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Kathmandu: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC) has scheduled a date to stage a nationwide protest against the government on December 14. A meeting of office bearers and former office bearers on Friday condemned the mistreatment and arrest of senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel in Tanahu. “The repressive attitude of opposing the opposition has… Continue reading Congress decides to hold nationwide demonstrations on December 14

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It’s hard to imagine more consequential picks. Already one prominent candidate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has faded from the scene. New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was offered another… Continue reading Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages

Kathmandu: Executive Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has gone to Shitalniwas (President Residence) to meet President Bidhyadevi Bhandari. Amid growing controversy within the party, Prachanda reached Shital Niwas on Thursday evening to meet President Bhandari. Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister KP Sharmaoli had gone to Shitalniwas to meet… Continue reading An hour-long meeting between Prachanda and President Bhandari after Oli

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Finance has sent a directive again after its directive to pay the Corona insurance amount within seven days was not implemented. Stating that the previous directive has not been implemented, the Ministry of Finance has directed the Insurance Committee, the regulatory body of insurance companies, to pay the amount of Corona… Continue reading Finance ministry directs Insurance Committee to pay covid insurance within three days

Kathmandu: The government has decided not to open movie halls and night businesses for another 15 days. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Jageshwar Gautam informed that the movie hall and the crowded business will be closed for another 15 days. He said that such businesses would be re-opened as per the… Continue reading Movie halls and night businesses will remain closed

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on COVID-19. The special meeting, to be held on December 3 and 4, will be addressed by world leaders, top UN officials and heads of companies developing vaccines. The main purpose of the General Assembly is to address the epidemic of… Continue reading Prime Minister Oli to address UN general assembly on COVID-19

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has claimed that there is no shortage of chemical fertilizer anywhere in the country. The ministry has urged the people not to follow the rumors saying that the required fertilizer is available for wheat, mustard and vegetables. “Large quantities of fertilizer are being made available and distributed.… Continue reading Ministry of Agriculture claims: There is no shortage of chemical fertilizers

KATHMANDU(Reuters): Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers – a scene unimaginable in the conservative country in recent years. Women touching a dead body is still a cultural taboo in Nepal. But rights for women… Continue reading Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis

(The Guardian): A vast expanse of Amazon rainforest seven times larger than Greater London was destroyed over the last year as deforestation surged to a 12-year high under Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Figures released by the Brazilian space institute, Inpe, on Monday showed at least 11,088 sq km of rainforest was razed between August… Continue reading Amazon deforestation surges to 12-year high under Bolsonaro

Kathmandu: The 33rd World AIDS Day is being celebrated today with an awareness program. Various programs are being held today with the slogan of global solidarity and shared responsibility for HIV control and prevention. The corona virus epidemic has posed a growing challenge to access to health care for HIV-infected and HIV-infected groups. As doctor… Continue reading 33rd World AIDS being observed