Microbus hit kills 2 in Morang
Kathmandu, March 7 Two persons have died when a microbus hit them in Gothgaun, Sundarharaicha municipality-7 of the Morang district in eastern Nepal on Saturday…
66 new cases, 58 recoveries, 0 death in 24 hours
Kathmandu, March 6 The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 274,721 as of Sunday afternoon. The ministry says…
2 killed in Taplejung landslide
Kathmandu, March 7 Two persons have been died after being buried by a landslide while digging a tunnel for a hydropower project in Mikwakhola rural…
Pashupati trust selling sand, soil worth Rs 2 billion from its land
Kathmandu, March 7 The Pashupati Area Development Trust has begun a procedure to sell sand and soil from its land in the Pashupati area for…
Supreme Court snatches ‘NCP’ from Oli, Dahal to give it to Rishi Kattel
Kathmandu, March 7 Concluding the hearing of a more-than-two-year-old case, the Supreme Court has rejected the Election Commission’s decision to name the new party formed…
Nepal receives first lot of Covax vaccines
Kathmandu, March 7 Nepal has received 348,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first lot of support from the World Health Organisation’s Covax vaccine…
Equal pay is a far cry from reality for Nepal’s sportswomen
On December 10, 2020, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Nepali football’s governing body, decided to pay an equal salary to both men and women…
This Women’s Day, watch these 8 Nepali movies that empower women
Nepali movies have renewed their popularity among their audience since 2010. Movies like Chhakka Panja, Loot, and Kabaddi, among a few, have helped it gain…
‘Women entrepreneurs in Nepal aren’t getting much help from men’
At a conference in Japan, in 1983, Reeta Simha was clad in a Dhaka sari. When asked if the sari was her national dress and…
After decades, Melamchi water arrives at Kathmandu’s treatment plant as deadline nears
Kathmandu, March 6 After decades of the beginning of the project, the ambitious Melamchi Water Supply Project that aims at quenching the thirst of locals…