April 14, 2024, Sunday

Society

Trump suspends WHO funds over pandemic

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had instructed his administration to suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis. Trump’s move, however, has drawn immediate condemnation. Trump, at a White House news conference, claimed the…

SEE postponed, public gatherings of more than 25 barred,

The government on Wednesday took a slew of decisions in an attempt to prevent the spread of the global Covid-19 outbreak which has invaded more than 170 countries so far. The high-level coordination committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel decided to postpone the Secondary Education Examinations until further notice. The…

  • COVID-19 outbreak declared a pandemic

    The World Health Organization just declared the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic. The global health agency said there are 118,000 cases, more than 4,600 deaths and the virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica....

  • Four Nepalese Infected with Coronavirus

    A total of four Nepalese have been infected with the novel virus so far. Three Nepalis have been infected abroad while the other, who has returned home from a foreign country, has tested positive for the COVID19. According to concerned...

  • PM Oli’s Kidney Transplant Successfully performed

    PM Oli’s Kidney Transplant has been successfully performed. A team of doctors led by Dr Prem Raj Gyawali, a consultant urologist and kidney transplant surgeon at the hospital, successfully performed a second kidney transplant of PM OLi. Samiksha Sangraula of...

  • Second Kidney Transplant on PM Oli Begins

    Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is in hospital for his second kidney transpalnt. A team of doctors led by Dr Prem Raj Gyawali, a consultant urologist and kidney transplant surgeon at the hospital, has started performing a second kidney transplant...

  • Minister Baskota Resigns

    Minister of  Information Gokul Baskota has resigned from his post on Thursday afternoon. Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota informed the House of this recent development. “We will definitely receive a formal written notice soon. However,...

  • in Second Half of 2019, Egypt’s Power Subsidy falls to Zero

    A finance ministry semi-annual report showed that Egypt spent nothing on electricity subsidies in the second half of 2019, down from 7.992 billion Egyptian pounds ($510.02 million) the same period a year earlier. Scaling back energy subsidies that have been...

  • Swasthani Ends Today

    The month-long Shree Swasthani Brata Katha festival devoted to goddess Shree Swasthani, concluded today . The holy fair attracts thousands of devotees every year at the banks of Sali River in Sankhu, a traditionally rich Newar village 12 kms east...