Parliamentary hearing on three proposed ambassadors begins

2 years ago

KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee, the Federal Parliament has started parliamentary hearings on the proposed ambassadors to India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.  ...

COVID-19: Omicron variant detected in Nepal

2 years ago

KATHMANDU: Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. Organizing a press conference on Monday, the Health Ministry shared that two people arriving in Nepal from So ...

Know NC's newly elected provincial presidents

2 years ago

KATHMANDU: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has concluded its provincial conventions in six of the seven provinces.  Province 2, however, is yet to hold the conventions o ...

Patan High Court gives green signal for NRNA election

2 years ago

KATHMANDU, December 6: The Patan High Court has allowed the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) to continue its election process ordering the latter that it is not required to follow the...

Jayant, Ashwin complete four-fors as India seal series win

2 years ago

India completed a massive 372-run victory against New Zealand within the first hour of the fourth morning to win the two-match Test series 1-0. The victory gave India 12...

Two 2,500-year-old tombs uncovered in Upper Egypt

2 years ago

CAIRO: A Spanish archaeological mission discovered two adjacent tombs in Upper Egypt's Minya Governorate dating back to the Saite Dynasty (664-525 BC), the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced...

Govt preparing to administer COVID-19 booster shots in Nepal, Who can receive it?

2 years ago

KATHMANDU, December 6: The government is making preparations to administer booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal.  The booster shots are likely to be administered to peo ...

Omicron cases in UK rise by 50 pct in one day

2 years ago

LONDON: A further 86 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Britain, taking the total to 246, British health authorities confirmed Sunday. This compares with a...

U.S. COVID-19 cases, deaths on rise amid Omicron attack, Delta dominance

2 years ago

NEW YORK: For the first time in two months, the United States is averaging more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases each day, a few days after millions of Americans traveled...

India's Omicron variant tally rises to 21

2 years ago

NEW DELHI, Dec. 6: India's tally of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rose from five on Sunday morning to 21 in the evening. During the day, nine cases of...

Baniya defeats KC in re-election for NC’s Bagmati President

2 years ago

KATHMANDU: Indra Baniya has been elected as Nepali Congress (NC) president of Bagmati Province.  Defeating Jagadish Nar Singh KC with a margin of 158 votes in the re-election held on...

NC convention results: Poudel faction’s Pun victorious in Lumbini

2 years ago

BHAIRAHAWA: Amar Singh Pun has registered a victory against his rival Bharak Kumar Shah to be elected as the provincial president of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in Lumbini Province.  ...

NC provincial conventions: Thapa wins to become Province 1 Prez

2 years ago

BIRATNAGAR: Uddhav Thapa, a candidate considered close to the faction led by Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Krishna Prasad Sitaula, won the elections to become the party’s president...

NC provincial conventions: Ghimire leading vote count in Province 1, Pun in Lumbini

2 years ago

KATHMANDU:  Guru Ghimire, one of two candidates for the presidential position of the ruling Nepali Congress in Province 1 is leading the vote count with 108 votes of the 200...

Police arrest man with Rs 7 million, legal source of which not known

2 years ago

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu police have arrested a person with approximately Rs 7 million, the legal source of which has not been verified.  Acting on a tip-off, a joint team...