Month: February 2021

Prachanda-Madhav group announces strike on Thursday

Kathmandu: The CPN-Prachanda-Madhav faction has announced a strike on Thursday, alleging that the appointments were made by force in the constitutional bodies. On the recommendation of the government, President Bidhyadevi Bhandari on Wednesday appointed the officials on Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the Election Commission. The Prachanda-Madhav faction has announced a nationwide… Continue reading Prachanda-Madhav group announces strike on Thursday

Ten teams receive expedition permit for winter season

File Photo Photo Courtesy: Nepal Tourism Board

Kathmandu: The tourism sector is on the rise after the corona virus epidemic. Signs of recovery have started to be seen in mountaineering sector. According to the Department of Tourism, 45 people from 10 climbing teams have taken permission to climb the mountain during the winter season till Tuesday. Among the total climbers, seven are… Continue reading Ten teams receive expedition permit for winter season

Congress spokesperson objects govt’s decision of constitutional appointment

Kathmandu: The Nepali Congress has termed the appointment of constitutional body officials without a parliamentary hearing as a ‘chain of totalitarianism’ of the government. Giving a brief response to News Agency Nepal, Spokesperson Bishwaprakash Sharma said that the government will conduct struggle programs against the totalitarian tendency. He responded that the government is moving towards… Continue reading Congress spokesperson objects govt’s decision of constitutional appointment

GameStop: Real Wolf of Wall Street warns ‘you could lose it all’

FILE PHOTO: Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

(BBC): Amateur investors swept up in the trading frenzy surrounding US retailer GameStop “could lose everything”, the former stock broker who inspired the Wolf of Wall Street film has warned. Jordan Belfort, who was jailed for market manipulation in 1999, said such investments could be “great on the way up, but painful on the way… Continue reading GameStop: Real Wolf of Wall Street warns ‘you could lose it all’

Facebook bans page linked to Myanmar military TV after coup

(Reuters): Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it had removed a page linked to Myanmar’s military-owned TV network after a coup this week by the country’s military leaders. U.N. human rights investigators previously said hate speech on Facebook had played a key role in fomenting violence in Myanmar. The platform banned the TV network in 2018.… Continue reading Facebook bans page linked to Myanmar military TV after coup

Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup

Rohingya refugee Mohammad Jaffar, 70, talks to the Associated Press at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Feb.2, 2021. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh are condemning the military coup in their homeland and saying it makes them more fearful to return. “Repatriation will not be safe at all under this regime because the very people who are responsible for killing, torturing, raping, our mothers and sisters, have now come in power. After all this suffering we ran and came here. Now if we go back into the hands of people who are responsible for our torture, we will probably have to bear twice as much pain as before.”, Jaffar said. Photo Courtesy: AP

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return. A counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar’s military in 2017 involving mass rape, murders and the torching of villages drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims into neighboring Bangladesh. Bangladesh… Continue reading Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup

Pandemic’s deadliest month in US ends with signs of progress

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2021, file photo, transporters Miguel Lopez, right, Noe Meza prepare to move a body of a COVID-19 victim to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. The deadliest month of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. drew to a close with certain signs of progress: COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending downward, while vaccinations are picking up speed. Photo Courtesy: AP

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP): The deadliest month yet of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. drew to a close with certain signs of progress: COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are plummeting, while vaccinations are picking up speed. The question is whether the nation can stay ahead of the fast-spreading mutations of the virus. The U.S. death toll… Continue reading Pandemic’s deadliest month in US ends with signs of progress

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi detained again — without her old support

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. After Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the generals comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the international community. Photo Courtesy: AP

BANGKOK (AP): A day after Myanmar’s military pulled off a well-choreographed coup, the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, finds herself right back where she was just over a decade ago — under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the military comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the… Continue reading Myanmar’s Suu Kyi detained again — without her old support

More than 113,000 people got vaccinated against covid-19

File Photo In this Dec. 25, 2020 file photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, a staff member inspects syringes of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd, a unit of state-owned Sinopharm in Beijing. (Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via AP, File)

Kathmandu: As of Monday, the sixth day of the vaccination campaign against coronavirus (Covid 19), more than 113,000 people have been vaccinated across the country. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Jageshwor Gautam in a press release issued on Monday said that a total of 113,175 target groups have been vaccinated from… Continue reading More than 113,000 people got vaccinated against covid-19

Nepal demands to release Suki immediately

Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal has responded to the steps taken by the Army in Myanmar. Nepal is confident that the democratic and constitutional process will be restored soon. The Foreign Ministry said in a press release that Myanmar is closely monitoring the situation. Nepal has also expressed concern over the security of President and… Continue reading Nepal demands to release Suki immediately