Committees told to prepare annual disaster report

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has urged all local levels to prepare their annual disaster report and submit the same to the concerned agency as soon as possible. In response...

New guidelines for welfare of differently-abled, senior citizens

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24 The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has developed ‘Guidelines on Implementation of Conditional Grants for Differently-abled Persons and Senior Citizens in Provinces’ for distribution of assistive devices to differently-abled persons,...

EDITORIAL: Surplus liquidity

In the midst of this gloomy scenario, everyone is pinning their hopes on an effective vaccine that can bring the pandemic under control After facing a liquidity crunch for years, banks are now flush with...

Oli accused of undermining Parliament

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24 Nepali Congress lawmaker in the National Assembly Radhe Shyam Adhikari has accused the KP Sharma Oli-led government of undermining the Parliament by not calling its winter session and issuing ordinances one after...

Youthful Barca take care of Dynamo to seal knockout place

KYIV: An inexperienced Barcelona side missing Lionel Messi eventually cruised to a 4-0 win away to Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday to reach the Champions League knockout stages for the 17th consecutive season and continue their 100%...

Corruption cases up by 58 per cent

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24 Transparency International, in a report released today, has said that corruption in the country has increased by 58 per cent in the past one year. The report, ‘Global Corruption Barometer – Asia 2020’...

Juventus move into last 16 with 2-1 win over Ferencvaros

TURIN: Juventus progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a Cristiano Ronaldo goal and a late header from substitute Alvaro Morata gave them a comeback 2-1 home win over Hungarians Ferencvaros on Tuesday. With...

Indian teenage trafficking survivor wins ‘unprecedented’ compensation

CHENNAI: A teenage trafficking survivor in India has won 900,000 rupees ($12,165) in a rare payout that lawyers said was “unprecedented” in size under the country’s compensation schemes for victims. The survivor was 13 when she was...