CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic

As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, the White House’s top medical adviser said Sunday.

Diksha KC crowned Mrs. Nepal World

Diksha KC was crowned Mrs. Nepal World 2021 in a beauty contest of married women held here on Saturday. Diksha won the title by answering a question—‘Which social issue you will bring forward after winning the title?’ asked by Anuradha Koirala, chairperson of Maiti Nepal in the finale of the competition. She also won the title of Galaxy Jumbo Basmati Rice Lady with Compassion. After winning the title of Mrs. Nepal World, Diksha will represent Nepal in the International Beauty Contest Mrs....

Rumba to do Lakhey

Shooting of director Samrat Basnet’s upcoming film Lakhey will begin from January 10. At the meantime, actor Rohit Rumba has also decided to do the movie. The production unit hired Rohit as the cast of the film on Saturday.

Saurya Airlines staff held on charge of money smuggling

At around 1:30 pm on Saturday, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Prasad Mainali received a tipoff from the Biratnagar Airport. Chief at the Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office (MPASO) of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) SSP Mainali was informed that someone kept a suspicious bag in flight number SAU724 of Saurya Airlines which was about to take off for Kathmandu.

Locals forced to cross river via bamboo bridge

It has been a decade years since the construction of a concrete bridge over the Biring River connecting Bahradashi Rural Municipality and Jhapa Municipality started. But the locals, especially those from Rajgadh and Panthapara are still forced to cross the river via a bamboo bridge.

Animal husbandry flourishes in Rapti Sonari

Animal husbandry is flourishing commercially in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality of Banke, which is the largest local level in the country in terms of territory and population. According to the rural municipality, the number of people engaged in animal husbandry and so on has been increasing day by day after seeing the high income of those who are involved in animal farming. Chairman of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality Lahuram Tharu said that animal husbandry business has been growing in the municipality...

Govt firm for rights protection: PM

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government is committed to protecting the human rights of all citizens. Addressing a human rights prize distribution programme organised by the Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs on Sunday here, Prime Minister Deuba said, “The government is dedicated to protecting all the human rights mentioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948.”

Steps afoot to lift Nepal Airlines from Europe blacklist: Minister Ale

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said that the government is sensitive to lift Nepal Airlines from the blacklist of the European Union. In a meeting with a delegation of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) Sunday, Minister Ale said that bills have been tabled in the parliament for legal and regulatory reforms to bring it out of the EU's blacklist. He said that the bills would be passed soon.

83% individual houses reconstructed in Banepa

Six years and eight months after the Gorkha earthquake, only 83 per cent of the beneficiaries in Kavre have rebuilt their homes. According to the District Project Implementation Unit (Buildings and Housing), only 65,876 out of 79,440 beneficiaries, who have been listed for reconstruction, have so far rebuilt their houses. Chief Engineer of the unit Santosh Niraula said that 87.36 per cent of the beneficiaries have taken the second tranche after receiving the first installment of Rs. 50,000. Eighty-three...

Silver Screen In Crisis

Like other sectors, the film industry took a hard knock owing to the lockdowns and other restrictive measures imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the movie theatres bring in a large number of people into a confined space, they can be superspreaders of virus, posing a threat to public health. This is a reason why the authorities first shut them down as the pandemic began to spread in March 2020. Altogether 150 cinema halls across the country were cl