KATHMANDU, June25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has allocated a budget of Rs 25.41 billion for the coming Fiscal Year 2022/23. KMC Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol presented the budget amidst a special function today. For the office expenses, Rs 4.68 billion has been allocated, which is 20 percent of the total budget. The metropolis has
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KYIV, June 25 Ukrainian forces have been ordered to withdraw from the key battleground city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of fierce street fighting, in order to limit more casualties and regroup, but the move will be seen by Russia as a significant victory. Ukraine officials said there was very little left to defend in the
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KABUL, June 24 Afghanistan does not have enough medical supplies to treat the injured from an earthquake that killed 1,000 people, a senior official said on Friday, as authorities ended the search for survivors in remote southeastern mountains. About 2,000 people were injured and 10,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed in the early Wednesday
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Kathmandu. An additional 17,336 people have been infected with the corona virus in India, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. A day earlier, it was reported on Thursday that 13,313 people had contracted corona in India. Currently, 88,284 people are actively infected in India. This number of active infected is
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KYIV, JUNE 24 Ukrainian troops may need to pull back from the key frontline city of Lysychansk to avoid being encircled after Russian forces captured two villages to its south, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Thursday. The retreat of Ukrainian troops from Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, the last two Ukrainian-held cities in Luhansk, would bring
KABUL, JUNE 22 An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people, authorities said. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province, but it comes as the international community largely has left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year amid the chaotic withdrawal of the
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KATHMANDU, JUNE 22 Former TV anchor Rabi Lamichhane has announced a new political party: the National Independent Party, ending his career as journalist, and begun his new journey as politician from today. Lamichhane announced the National Independent Party amidst an event organised at the National City Hall Today. He said he had opened the
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SINGAPORE, JUNE 21 Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday, the first such case reported in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak of the viral disease. The patient, who tested positive on June 20, is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant and had
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Moscow: The Nobel Peace Prize, owned by Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta, has been sold in the United States. The medal was sold at auction for 103.5 million. Prior to the auction, Muratov said all proceeds would go to UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Russia, Germany, Moldova, Slovenia, the
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Kathmandu, June 21 Airline companies in Nepal have announced an increase in airfare following the government’s decision to hike the price of aviation fuel. Nepal Oil Corporation, on Sunday, increased the price of aviation fuel by Rs 19 per litre. Following the price hike, a flight from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi will now cost up to Rs
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