurung instructs employees for quality results

Newly appointed Minister for Communication and Information Technology Parbat Gurung Thursday pledged that he would do no wrong and would not tolerate any wrongdoing from government employees. Gurung, who was the Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens earlier, has been given the charge of the Ministry of Communication by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the latest reshuffle of the Cabinet Wednesday.

Minister Shrestha pledges results on development work

Newly appointed Minister for Urban Development Krishna Gopal Shrestha assumed his office on Thursday. Assuming his office in Singha Durbar, he pledged to be result-oriented while implementing the projects and development works.

Kamala Harris suspends travel after staffer tests COVID-19 positive

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign said Thursday that Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct. 8. Both have tested negative for COVID-19 multiple times since then.

Coronavirus: French police raid ministers' homes in pandemic inquiry

Health Minister Olivier Véran and the director of the national health agency, Jérôme Salomon, are among those whose properties were searched on Thursday.

China urges Pompeo to stop fabricating lies about China

"Otherwise, he will only further damage his own credibility, and undermine the U.S. national image and interests," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday.

Ways to strengthen cooperation between China and neighboring countries to fight COVID-19

China has done a good job of political mutual trust. President Xi Jinping has been communicating frequently with other countries to build friendship and trust, and to clarify China's political stance of jointly fighting COVID-19.