Gota Go Gama protester arrested at the BIA

Dahal to move SC against Nepal PM?s Parliament dissolution recommendation

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, co-chair of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Tuesday will file a petition in the Supreme Court against Nepal caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli?s move to dissolve the Parliament. Dahal will be filing a writ petition today at Supreme Court and the time allocated for the filing is 11 AM (local time), as per sources. Meanwhile, Oli has convened another meeting with his supporters inside the ruling Nepal Communist Party at his official residence in Kathmandu, added the so

24 Dec, 2020

US Restricts export with Russian, Chinese entities over military ties

In another major setback to China, the US has designated 58 Chinese companies out of 103 companies as foreign entities with military ties thereby restricting export, re-export and transfers with them. Along with the 58 Chinese companies, the remaining are Russian companies, the US Commerce Department said. According to a statement from the Commerce Department, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding a new ‘Military End User’ (M

24 Dec, 2020

Passengers, crew from UK flight quarantined in special hotel

By Easwaran Rutnam Passengers and crew from a flight which arrived from the UK have been quarantined in a special hotel. Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said that the SriLankan Airlines flight had already been deployed to the UK at the time a decision was taken to suspend flights from the UK. The Government had this week decided to suspend flights from the UK and transit passengers from the UK after a COVID-19 variant was detected in Britain. The SriLankan Airlines flight h

24 Dec, 2020